Love your insights and analysis on a range of topics! 

blockstack

Ryan Shea and Muneeb Ali, the cofounders of Blockstack, on how their tools enable users to control their own data, why the internet should have universal usernames but no company should control that, and why Blockstack’s storage system still allows users to choose centralized options &nbsp;like Google Drive and Dropbox. They also talk about how other blockchain systems are thinking about scaling wrong, why they launched a developer fund, and why a developer would choose Blockstack over Ethereum. Show notes:  http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/09/05/blockstack-on-how-to-take-control-from-google-facebook-and-amazon/ BlockStack: https://blockstack.org/

Blockstack On Getting Independence From Google, Facebook And Amazon

Michael and Abadesi are back for episode 15! They talk...

Drakes new album, and the controversy surrounding his take over of the Spotify homepage.

VC’s being sheep and following the crowd with their investments.

Youtubers acting a fool.

Are digital celebrities the future of the influencer marketing?

Plus are audiences getting too comfortable with community-based entrepreneurs?

And much more!

Further Reading

https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/03/spotify-users-push-back-at-the-over-the-top-drake-promotion/
https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/03/facebook-confirms-bloomsbury-ai-acquisition/
https://medium.com/@rrhoover/request-for-crazy-startups-f3262fd62e24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaWYKF0_tbc
https://twitter.com/BenedictEvans/status/1005768107200335872

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Episode 15: Drake, VC's being sheep, Digital Celebrities and Overnight Failures.

Abadesi and Michael are back again for a short and sweet episode 16.

They talk:

Kylie Jenner on the cover of Forbes; is it fair to call her self-made.
Women of color being left out of the diversity conversation, specifically looking at the open letter sent to London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
Elon Musk and the Thai rescue mission,
Tesla and Apple suing former employees,
The twitter bot purge,
Diddy calling Black Panther a ‘cruel experiment’.

Plus Cardi B and Serena Williams ...

Further Reading:
https://medium.com/@vsanyauke/open-letter-in-response-to-behindeverygreatcity-silicon-valley-comes-to-the-uk-trade-mission-c4ff6fb31b8a
https://variety.com/2018/film/news/diddy-black-panther-cruel-experiment-1202870736/
https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/10/ex-apple-employee-charged-with-stealing-self-driving-car-secrets/

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Episode 16: Is Kylie Jenner self-made? WOC left out of diversity conversation & twitter bot purge

Hey! We've got a special episode of Techish for you all this week! 

Two weeks ago, Abadesi and Michael got a chance to sit down with the founder of the legendary Product Hunt, Ryan Hoover. We talked about everything from... 

- Investing in crazy startups,
- How Ryan would rebuild his network from scratch in 2018
- Bootstrapping verses raising money,
- Building a community based business,
- What social platforms we are bullish on,
- Which celebrities could play us in our life stories,
- And a hustle tip on why Ryan loves routine.

Plus much more!

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See you next week for our usual round of the latest tech and pop culture news.

Bonus Episode: An interview with Product Hunt founder Ryan Hoover

Michael and Abadesi are back for episode 17! 

They talk...

Blavity raising $6.5 million,
A VC/bootstrap debate between Michael and Abadesi based on an article by Wistia [link below]
Facebook shares tumbling by more than 20%
Napping as a service, 
Serena Williams and her daughters Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. social media presence.
Plus a hustle tip/debate on how should you support your friend's businesses.

And much more!

Further Reading:
https://wistia.com/learn/culture/taking-on-debt-to-grow-our-own-way
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44957359
https://www.instagram.com/olympiaohanian/?hl=en

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Episode 17: Blavity getting that coin, VC debate between Aba and Michael, and Serena Williams

A short and sweet episode of Techish.

Michael and Abadesi talk Will Smith raising a Venture fund, Whatsapp limiting forwarding messages, Lyft proposing a Zen Mode, Beyonce’s photo cover and Disneys new African Princess. Plus we look at @kerby's research into the academic background of VC's.

Further Reading: 
https://www.fastcompany.com/90210794/most-vcs-are-still-white-men-and-40-went-to-harvard-or-stanford
https://moguldom.com/152081/will-smith-launches-dreamers-fund-vc-for-startups-plans-to-raise-100m/
https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/07/lyft-zen-mode-quiet-car-ridesharing/566291/ http://theshaderoom.com/disney-is-adding-an-african-princess-to-their-royal-family-with-live-action-fairty-tale-sade/ http://theshaderoom.com/beyonce-reportedly-hired-the-first-black-photographer-to-shoot-her-vogue-september-cover/

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Episode 18: Will Smith the VC? Ride-sharing Zen Mode, Beyonce, Harvard & Stanford privilege?

Techish is back after a bit of delay for episode 19.

Aba and Michael break down
- An app that helps citizens report people to the police,
- Twitter not banning Alex Jones,
- Elon taking Tesla private,
- Beyonce's Vogue article,
- In my feelings challenge,
- MOOC’s not living up to their billing

Plus a hustle tip on secrets and an audience question.

Further reading:
https://www.vox.com/2018/8/8/17662774/twitter-alex-jones-jack-dorsey
https://theoutline.com/post/5742/uber-for-snitching?zd=1&zi=c4h3ggsg
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45105674 

Books:
Shoe Dog
Factfullness

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Episode 19: Uber for snitches? Beyonce's Vogue article, Twitter hijinks with Alex Jones and Elon

Episode 23: 

Abadesi and Michael are back again...

This time talking...

- Kaepernick & Nike, 
- Abadesi attending a political meeting with the London mayors team,
- Lyft going public before Uber, and the new millionaires it will create
- The Jack Dorsey and Sherly Sandberg senate hearings  
- Backstage Capital's new accelerator,
- and how to entice a CTO to join your startup?

Plus much more

Further Reading 
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-31/lyft-is-said-to-hire-adviser-to-prepare-for-targeted-2019-ipo
https://www.vox.com/2018/9/5/17822906/jack-dorsey-sheryl-sandberg-twitter-facebook-capitol-hill
https://backstagecapital.com/accelerator/

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Episode 23: Kaepernick/Nike, Lyft going public, Backstage Capital new accelerator and I need a CTO!

Michael and Abadesi are back with brand new Techish. 

Recorded 2 weeks ago in NYC, the Techish team is joined by the amazing Sarah Cooper!

Sarah is a dope comedian, writer and former Googler! Check her out:

http://sarahcpr.com
http://sarahcpr.com/books/

We talk

- Sarah’s new book - [0:47]
- Joining Google - [2:18]
- Changing the world as a comedian [06:09]
- Her first standup performance. [07:43]
- Netflix impact on Comedy [13:50]
- Diaspora Wars [17:41]
- Thoughts on Tech [20:00]
- Jamaican accents [26:02]


Further Reading:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnBupO_Kjto&t=93s

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Leaving Google to be a comic, Netflix and fake Jamaican accents w/ Sarah Cooper

Abadesi and Michael [with a cold] are back with a brand new episode of Techish!

This episode they talk:

Mailchimp bootstraps to a billion dollar valuation
Kanye meets Trump and goes Uganda [09:40]
YC top 100 startups: [13:47]
Google Plus [21:20]
Black History Month Erasure [28:08]
Facebook Portal [35:30]


Further Reading:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2018/10/08/the-new-atlanta-billionaires-behind-an-unlikely-tech-unicorn/#18941f731a21
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kanye-wests-trip-to-africa-is-even-more-embarrassing-than-melania-trumps
https://www.ycombinator.com/topcompanies/
https://bgr.com/2018/10/16/google-plus-disaster-former-designer-writes-tell-all/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-45731821
https://peopleofcolorintech.com/articles/five-things-ive-learned-in-my-first-year-working-at-product-hunt/


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Episode 27: Bootstrapping to a billion, Kanye meets Trump, RIP Google +, & Black History erasure

Abadesi and Michael are back with something different. 

This episode isn’t their usual round of up of the week's news, but instead a heart to heart on the struggles of being a founder, and all the stuff they had to learn the hard way over the last 3-4 years. 

This was recorded a few weeks ago, as Abadesi is currently in SF working on her new startup Elpha! 

We cover: 

- What we wish we knew before we started
- Keeping yourself mentally okay, [7:40]
- Controlling your ego, 
- Spotting talent [10:37]
- The value of patience, [12:00]
- Black millennial burnout [16:10]

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Further Reading:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/millennials-burnout-generation-debt-work

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Ep 33: Founder Struggles, Being Unapologetic, Patience, Self Care & Black Millennial Burnout

Zachary Fallon, a former SEC staffer and author of the Reg A JOBS Act crowdfunding rules and a principal at Blakemore Fallon, discusses Blockstack's filing for a token offering under Reg A+, what that means for the security status of the tokens and what types of investors the company can raise from. We also talk about several of the particulars of the Blockstack filing, such as the time-lock on the tokens, the ability to raise money in bitcoin and ether, and the cap on the dollar amount of tokens any single investor can purchase. Zach also covers how much they must have worked with the SEC until this point, how long it might take the SEC to offer a response and what the filing means for token offerings going forward. Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode Links Zach Fallon: https://twitter.com/ZacharyFallon &nbsp; Blakemore Fallon: https://blakemorefallon.com Blockstack: https://blockstack.org Stackstoken: https://www.stackstoken.com App mining for Stacks: https://app.co/mining Blockstack's Reg A+ filing:  https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1719379/000110465919020748/a18-15736_1partiiandiii.htm Wired story on the filing:  https://www.wired.com/story/startup-sell-you-crypto-tokens-with-sec-backing/

Blockstack's Reg A+ Filing and the Future of Token Offerings - Ep.069

Abadesi and Michael are back with brand new Techish...

Instagram as therapy: [0:34]
Black girl magic in the tech game [7:39]
Indie Hackers:  [16:15]
Jay-Z is cancelled?  [18:08]
How to network in 2019? [26:05]

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Further Reading:
https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/23/tastemakers-raises-1-4m-to-sell-africa-experiences-to-the-world/
https://news.crunchbase.com/news/sarah-kunsts-cleo-capital-raises-3-5-million-to-boost-women-decision-makers-in-vc/

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Instagram As Therapy? Black Girl Magic in Tech, Jay-Z Getting Cancelled, How to Network in 2019

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