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NY Stock Exchange's proposal request to SEC to allow companies to raise capital as part of direct listing. LVMH reached deal to acquire Tiffany for $16.3B. Uber losing London license. Global 5G wireless deal threatening weather forecasts. European parliament's NationBuilder contract under investigation by data regulator. China opening up payment systems (Alipay & WeChat Pay). FedEx autonomous delivery robot sent cease-and-desist in NYC. UN reporting climate-heating greenhouse gases have hit new high. And Black Friday record online sales ($7.4B incl. $2.9B on mobile).
NEW THINGS ==> OneAPI By Intel (Write AI code once, run anywhere). Mondo Museum (Sims-like game to build, staff & run your very own museum). Google Lens (Outfit inspiration with style ideas).
As y'all know, my New Years Resolution is to get to know GarysGuide members & subscribers better :) So shoot me an email & introduce yourself!
ANNOUNCING ==> MetaBronx Accelerator (Focused on tech-enabled startups owned & operated by women or members of cultural minority groups; Solving the problems of the 99%; Winter 2020 batch; 6 months; Jan 14 - Jun 09; no equity; With Village Capital); apply by Dec 09.
ANNOUNCING ==> Autodesk Forge Accelerator (For creative developers working on a chosen project leveraging Autodesk Forge APIs; Support & training from Autodesk Cloud Engineering teams; Jan 13-17 in San Francisco); apply by Dec 13.
ANNOUNCING ==> Fintech Innovation Lab (For early-stage to growth-stage enterprise tech startups; 12 week program; Apr 01 - Jun 25; Refine & test value proposition w/ support of world's leading financial service firms; Focus on analytics, IoT, AI, blockchain, Insurtech, Regtech); apply by Dec 02.
ANNOUNCING ==> RLab Accelerator (For pre-seed to seed stage startups working with AR, VR or spatial computing; Spring 2020 accelerator program; 12 weeks; Mar 09 - May 22; Includes residency at RLab in Brooklyn Navy Yard & potential equity investment from Super Ventures); apply by Dec 20.
ANNOUNCING ==> Jemm Ventures Accelerator (Connecting healthcare tech startups w/ leading healthcare decision makers & investors; 1 month program; For startups that are ready to deploy product, market ready to launch pilots & partnerships and looking to fundraise); apply by Dec 10.
CAUSE ==> Dec 03 GivingTuesday (International day of charitable giving).
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 16 Smart Cities: Cool Futures w/ Tech Innovation w/ Eric Adams (First African-American Boro President of Brooklyn), Andrew Rasiej (Founder, Civic Hall), Sree Sreenivasan (Prof., Columbia), Sep DiMeglio (AI Advocate, Microsoft), Jeffrey Paul (Founder, Ziotag); 7 FREE Passes!
DON'T MISS! ==> Mar 30 - Apr 03 NY Fintech Week incl. Empire FinTech Conf, VIP kickoff & closing parties & banking innovation roundtable. Apr 01 Empire Fintech Conf w/ startup demos, keynotes, masterclass & panels incl. Challenger Banks, Blockchain, Data Is The New Oil & VC Rearview Mirror.
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 04 Redditors, YouTubers & TikTokers: Master Class On Covering Internet Culture w/ Aja Romano (Staff Writer, Vox), Kaitlyn Tiffany (Staff Writer, The Atlantic), Paige Leskin (Tech & Internet Culture Reporter, Business Insider); 5 FREE Passes!
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 05 InsurTech: War Stories Working w/ InsurTech Startups w/ Victor Dan (Dir. Strategy, Prudential), Zander Steele (Dir. Enterprise Sales, HyperScience), Olek Shestakov (CEO, Livegenic), Megan Protas (Dir., New York Life Ventures); 3 FREE Passes ($45 each)!
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 08 PropTech Brunchwork w/ Zak Schwarzman (Partner, MetaProp), Rory Golod (Regional President, Compass). Dec 11 Future Of Work w/ Jonathan Kestenbaum (Founder, Talent Tech Labs) & Matthew Powers (Head, WeWork Labs East); 3 FREE Passes ($30 each)!
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 09 Venture University: Reverse Demo Day (Investors pitch the startups they selected to invest in & explain why they chose to invest); 15 FREE Passes! Dec 17 Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg (FREE) w/ Carolyn Childers (Founder/CEO, Chief) & Scarlet Fu (Editor, Bloomberg).
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 03 Starta Ventures Private Preview Demo Day Breakfast (For accredited investors only; Demos by Stereotheque, Honeymarker, OpenBusiness, Parsers, Sproutlogix, ShowmeVR, Sonr); 3 FREE Passes ($150)! Dec 04 Made In NY Fellows Celebration (FREE).
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 06 Fireside Chat (FREE) w/ Sir Roger Penrose (Physicist) & Janna Levin (Dir. Sciences, Pioneer Works). Dec 05 Are Gig Workers In A Race To The Bottom? (FREE) w/ Amolo Ng'weno (CEO, BFA), Yinka Adegoke (Editor, Quartz Africa).
Dec 03 Alibaba.com Build Up NYC (FREE); Conversations w/ leaders of Alibaba.com, Roundtables, interactive breakout sessions & deep dives on growing business & selling online. Jan 25 Brunchwork w/ Ritcha Ranjan (Dir. Product Mgmt, Google).
Dec 04 Ad Tech Predictions For 2020 (FREE) w/ founder/CEOs Ari Lewine (TripleLift), Michael Tiffany (WhiteOps), Ari Paparo (Beeswax), Antoine Bonavita (VP Engg, Dailymotion). Dec 05 Starta Ventures Demo Day w/ Stereotheque, Honeymarker, Parsers, ShowmeVR, Sonr; 3 FREE Passes ($30)!
Dec 03 Creative Writing For Documentary Flimmakers w/ Rose Gustine (Dir. Operations, SVA MFA Social Documentary Film); 2 FREE Passes ($150 each)! Dec 04 NY Maritime Innovation Center Meetup (FREE) w/ Petere Pamela Miner (Co-Founder, CoLoadX).
Dec 04 Global Cities Initiative: Cybersecurity (FREE) w/ Stephan Mayer (State Secretary, Germany), Nils Gerhardt (VP & Head of Products, Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security), Eiko Okamoto (GM, Cybergym), Baptistin Buchet (Head of Cybersecurity & Digital Trust, Wavestone).
Dec 05 Norwegian Pitch Night (FREE) w/ Dylan Schuler (Sidekickfund), Daniel Roever (Boro Capital), Chris Cunningham (C2Ventures). Dec 03 Transit Techies (FREE) w/ Sunny Ng (Creator, Goodservice.io), Ivy Pan (Principal, Via), Joshua Gee (Dir., NYC Transit), Joe Rodriguez (NY State Trooper).
Dec 09 Building Brand Buzz Through Content Marketing (FREE) w/ Jen Zudonyi (Dir. Brand Mktg, Bleacher Report), Danielle Adone (Digital Mktg, Global Citizen), Will Hamnett (Dir., Jungle Creations), Bobby Palmieri (Co-Founder/CEO, Lilo Social).
DEADLINES ==> Dec 02 ToasterLAB 2019 (Agri-Food business acceleration program for successful industrialization & marketing; Mentorship + support throughout entire value chain; Starts Dec 05; Backed by Vitagora, the leading agri-food competitiveness cluster in Europe).
CONGRATS! ==> Emery & Frame.io (collaboration platform for video industry) raised $50M. Rich & tray.io (automated workflows) raised $50M. Jacob & Genvid Technologies (interactive streaming technologies for game developers) raised $27M.
Mo' Congrats! ==> Anonos (data privacy & enablement tech platform provider) raised $12M. Armando & RavenPack (big data analytics for financial services) raised $10M. Neil & Andrena (high-speed wireless internet) raised $2.6M.
Mo' Congrats! ==> Planaria (bitcoin development) raised $1.6M. Adarsh & Wardrobe (peer-peer platform to rent luxury, designer & vintage clothing) raised $1.5M.
RECENTLY READ ==> Streaming Wars, Big Tech's Big Defector, Instagram: The World's Filter, Angel Investing's Social Subsidy, Narrative Violation, Ambient Computing Future, Strange Case Of Quadriga, Fake Amazon Reviews, PS1 Art Mecca and The Jungle Prince Of Delhi.
WHO'S HIRING ==> Media Strategist at Wikia, Mktg Intern at EasyKnock, Exec Assistant at Away, Category Mgr at Boxed, Strategy Mgr, Fashion at Jet, Launch & Expansion Mgr, Travel at CLEAR, Product Design at Squarespace, Dir. Mobile Engg at Timehop, Analyst at Union Square Ventures, Copywriter at Brooklinen, Visual Mgr at The RealReal, Producer at Gimlet Media, Events Mgr at iCapital, Travel Writer at BuzzFeed, Dir. Customer Success at SevenRooms, & many more!
Now watch Onward Preview, ET: Holiday Reunion, Star Wars The Rise Of Skywalker, Trolls World Tour and The Aeronauts Trailer (premiering Dec 06).
Until next week :)
Gary
(aka "The Guy with the Red Tie")
Word on the Streets: "GarysGuide is great!" - Kat Hanna (Project Manager @ NYC Media Lab)
Thanks, Kat! :)
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Superionic ice (confirmed by researchers @ Lab for Laser Energetics) is a new phase of water w/ bizarre properties & might make up the bulk of giant icy planets. Interesting, yo!
Everyday Robot Project (at Google X Lab created a trash sorting robot using collaborative learning, simulation & reinforcement learning
First global map of Saturn's largest moon Titan reveals Earth-like features w/ a twist incl. air with no oxygen, hills with no soil and rain with no water.
Ten excellently preserved fossil feathers found in Australia representing the first solid evidence that feathered dinosaurs lived at Earth's poles.
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