CIOs and Bow Ties

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points form the article:

- A Look Inside VC Firms Joining The SPAC Rush

- So far this year, more than 160 SPACs have raised over $48 billion in gross proceeds. In comparison, last year — also a record year for SPACs — 248 blank-check companies raised $83 billion

- Lerer Hippeau, Khosla Ventures and Advancit Capital all formed SPACs

- A VC firm will likely target its own portfolio companies to acquire, meaning they have a conflict of interest when it comes to allocating primary and secondary shares.

- the firm helps take their company public and typically gets about 20 percent of the SPAC value because it served as the SPAC management team.

- Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co.

- Derek Anthony West (Tony West), chief legal officer of Uber and brother-in-law of Vice President Kamala Harris

- Alex Kassan, former managing director at Anchorage Capital Group

- Some of Advancit’s notable portfolio companies include Headspace and Public.com.

- Martin Luther King III, human rights activist and son of Martin Luther King Jr.

- Kevin Mayer, former Disney exec and the brief CEO of TikTok

- Forest Road Acquisition Corp.

- Shaquille O’Neal, former NBA player

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points form the article:

- The Next Cybersecurity Risk Management Model Post the COVID-19 Crisis

- Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) approach, which allows employees to access corporate information while staying at home.

- update your cybersecurity management, an assessment

- personal data on online platforms such as social media sites

- bait victims into clicking links that are related to the pandemic.

- Encourage the dynamic use of cyber threat intelligence to recognize and address attack trends

- ecently developed tools such as host checking

- Install antivirus programs

- as phishing scams have risen during the crisis.

- update management documents such as crisis plans and business continuity plans

- carry out periodic cyber crisis simulation activities

- virtual private network (VPN) can add an extra layer of security

- enhancement of monitoring practices, streamlining of market risk operations model, optimization of reports and plans, and the automation of performance management and governance

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points form the article:

- 2 biotech firms investing $228M to open plants in Puerto Rico

- CytoImmune Therapeutics, Inc. and Biosimilar Solutions, LLC will establish operations in Puerto Rico to develop their biotechnology products.

- Biosimilar Sciences will work on biotech products, including a COVID-19 vaccine.

- Biosimilar’s current product portfolio has an approximate market value of $30 billion.

- Puerto Rico who helped make our presence here possible have been supportive, a reflection of the island’s commitment to performing on the highest level in terms of life science manufacturing and business development,

- Puerto Rico Incentives Code (Act 60) and other assets to set up their operations.

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points form the article:

- Silver Futures Soar 8%, Rise Above $29 As Reddit Hordes Pile In

- SD Bullion sold nearly 10x the number of silver ounces that we normally would sell in an entire weekend

- little inventory left from suppliers/mints going into Friday close.

- bullion dealers are now facing massive shortages of physical coins

- the short squeeze:Buy SLV shares (or PSLV shares) and SLV call options to force physical delivery of silver to the SLV vaults

- Time to get some payback for the bailouts and manipulation they've done for decades (look up silver manipulation fines that JPM has paid over the years).

- This means that 92% of that gold is held privately by institutions and by millions of boomer gold and silver bugs

- If the squeeze happens, it would be like 40 years worth of their gains in 4 months

- An investment in Shares is: Backed by silver held by the Custodian on behalf of the Trust

- The bulk of the Trust’s silver holdings is represented by physical silver, identified on the Custodian’s or, if applicable, sub-custodian's, books

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points form the article:

- As Bitcoin’s Price Surges, Affluent Investors Start to Take a Look

- Cryptocurrencies, originally a way to conduct business outside the financial system, are increasingly seen as an asset akin to private equity or venture capital.

- price of a single Bitcoin has gone from zero to over $30,000 in that time.

- ramifications of including Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in portfolios as well as trusts,

- investors comfort are the custody and other back-office financial services that lower the risk of the currencies being lost or stolen.

- cryptocurrencies are, in some ways, more like old-time bearer bonds

- 20 percent of the 18.5 million Bitcoin in existence have apparently lost their keys

- still look at it as a venture style of investing,” Mr. Willian said.

- treat digital assets the same as other investments in their portfolio. That will allow them to pay whatever tax they owe but also to make plans for gifts and bequests to heirs through an estate plan.

- combines humans and algorithms to securely move cryptocurrencies from “cold” storage, when the device holding the keys is not connected to the internet, to “hot” storage, where the Bitcoin is connected to the internet

- prudently managing the asset itself, given its volatility, in the context of other assets in the trust.

- Jurisdiction over disputes rests with the location of the property, not where the trust was set up.

- Internal Revenue Service Form 1040, filers are asked if they bought or sold any virtual currency that year.Disclaimer: This communication is for information purposes only not an investment recommendation.

http://reut.rs/3crtfZz​points from the article:- SpaceX launches record spacecraft in cosmic rideshare program- 143 spacecraft into space on Sunday, a new record for the most spaceships deployed on a single mission- The reusable rocket ferried 133 commercial and government spacecraft and 10 Starlink satellites to space- several thousand needed to offer broadband internet globally- a $10 billion investment it estimates could generate $30 billion annually- Musk’s interplanetary rocket program, called Starship.Disclaimer: This communication is for information purposes only not an investment recommendation.

[Frame - 01:01] Other challenges re: federal illegality and how to deal with them e.g. Banking[Frame - 05:18] Prospect of Federal Legalization and effect on company structure going forward

 

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[Frame - 01:01] How does that result in structuring a Cannabis Business?[Frame - 03:00] How does that differ for cultivation, manufacturing and dispensary?

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[Frame - 00:55] Marshall Minor – Introduction[Frame - 02:00] Brief background including involvement in cannabis companies[Frame - 06:40] Comments on latest legalization – NJ, Montana, Arizona, SD[Frame - 10:50] What is 280E?

 

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[Frame - 01:03] State taxes[Frame - 01:03] Is the federal solar tax credit going away in 2020?

 

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