Seasonality
Major indicies closed the week with all time highs. Seasonality favours the bulls, its going to be an interesting end to 2019.
Transparency
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Facebook Pay
With Libra facing gale force type headwinds, Facebook have now announced Facebook Pay. Facebook Pay will enable P2P payments between users in the Facebook ecosystem, Messenger, Instagram etc without leaving the actual apps & cutting out the banks in the process. “The social network said the service would allow users to send money or make…
Teslas autopilot
In a Bloomberg survey over 90% of Tesla model 3 owners said that Autopilot makes them safer. As Arkinvest points out, a positive net promoter score is above 30%. 90%+
Fractal ownership
Wasn’t long ago 50% was the norm, single digits within the next 5 years or so.
Portable silence
Apple does it again… https://500ish.com/airpods-pro-and-the-sound-of-silence-1ecd29dd7cc1
Crypto startup school
And it’s free if you get accepted, 6 weeks on the US West Coast learning from some of the best in the business. https://events.a16z.com/cryptostartupschool/
Zoom
I had a VC with my cousin yesterday to discuss a new business venture, we did this using Zoom. It was the first time I’d used Zoom but had heard lots of hype around it. It did what it said on the tin but didn’t see anything that went past what you’d expect from any…
Influencers be influencin
Bloomberg reports 86% of young americans want to become a influencer. Looks like future generations will depend heavily on robots.
Prescriptions by drone
On November 1st a partnership between CVS & UPS completed the first every prescription drone delivery to a customers home. “The deliveries were completed on November 1, 2019, using the M2 drone system created by UPS in partnership with Matternet. The flights launched from a CVS in Cary, before flying autonomously, while being monitored by…
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