Nutanix shares have jumped nearly 30% as Bain Capital announce that they are investing $750 million in the company.
Nutanix is a very interesting cloud software giant that has an amazing future. However, its CEO and co-founder Dheeraj Pandey has announced that he is retiring soon.
“There is no better time for me to make this transition to a new leader who can guide Nutanix through its next decade of growth and success,” Pandey said in a statement.
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Spotify has very quickly become the largest player in the world for Podcasts. Spotify has been signing exclusive deals with Podcasters, buying studios and also the world’s largest distribution service specifically for Podcasts.
Spotify wants to own the audio spectrum – music, podcasts, etc (I’m sure audiobooks are next).
It seems like everyone wants to piece of TikTok before D-Day in the USA.
Microsoft have been in talks for some time but don’t seem to be progressing.
Oracle are now reportedly in talks, but there has been no real confirmation of those talks from either side (plus I don’t know why Oracle would think that it would be a good fit to run a video consumer product).
Sequoia and General Atlantic attempted to buy a majority stake in TikTok last month, but both seem to have failed.
I think TikTok won’t be selling any stakes as it seems like they have had adequate opportunities already, but have decided not to move forward with those advances.
It going to be very interesting to see how this plays out.
Blackstone has acquired Ancestry for $4.7 billion from a group of private equity investors (Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, Permira, Silver Lake, Spectrum Equity)
Within eight years those private equity investors purchased Ancestry for $1.3 billion and have now sold for $4.7 billion. Not a bad return!
Ancestry currently has $1 billion in annual revenue from a base of more than 3 million customers who pay for its various family history services.
Zoho is a software provider that creates a huge amount of products and services.
Head to their website about page to see a full timeline of all of their main product launches.
Podcasts are completely free on Spotify at the moment. Thus, Spotify won’t pay you any royalties no matter how many times your podcast is played or downloaded.
How Do I Make Money on Podcasts?
Advertising / Sponsors is the main way to monetize a podcast at present. You will need to create a podcast with listeners and then go out and find Sponsors.
Synchedin is a sync licensing service that lets creator subscribe and use any audio track in the catalogue in the videos they create on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok and more.
Key Selling Points:
If your looking for royalty free music for your videos then take a look at Synchedin. Its great value for money and will allow you to make more money and focus more on the videos you are creating.
Great speech from Steve Jobs just after he returned to Apple.
At the time he gave this speech in the background the company was only several weeks away from going bankrupt.
It was a very important speech for Apple and I also think it was a very important speech for Steve Jobs himself.
Rocket Lab mission fails shortly after launch
There has been a lot of talk about the failed mission for Rocket Lab – but as they say “onward and upward!”.
Additionally, why couldn’t they have come up with a more imaginative name?
The world class Xiaomi Lamp is finally available to purchase on Amazon.
Xiaomi has won many design awards with this lamp and I read that is by far and away their most popular product. It provides a sleek and simple design that can fit into pretty much any office design.