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NovoPayment Ready for US Expansion
FUNDING NovoPayment Ready for US Expansion NovoPayment just raised a $19 million Series A dedicated, in part, to extending its Latin-American-focused financial services software business into the U.S. Co-founded by Venezuelan Anabel Pérez, NovoPayment operates as a banking-as-a-service startup in Miami, Florida. NovoPayment’s cloud-based software enables banks, neobanks, credit unions, and other finserv companies to create and sell…
Read MoreMaking solar energy storage smaller ☀️
Everyday electronic gadgets like your phone, headphones, and smart watch are powered by lithium-ion batteries charged with electricity. Even if we manufacture trillions of them however, these batteries won’t be able to carry the entire load of electrifying the global economy however. Whether it’s large scale energy storage or small, different systems are needed. Many…
Read MoreDoes We Have a Hiring Problem in Cannabis?
The cannabis industry has a hiring problem. More specifically, we have an employee retention problem. What Does The Data Say? There’s not a lack of interest in people wanting to work in cannabis. There is, however, a clear lack of employees willing to stay in their current roles for a meaningful period of time. To…
Read MoreIntroducing FTT 2.0
Heyyyyy everyone what’s good. Yes, yes, I know, long time no chat. I’ve been busy catching up on non-professional stuff in life—what they don’t tell you is that when you’re heads down building, you kinda forget about pursuing important life goals that are outside of work. As my wife said, “you’re finally doing things normal people…
Read MoreThe Cost of Goods in Digital Media
“Accounting is the language of business, and you have to be as comfortable with that as you are with your own native language to really evaluate businesses.” Warren Buffett Media businesses are, in general, simple businesses. People create content. Content creates attention. Attention creates opportunities to monetize. But this simplicity is a masquerade for a…
Read MoreSharma- 04/17/2022
Happy Sunday! (and Happy Easter!) If you’re reading this, I hope you’re full from eating some good food and you’re kicked back with your feet up and have a bottle of water with some Waterboy mixed in — they don’t have the sweetest taste, but they hydrate you really fast! I quietly launched my website — nik.co — and…
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