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A Flood of Venture Dollars
THE BET A Flood of Venture Dollars The gaming industry is quietly massive. In 2020 the US Music industry did $12B in revenue. Streaming did $27B. By contrast, gaming generated $57B in the US and $126B globally. More than music and movies combined. Over the past 18 months, the best VCs in tech have poured hundreds…
Read MoreFintech That Makes an Impact
When I announced that my newsletter had been acquired by Workweek, I wrote: Since I wrote that, we’ve seen an acceleration of the slide in public fintech stock prices that is, even for a natural skeptic like myself, a bit surprising: We’ve also seen a corresponding cooling in VC funding for private fintech companies, as reported by CB…
Read MoreThe Marketing Millenials- 05/12/2022
SWIPE FILE Throughout my marketing career, I’ve kept a Swipe File (inspiration file) of my favorite marketing ideas: tweets, thoughts, articles, podcasts, ads, Tiktoks and our favorite, memes. Every week I’ll be sharing 3 of my favorites from my archives + what I’m adding to my swipe this week. 1. Short copy or long copy? Insight from: Eddie Shleyner…
Read MoreCrypto Tax Season 2022 Was A Nightmare For Everyone, Especially Women
DEEP DIVE Crypto Tax Season 2022 Was A Nightmare For Everyone, Especially Women Most of you don’t know this but, cryptocurrency taxation is a topic very near and dear to Ian and me. In fact it’s one of the reasons we ended up together—the very first time we met, Ian proudly proclaimed that he had…
Read MoreFintech Is, Indeed, Femme
WOMEN Fintech Is, Indeed, Femme Last night’s inaugural WTFintech? event, Fintech Is Femme, popped off at The Roxy Hotel in NYC featuring the stories of: Glenna DeRoy of Yieldstreet; Janjay Sherman of Square; Anna Stone of eToro; Sofiat Abdul of Goodfynd; Carolyn Vadino (formerly) of Gemini; Heather Buffo of Republic; Meg Crowell of BlockFi; Swati Chaturvedi of Propel(x); and Clarissa Horowitz of Lithic. These ladies rocked the stage with Ted-Talk style speeches focused…
Read MoreWeekly News Round-Up: The Green Paper
Data Breach Hits 1,200+ Ontario Dispensaries Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) confirmed a data breach on Tuesday affecting more than 1,200 retailers in Ontario. The information included the store’s name, license numbers, kilograms sold that month, kilograms sold that day, total units sold, whether it’s independently owned or a franchise, and plenty more. The leak didn’t involve consumer…
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