Category: Tech

Tech

Xiaomi EV is Coming Soon and Im Excited

Post author By Steve
Post date April 1, 2021

I think Xiaomi is one of the most interesting companies in the world. Xiaomi has managed to develop a huge portfolio of products with the aim of selling them with low margins to gain as much market share as possible and then make most of their margins from software based services for these products.

Xiaomi has now announced that they are going to spend $10 billion USD over the next 10 years to manufacturing electric cars, embarking on its biggest-ever overhaul to enter China’s booming EV market.

Xiaomi didn’t specifically state whether they were going to develop the software for these EVs or develop the entire Car (much like Tesla).

I would assume they will go down the Tesla route to market and will develop an amazing EV.

Tags electric vehicle, ev, products, technology, tesla, xiaomi

Tech

Venture Capital is a Game of Outliers – Here are the Numbers / Chances of Success

Post author By Steve
Post date March 30, 2021

Venture Capital by Numbers:

Venture Capital business is 100% a game of outliers

4000 venture fundable businesses per year
200 will get by top tier Venture Capital
15 will some day get to $100 million in revenue
Those 15 – provide 97% of all the returns for the entire Venture Capital category for the year.

Tags az, business, companies, company, funding, marc andreesen, returns, tech, technology, vc, venture capital

Business Stock Market Tech

Spotify Acquires Locker Room – Watch Out Clubhouse!

Post author By Steve
Post date March 30, 2021

Spotify Acquires Locker Room and Announces Plans for a New Live Audio Experience

“Creators and fans have been asking for live formats on Spotify, and we’re excited that soon, we’ll make them available to hundreds of millions of listeners and millions of creators on our platform,” said Gustav Söderström, Chief Research & Development Officer at Spotify. “The world already turns to us for music, podcasts, and other unique audio experiences, and this new live audio experience is a powerful complement that will enhance and extend the on-demand experience we provide today.”

This makes perfect sense for Spotify and an area that I’m sure they are going to be strong in.

Clubhouse has performed well because everyone has been in lockdown, but I’m not sure it will perform as well on its own over the long term as people get back to their normal lives at the end of the summer.

Tags acquisition, audio, clubhouse, live audio, locker room, purchase, social audio, spotify

Business Stock Market Tech

Twitter Becoming More Innovative! $300 billion Market Cap inside 10 Years!

Post author By Steve
Post date March 27, 2021

I have found myself Tweeting a lot more over the past couple of months and getting more engagements and interactions on the platform. There seems to be something in the water at Twitter at the moment – as they seem to be going through a big change in innovation and launching more and more product (Twitter Spaces is a great example of this).

I would love to see Twitter Space become its own standalone app (as currently it is quite hard to find who is talking, when and where). Twitter also recently acquire a Newsletter company, so it seems like they are now trying to make a conscious effort to push through monetization for creators in all shapes and forms.

Great moves overall… Im very bullish on Twitter over the next 10 years.

(at the time of writing this Twitter has a $48 billion market cap with $3.7 billion in revenues over the last 12 months). In 10 years I can easily see Twitter being a $300 billion market cap company.

Tags creators, monetization, newsletters, prediction, stocks, twitter, twitter space

Tech Video

Justin Kan – Killing it on YouTube with his Business Tips

Post author By Steve
Post date March 25, 2021

Justin Kan (Co-founder of Twitch and Justin.tv) has started to vlog on YouTube with handy business tips. Justin has had a lot of adventures with Twitch and beyond and its great to see him giving something back.

Plus, these videos are actually entertaining, short, and provide a recap at the end (which is great).

Keep up the good work Justin!

Tags business, justin kan, twitch, video, youtube

Tech

Synchedin Sound Effects Live – Royalty Free Sound Effects for All Creators

Post author By Steve
Post date March 20, 2021

Synchedin is our licensing platform for creators of all shapes and sizes.

Synchedin Sound Effects is now live – https://synchedin.com/sound-effects – we have thousands of Sound Effects being added – in both CC0 and Subscription packages.

Costs:

$3.99 per month – standard subscription
$39.99 per year – standard subscription
$3.60 per month – if referred by affiliate program
$36.00 per year – if referred by affiliate program

Key Selling Points:

CC0 (free downloads) and Royalty Free assets (paid subscription downloads)
Affordable price for all creators
Unlimited Downloads
Unlimited Commercial License (any project worldwide in perpetuity)
Community lead – See more information on this below

Affiliate Program:

The affiliate program allows any account to refer a friend. The Referrer will receive 10% of the subscription fees for the life of the subscription (percentage can change). Referree receives a 10% discount if they use a referral code (to insentivise using a referral code).

Sourcing SFX:

People can apply to Synchedin as a contributor. Once approved by the Synchedin team, they can add to the sound effects catalogue. The Synchedin team are also adding CC0 sound effects monthly i.e. NASA sounds, Presidential Speeches etc.

Tags creators, royalty free, sound effects, Synchedin

Tech

What is meant by NFT?

Post author By Steve
Post date March 13, 2021

Non-Fungible Token. Never seen the word “fungible” before? Hint: it has nothing to do with mushrooms, and do not feel bad that that’s where your brain went first (totally not trying to make myself feel better).