Great interview, and I like how they are thinking about cybersecurity and it must be tough with the 9-9, 10-10, 11-11, and 12-12 ecommerce sales.

Great discussion on how Stripe is expanding into the Asia Pacific. Interesting that Electrolux and Government of Singapore are among their key customers.

Liked the conversation and how Mike praised the healthcare workers in the end as a source of his inspiration.

Too Nice To Ruin

NRJ -> HIT MUSIC ONLY
1: MILEY CYRUS - Jaded (PN)
2; VICTOR THOMPSON - This Year (feat Vacra) (PN)
3: VICTONY ET REMA - Soweto (PN) // (PN2)
4: MAROON 5 - Middle Ground (PN) // (PN2)
5: LIL DURK FEAT J COLE - All My Life (PN)

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NRJ // BEST OF (POWERS) du 08/07/2023

This is my entry for the 174th edition of the KVR Forum One Synth Competition created using just the Infernal VST.

Please note the download is only for personal use.

Infernal

Made with only one synthesizer "2RuleSynth" for the One-Synth-Challenge #175.

OSC 175 - Frank Geppert - Time Guardians

"Stripe isn't just payments. We actually build economic infrastructure for the global economy. And so we've got a lot more technology beyond payments. Our Stripe Tour is a cool venue where we get a chance to bring customers, partners and thought leaders together and talk about the current state of technology and future technologies - in a local Asian context. So it's been a lot of fun. And by the way, we're really enthusiastic about Asia here at Stripe. Not only because 60 per cent of the world's population is in Asia, but also because the Asian markets are very tech-forward. And you can see that by just looking at global trends, sometimes Asian markets completely leapfrog the trends like what happened to mobile. And so you got this great market that's huge, that's really tech-forward. And there's so much innovation possible." - Mike Clayville, chief revenue officer of Stripe 

Fresh out of the studio, Mike Clayville, Chief Revenue Officer of Stripe, joined us in a conversation discussing Stripe's business in the Asia Pacific and shared invaluable insights into the evolution of financial infrastructure. Mike dived deep into how Stripe is adapting and expanding while at the same time with interesting customer stories in the Asia Pacific. He delved into Stripe's current innovations specifically on online payments &amp; financial infrastructure within the dynamic Asia Pacific region. Last but not least, Mike shared the key trends in the financial infrastructure landscape and defined what great would look like for Stripe's future in APAC. 

Podcast Information: The show is hosted and produced by Bernard Leong. Proper credits for the intro and end music: "Energetic Sports Drive" and the episode is mixed &amp; edited in both video and audio format by Thomas G Craig.

Stripe and the Innovation of Financial Infrastructure in the Asia Pacific with Mike Clayville

“It is useful both to internal and external, but it's also a really great litmus test. If you sit down to write your public letter and you can't explain why you're doing something, if it doesn't fit in with your overarching strategy, it goes back to that first thing we said as PMs [product managers], which is sometimes you have to say no to it. You're like, I actually can't explain to anyone why we're spending time on this particular feature. It doesn't fit any of the four themes we said we're doing this year. Does that mean we have a fifth theme or does that mean we shouldn't be doing that? And that clarity and that kind of litmus test. Is really, really useful as a leader when few people say no to you.” - Tom Verrilli

Fresh out of the studio in SXSW Sydney, Tom Verrilli, former Chief Product Officer of Twitch joined us in a conversation to discuss the intricacies of product management. Tom shared his perspectives based on his experiences from navigating the delicate balance between feature addition and reduction in product roadmaps and managing normal and power users' expectations. With the recent advances in generative AI, Tom offered his insights on how this new wave will bring about changes in user behaviour and interfaces, and how it will bring about new thinking in product management. Last but not least, he laid out what great would look like for product managers in the next decade.

Author's note: We thanked SXSW Sydney and Sennheiser ANZ for the podcast stage and appreciated the opportunity to have our episode recorded live on 18 Oct 2023 in Podcast Stage, E3.6, ICC Sydney. 

Podcast Information: Bernard Leong hosts and produces the show. Proper credits for the intro and end music: "Energetic Sports Drive" and the episode is mixed & edited in both video and audio format by G. Thomas Craig.

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The Art of Product Management with Tom Verrilli

"I think in the past, we've looked more at inclusion and access, but actually we've made so much inroads over the past years. Now again, we're talking about participation because what we're seeing is that 30% of the highest spending customers who we call high-value users (HVUs) - they make up over 70% of the digital economies' transaction value. So 30% Are leading to 70% of the digital economy. We want to make sure that we don't leave users behind and we continue to drive growth and drive their participation. So we need to make sure that we are not ignoring this very important group that presents a 1.9x growth opportunity of that of high-value users. And for this reason, it's really important for us to talk about digital participation." - Sapna Chadha 

Fresh out of the studio, Sapna Chadha, vice president of Google Southeast Asia, and Florian Hoppe, partner at Bain and Company shared the key takeaways from the Google e-Conomy SEA 2023 report. Sapna and Florian discussed how start-ups are navigating the current declines in venture capital funding and introduced how high-value users presented a new way of visualizing what goes behind the digital economy in Southeast Asia. Last but not least, they discuss what great looks like for businesses in Southeast Asia. 

Episode Highlights: 
[0:00] Quote of the Day #QOTD from Sapna Chadna 
[2:00] Welcome Message from the host 
[2:48] Introduction of Sapna Chadha, Vice President, Google Southeast Asia 
[5:02] Key Takeaways of Google e-Conomy Southeast Asia Report 2023 
[8:40] Southeast Asia's economic performance against global macroeconomic headwinds 
[10:30] The one most interesting data point that Sapna and Florian found interesting about the report 
[12:50] Does the global shift in venture capital align with Southeast Asia? 
[14:00] Will high-quality start-ups still be able to raise capital in Southeast Asia? 
[15:01] Are funding declines differentiated by funding stages or by countries? 
[16:00] Can Southeast Asian VCs return capital to their LPs? 
[17:10] Advice to Southeast Asia startups in surviving the current funding winter 
[18:20] Do we see more startups focusing on monetization accelerating across the digital economy? 
[21:43] What are the potential avenues of growth for fintech companies? [24:15] Definition and Context behind High-Value Users (HVUs) in Southeast Asia 
[26:56] Comparison between HVUs and non-HVUs across different Southeast Asia economies 
[29:50] Are smartphones and digital infrastructure in tier 3 and 4 cities bringing non-HVUs online? 
[33:23] Can Southeast Asia reach 1 trillion GMV in 2030? 
[35:35] What would success look like for businesses in Southeast Asia for the next few years? 
[39:37] Closing 

Podcast Information: Bernard Leong hosts and produces the show. Proper credits for the intro and end music: "Energetic Sports Drive" and the episode is mixed and  edited in both video and audio format by Thomas G Craig.

Decoding the e-Conomy SEA 2023 Report with Sapna Chadha and Florian Hoppe

"We've got a 330 trillion dollar industry here, which arguably a lot of it, we talk about stranded assets, CRREM pathways to stranded assets, et cetera. I talked to a lot of funds. I've talked to a lot of developers. They're getting very worried about this. And it's not just about their existing portfolios. It's about how they are going to exit portfolios. Because many buyers now actually build in the cost of retrofitting a building to bring it up to sustainability when they're looking at acquiring an asset. So, that might bring the price down. So, for us, we look at everything you've just mentioned. We look at materials. We look at hardware. We look at software and anything that gets us to some of these impact targets we want to achieve in the built environment and also is something which is commercially viable and fixes some particular pain point within this ecosystem." - Alexander Bent 

Fresh out of the studio, Alexander Bent, founder and managing partner from Undivided Ventures, joined us in a conversation on why this is the time to invest in sustainability within the built environment. Alexander started with his background as a real estate developer and the inspiration behind starting his venture capital firm. He dived deep into his investment thesis and shared his perspectives on how transforming technologies from AI to materials engineering will transform the real estate industry. Last but not least, Alex shares what great would look like for Undivided Ventures.

Episode Highlights: 
[0:50] Quote of the Day #QOTD by Alexander Bent. 
[1:40] Welcome Message from the host. 
[2:20] Introduction to Alexander Bent and his career journey. 
[6:40] Perspectives on investing in climate adaptation rather than mitigation. 
[7:30] Lessons from Alexander's career journey. 
[9:40] The Vision and Mission of Undivided Ventures and why focus on built environment. 
[11:50] The total market opportunity behind the real estate industry. 
[13:20] The investment mandate for Undivided Ventures. 
[14:20] Undivided VC is based in Hong Kong but invests globally. 
[15:20] Typical day of a venture capitalist for Alexander. 
[17:20] What are the traits of founders &amp; startup teams that Alex index for? 
[19:10] Business Models for Startups focusing on sustainability and built environment. 
[21:20] What are the red flags in founders that you would watch out for? 
[23:20] How Undivided VC helps their portfolio companies. 
[25:30] Interesting companies under Undivided VC. 
[28:10] The one thing that Alexander knows about investing in sustainability & built environment that very few do. 
[28:35] Advice to startups focusing on positive impact in sustainability & built environment. 
[31:50] #AI in sustainability &amp; built environment. 
[34:40] #internetofthings #iot in sustainability &amp; built environment. 
[36:20] #blockchain in sustainability &amp; built environment. 
[40:20] #materialscience &amp; #materialsengineering in sustainability & built environment. 
[42:50] Putting AI into materials science 
[43:50] What does great look like for Undivided VC? 
[48:00] Closing 

Podcast Information: Bernard Leong hosts and produces the show. Proper credits for the intro and end music: "Energetic Sports Drive" and the episode is mixed and edited in both video and audio format by Thomas G Craig.

Undivided VC & Investing in the Built Environment & Sustainability with Alexander Bent

Extremist Javier Milei won Argentina's presidential election on a far-right platform, pledging to abolish most government ministries, abandon monetary sovereignty, and adopt the US dollar, while cutting ties with China and withdrawing from BRICS. Ben Norton explains how a history of debt and colonialism keeps the South American nation trapped in seemingly endless crisis.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FN6hoIb-QqA

Check out our article "How Argentina has been trapped in neocolonial debt for 200 years: An economic history": https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/12/18/argentina-neocolonial-debt-history

Our related video "Global debt is unpayable: How Wall Street traps poor countries, profiting rich ones": https://youtube.com/watch?v=WRkhWQ0sRn4

Judicial coup in Argentina: Corrupt judges conspire with media oligarchs to ban Cristina Kirchner from office: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/12/08/judicial-coup-argentina-cristina-kirchner


TOPICS
0:00 Meet Javier Milei
7:54 History of debt traps
13:38 Sergio Massa and Peronists
19:27 Economist Ha-joon Chang on dollarization
22:27 Cut ties with China and Brazil?
24:51 Far-right "libertarianism"
27:55 Inflation, IMF, and foreign debt
30:46 Alberto Fernández surrenders to IMF
33:58 Investocracy: Rule by foreign investors
38:09 Exports and imports
39:35 Dependency theory
43:09 Protectionism and kicking away the ladder
46:28 Past failed dollarization schemes
52:56 Outro

How extremist Javier Milei became Argentina's president: A story of debt, crisis, and empire

River

"Money is a very interesting kind of numerical way of measuring when you're levelling up. So that's where the distinction needs to be very clear. The way that I've positioned it in the book and what the research tells us is that if we force the games on people, it's very bad. But if we look at the games that they naturally played in their free time when they were younger, it's a very good predictor in terms of the type of work that they naturally would gravitate to. So if somebody is amazing and loves playing hours and hours of strategy games, and if we put that person in front of the machine, turning out widgets is going to be a very bad mismatch, and then we need to pay them a lot of money and continue trying to squeeze them to improve that performance. But if somebody is motivated by strategy games, and we give them the kind of problems that are very similar to the type of things that they naturally gravitate to they will be motivated. So we're not creating a new game for them, but we're looking at parallels and helping them to find that intrinsic motivation. And that's something that I think becomes super, super powerful where they then create their own games based on the work that we want them to achieve." - George Kesselman 

Fresh out of the studio, George Kesselman joined us to discuss his new book "The Power of Play". He shares the main themes and key takeaways on how games will drive the future of work. We began the conversation with George providing an overview of how work has evolved from a craftsman environment to the industrial age and explained why we need a re-thinking of work using game play. He dived deep into the different personas of gamers in work life and offered what success would mean for his book in redefining the workplace. 


Episode Highlights: 
[0:44] QOTD 
[2:02] Introduction: George Kesselman 
[3:31] Inspiration behind “The Power of Play” book 
[4:47] How George convinced Wiley of the book deal 
[5:41] The intended audience for “The Power of Play” 
[6:38] Main Themes &amp; Key Takeaways behind “The Power of Play” 
[9:31] Remote Work vs Return to Office 
[12:02] The legacy of work 1.0 
[17:24] Work 3.0 world 
[21:04] Introduction to Gamification and Game Design in Workplace 
[26:58] Different Personas in Games and how they map into real-world work 
[29:42] The different motivations that draw people to work 
[34:22] How to apply game development principles and design to work 
[38:22] Predictors of Success in Matching People to Work 
[40:40] Gauging Performances of Workers in remote and distributed environments 
[43:13] Things not in the book and is a sequel in the works? 
[44:58] What does success mean for “The Power of Play” book? 
[46:13] Closing 

Podcast Information: Bernard Leong hosts and produces the show. Proper credits for the intro and end music: "Energetic Sports Drive" and the episode is mixed and edited in both video and audio format by Thomas G Craig.

The Power of Play and Future of Work with George Kesselman

A weekly podcast dissecting the pulse of business, technology & media in Asia. Hear our host interviewing leading journalists, senior executives, respectable authors & thinkers, entrepreneurs & thought leaders to discuss the most important issues that move and shake the business landscape in the Asia Pacific. The show is originally created and hosted by Bernard Leong.

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