if there is no real global internet - see China for example - how can there be a real global cryptoland? by real, i mean minimum to no friction, no barriers, no blocks, no censorship...

My new #linkedin blog on why #diversity is about more than the stats - #inclusion #belonging #respect

Based on media depictions, you'd think that "college" in America mostly means four years spent on a leafy suburban campus, hitting frat parties and studying philosophy. The reality is far different. Most U.S. students don't fit the traditional profile: They are older, or attend part-time, or go to community college. Most don't live on campus. And more than 75% of undergrads attend schools that accept more than half their applicants. Yet the media writes incessantly about college admissions while largely ignoring issues that affect the majority. …see more

The COVID-19 outbreak has hit gyms, studios and wellness centers particularly hard — which like restaurants were forced to shut their doors nearly overnight. ClassPass CEO Fritz Lanman talked with me about how its live-streamed platform is an effort to keep those studios afloat as the COVID-19 tide rises higher. …see more

SMBs tell PYMNTS that they expect their local economies to take 178 days on average to recover from the COVID-19 downturn … but that they only have enough cash to last another 20 days. So they are doing the only thing they can right now: furloughing workers. Here’s new data on how 200 SMBs are trying their best to make ends meet while keeping what’s left of their businesses running. Full Report: https://lnkd.in/eenge6a …see more

With traditional banks unable to fill Southeast Asia’s $175 billion small business funding gap, tech firms like ridesharing and food delivery platforms are stepping in. Grab 's Head of Lending and Finance Ankur Mehrotra tells me about the opportunity to wield driver and merchant data to understand borrower diversity, repayment behavior and shifting risk profiles — in ways that a thin credit profile can’t offer. …see more

The problem with challenger banks, HMBradley CEO Zach Bruhnke tells me, is that most of these "new" #banks are just old ideas dressed up with a slick digital interface. That’s why, when HM Bradley launches, it will be less of a challenger bank and more of a bank to challenge the status quo — starting with rethinking the definition of a deposit account, and how interest should be paid on those balances. Here’s the view from the launchpad. …see more

#B2B cross-border #payments are marked by friction tied to fluctuating FX rates, rigorous compliance rules, and sometimes, lack of transparency as to just where payments are, and when they will settle. In a new podcast, Amit Agarwal, global head of cross-border payments at Citi , tells me that integrating instant payments into cross-border payments can address some of those challenges. Here’s how. …see more

Kirk Bresniker, chief architect of Hewlett Packard Labs, told me AI is all math - and math makes people nervous. Bresniker examines the untapped potential of AI and why solving problems that humans haven’t cracked (or even know exist) requires AI to make naïve insights - to find correlations within data sets that are "hiding in plain sight." Check out the mind-bending conversation. …see more

Scientists and innovators have at least one common pursuit: an interest in understanding what keeps ecosystems healthy and what threatens their survival. Thriving ecosystems know how to manage one important, but often unsung ecosystem hero — its fuel source. Uber , and now Uber Cash’s fuel source is something hidden in plain sight, often used by other successful commerce platforms to ignite and even keep their own ecosystems healthy. Any ideas? …see more

In a world of big data, AI and machine learning, we have all the data and tools we need to make decisions about what’s good for consumers and even the direction of our economy, right? Nope. What’s worse is that we’re not only drowning in data, but the ways we’ve always measured and used it for decision-making are no longer relevant. Instead of more data, here’s what we need instead. …see more

When it comes to building a better burger, can an IoT-connected robot cut the mustard? David Zito, co-founder of Miso Robotics explains why they built Flippy, an IoT-enabled robot that uses the internet, AI and cameras to flip burgers.

Mobile order ahead is about solving a pain point that’s much more integral to the profitable operations of QSR establishments.

Join my conversation with Mark Turnage, CEO of OWL Cybersecurity, as he expresses the importance of the increasing threat of the darknet.

Is buying a car really a mobile app away? Blinker thinks so and their CEO explains why: https://lnkd.in/d6fsCPy

Great conversation with Stripe 's Cristina Cordova on what prompted the timing of their "Works with Stripe" developer tools, and how it will position them for what’s next. Details: http://bit.ly/2eZDqnj

This was tough. A Patriots fan talking to First Data Corporation 's Dan Charron about innovating the Seahawks fan experience. https://lnkd.in/ezqMREN

Just a couple more days until our virtual book launch! I have loved working on Botkeeper for Dummies and I'm so excited to be releasing another book and sharing all the cool ways that bots can radically transform accounting practices. Save your spot for the kick-off event here: http://ow.ly/qln550Boz5Y #botkeeperfordummies #radicalcpa #booklaunch …see more

We’re surrounded by financial mess and it’s all outside of our control. And I keep thinking we can't change it. So, how do we move forward, change our attitude, and adapt to the new normal? #radicalcpa #covid19 #thewayforward …see more

What happens when a new hire emails you the night before his January start date to say he’s not coming on board? CCH® SureTax #Axcess was my Plan B back then and is my go-to digital solution now. http://ow.ly/jXEs50BgfAG