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Kia KokalitchevaJan 30, 2018Dog-walking startup Wag raises $300 million
SoftBank buys into Wag, which also gets a new CEO.
Ina FriedJan 30, 2018Andrew Ng's latest AI project: a $175 million fund
Investors include NEA, Sequoia, Greylock Partners, and SoftBank
Dan PrimackJan 25, 2018Benchmark Capital's lawsuit against Travis Kalanick is over
SoftBank deal paved the path for dismissal.
Kia KokalitchevaJan 24, 2018SoftBank backs construction tech startup Katerra
Deal comes at a valuation north of $3 billion
Dan PrimackJan 23, 2018Steve Schwarzman on SoftBank's "particular place"
Private equity boss on his latest rival.
Dan PrimackJan 19, 2018SoftBank's Uber deal still faces regulatory review
$8 billion investment is closed. Sort of...
How the ride-hail companies are all connected
It's a hyper-competitive industry in which rivals are often partners.
Dan PrimackJan 4, 2018Travis Kalanick offered to sell half his Uber shares
He'll finally become the billionaire he's often reported to be.
Sara FischerJan 4, 2018Report: Weinstein Co. could sell for less than $500 million
The Weinstein Co. film studio, founded by disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein
Dan PrimackJan 4, 2018Private equity buys into subprime lender OneMain
Apollo and Varde are buying a 40% stake from Fortress.
Kia KokalitchevaJan 3, 2018China's Didi Chuxing acquires Brazilian ride-hailing company 99
And with this, it's back to competing with old rival Uber.
Kim HartDec 28, 2017SoftBank agrees to buy large stake in Uber
Uber will also get a $1 billion investment from SoftBank at the $70 billion valuation.
Dan PrimackDec 21, 2017Sequoia Capital is talking about a $5 billion fund
It would be the Silicon Valley-based firm's largest-ever raise.
Dan PrimackDec 19, 2017Lemonade raises $120 million round, led by SoftBank
Real estate insurer now worth more than $500 million.
Kia KokalitchevaDec 19, 2017Tech IPOs faced unexpected headwinds in 2017
Top tech startups found even more ways to put off traditional IPOs.
Kia KokalitchevaDec 8, 2017Uber inks deal with Singapore's largest taxi operator
Uber has agreed to sell a majority stake in its Singapore rental car business.
Dan PrimackDec 1, 2017Current Uber employees have restriction on stock sales to SoftBank
Deadline to tender is December 28.
Dan PrimackNov 29, 2017Uber deal reflects SoftBank's growing power in Silicon Valley
Venture firms do not want to cross Masa Son.
Kia KokalitchevaNov 22, 2017SoftBank's ride-hail ambitions turn to India
It's reportedly in talks to up its stake in Indian ride-hailing company Ola.
Dan PrimackNov 12, 2017SoftBank's Uber deal takes major step forward
No, a deal isn't done yet. Not even close.
Dan PrimackNov 9, 2017Uber CEO: SoftBank deal will happen
Dara Khosrowshahi gives first public interview
Ina FriedNov 5, 2017SoftBank to up its Sprint stake in wake of failed T-Mobile deal
The Japanese conglomerate says that the No. 4 U.S. carrier is a strategic part of tis future.
Ina FriedNov 4, 2017How the T-Mobile-Sprint deal died
Softbank chief Masayoshi Son turned down a revised offer at a dinner in Tokyo last night, according to a source
Ina FriedNov 4, 2017T-Mobile, Sprint break off merger talks
The two companies said they have ended discussions after being unable to come to a satisfactory deal.
Dan PrimackOct 24, 2017SoftBank asks Uber shareholders to keep quiet
It's an "anti-collusion clause" or a "gag order," depending on your point of view.
Steve LeVineOct 18, 2017SoftBank wants to become a major AI player
Masayoshi Son has tapped a $93 billion investment fund for the "singularity."
Kia KokalitchevaOct 18, 2017Abu Dhabi's Mubadala sets up VC shop in Silicon Valley
$400 million VC fund launched, in partnership with SoftBank.
Steve LeVineOct 11, 2017WeWork founder says we've lost community
The office leasing company partners with biographer Walter Isaacson
Kia KokalitchevaOct 11, 2017Indian Uber rival Ola is raising more than $2 billion
It has already closed $1.1 billion of the Tencent-led funding round.
Dan PrimackOct 3, 2017Uber board splits difference with Travis Kalanick
Now comes the SoftBank battle.
Dan PrimackOct 3, 2017WeWork CEO: Valuation based on "energy and spirituality"
Who's gonna tell SoftBank?
Dan PrimackOct 2, 2017Roivant ups bet on Arbutus, after Axovant failure
SoftBank-backed biotech needs a win.
Travis Kalanick fills two remaining Uber board seats
But the arbitration with Benchmark Capital is ongoing.
Alayna TreeneSep 20, 2017Top quotes from Bloomberg Global Business Forum
Top lines from Mike Bloomberg, Bill Clinton, Emmanuel Macron, Justin Trudeau and more.
Dan PrimackSep 18, 2017SoftBank's big Uber deal rests on governance
Pricing matters, but right now it's secondary.
Kia KokalitchevaSep 11, 2017Self-driving car startup Zoox talks funding with SoftBank
Deal could value Zoox at upwards of $4 billion.
Dan PrimackAug 30, 2017New Uber CEO: We're not going public next year
Dara Khosrowshahi meets with employees.
Kia KokalitchevaAug 30, 2017Mastercard is WeWork's newest enterprise customer
The two companies have inked a deal that will include testing new payments technology and mentoring select startups.
Kia KokalitchevaAug 28, 2017Meet Uber's newly chosen CEO
Uber's board has handed the keys to Iranian-born Dara Khosrowshahi, Expedia's CEO and a Barry Diller protégé.
Kia KokalitchevaAug 24, 2017SoftBank invests $3 billion into WeWork
Combined with previously announced funds for international expansion, SoftBank's investment reaches $4.4 billion.
Dan PrimackAug 14, 2017Uber ponders new investment as board battle rages
Such a deal could create as many problems as it solves.
Dan PrimackAug 14, 2017The Uber situation has somehow devolved even further
Uber's board is looking at 3 investors offering to buy its shares.
Dan PrimackAug 10, 2017Charter Communications has yet another suitor
Altice is sniffing around what could be a $200 billion deal.
Kia KokalitchevaAug 7, 2017SoftBank says it's interested in investing in Uber or Lyft
Confirming earlier reports of its interest in Uber.
Kia KokalitchevaAug 6, 2017WeWork invests $500 million to grow in Southeast Asia and Korea
The company is in the midst of an aggressive expansion in Asia.
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survey 1of child centric education
My dream: everyone experiences Harrison Owen OpenSpace After%20the%20Rage.pdf
IF SCHOOLS were child centric they would make age relevant interventions:
if anyone is illiterate at age 6 it only takes 90 days to change that - best of all a literate kid can be main helper in 20 minute session - see sunita gandhi
finacial literacy would be practicsed from age 8 - see aflatoun ( works in 100 countries
from age 10 pre-teens would have access to pfysical and mental health studies designed peer to peer -see Lancet
no kid would leave primary school without knowing how open space meetings/teamwork is facilitated
teachers would be celebrated for clarifying which skills involve experiential learning not classroom examination - while there is some recognition that music and sports involve practice, its shocking that coding isnt valued this way ..
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Do you have life-changing moment to share? - what was it and what did you think or do differently after it?
example until 9/11, i assumed that (good) futures are happening somewhere in the world and would be searched out so that all could communally replicate them; === 9/11 caused me to question whether global connectivity will give us time to find sustainable solutions for our kids- i became particulaly interested in places where good education leaps appeared but did not get app'd the world over - one example actually goes back to my favorite 1990s advances in schools that a small cliuster of new zealand schools pioneered - download it here https://oiipdf.com/download/the-learning-revolution
i welcome discussion of this book's parts at any time rsvp chris.macrae@yahoo.co.uk if you have a solution every community that develops youth could be cooperational
in 1984our book with economist editors 2025report made the case for 40 year commitment to every child identifying own skils dashboard and maximising AI curation of this- we valued this as sustainability critical worldwide cooperation - we see no logic for changing this concern
== we live in an age where most up to half of knowhow of techforgood changes every 3 years - we needed mindsets for exploration not for being standard examined; a nation that makes its college students its largest debt class is likely to collapse economically socially environmentally if web3 is designed for celebrating sustainability cooperation; and if web3 is not designed for neough yout to linkin the first sustainability generation then we are all heading the way of the dodo
I am learn to learn
TECH - What is IT? and which exponential multipliers most impact human and natural futures?
AI >. silicon chip singularity (ie when one chip > one brain in pure analytical capacity) - science fictiion no moore
who programs the ai - the race to include lost voices eg girls- the world of statistics re=-examined like never before (eg previously mass statistics very weak at coding meaining from numbers)
Biotech >> Affective science (loveq and emotional intelligence remains human's unique edge over artificials for at least 10 more years!)
Some people say that Virtual or Augmented Reality has advanced at its best so far in last 12 months that there are hardly any qualified teachers only pioneering explorers- does this matter - well its VR which is your gateway to web3 - intead of just a mobile device you will like wear a visual sensor system; equally others argue that you shouldnt worry about how fast you put googles on - what you should want is to take back ownbership of what you spend time creating virually- look at the small print of the big platforms you probably dont own anything without them..maybe this is a generation issue bu interstingly the met-generation can now work on chnaging anything that old systems are destroying (eg climate) ...t
IOT which things will now have brains and be as mobile connected as you are
Crypto - can communities celebrate financiang their own most urgent sustainability cooperations? if they dont who wil?
Cyber >> Drone - opportunities and threats of public spaces- first in spaces like the arctic circle if we dont use drones we will get no warning before the big meltdown
-the mkist memorable western campus event i attended in 2010s was tufts colllaboratory summit convened mainly by arctic circle youth under 25;
one of the main debates how to help teachers in arctic circle schools empower their students to use virtual reality to visit other arctic circles schools communities; many of the changes and solutions are analogous; I am reminded by educators leading the compilation of virtual realty libraries of the DICE acronym - a reen might want to do something dangerous like climb everest, why not VR simulate that? there are impossible things a trainee doctor will never be able to travel inside a humans gut but that can be VR'd; there are catastropghic simulations - you would rid the world of bees just to test if donald is wrong about nature being more powerful than he is, you can simulate it; or the future of smart tourism may be curation of what a community is proudest of being visited for - this way ecotourism, cultural appreciation exchanges can be twinned to maximise celebration of each other- and by the way friends of the tourist can join in virtually- of corse this raises a metaverse question - that Hong Kong is leading the world on
being 100% public - good and bad hacs- note context matters - context 1 smart city context 2 isolated vilalge no moore context 3 make a huge land safe at borders
3D printing aka additive engineering
Big Data Small by market tech sector Leapfrogging
Nano cf einstein - to innovate science model more micro
Blockchain
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