East Meets West: A Podcast about understanding Asia Tech and how Asia Tech affects the world

East Meets West: A Podcast about understanding Asia Tech and how Asia Tech affects the world

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  • Is Tesla Worth the Hype? Electric Vehicles, Batteries and the Future of Automotive | Breaking Down Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)

    In this episode, Dan and Albert talk about Tesla, Inc. Tesla aims to transition the world to electric mobility by making electric vehicles. It also sells solar panels and solar roofs for energy generation plus batteries for stationary storage for residential and commercial properties including utilities. Tesla has multiple vehicles in its fleet, which include luxury and mid-size sedans and crossover SUVs. Tesla also plans to begin selling more affordable sedans and small SUVs, a light-truck, semi-truck, and a sports car. 

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    In this episode we cover:

    • Elon Musk's "Tesla Masterplan" (3:23)
    • What is Tesla (5:33)
    • Tesla's increased production and decreased production costs (9:28)
    • The difference between electric and combustion engine vehicles (15:47)
    • How Tesla is different from its competitors (e.g. Toyota, Volkswagen, Hyundai) (18:51)
    • How to buy a Tesla (24:35)
    • Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' autonomous software (33:05)
    • What are future trends in the world that support Tesla (35:38)
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      49 min
    • What is an ETF? (Exchange-Traded Fund) | Explained in the Simple Sprouts Series

      What is an Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)? This is our 'Simple Sprouts' series. Every week we pick an investing or business concept and explain it in a refreshingly simple way. The challenge? To do it in 5 minutes or less.

      In this episode we cover:

      • What is an ETF?
      • How ETFs diversify your investments
      • Why ETFs are cheaper than making single investments
      • How ETFs can support your investing strategy (e.g. Gold or Cryptocurrency)
      • What are ethical ETFs
      • How are ethical ETFs made
      • What you should do to choose an ETF right for you
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        7 min
      • Micro-Investing, Bitcoin ETFs and Indonesia | In Conversation with George Lucas of Raiz Invest

        In this episode, Dan and Albert talk with George Lucas. George is the Founder and Global CEO of Raiz Invest, a mobile-led micro investing platform. Raiz enables its customers to start early, invest often, and reach their financial goals. Raiz is best known for its Round-Up feature which involves rounding up your transactions to the nearest dollar and investing the spare change into your Raiz account. 

        Since launching in 2016 Raiz has amassed more than 1.8 million downloads, over 1,784,000 signups, more than 456,000 active monthly customers and over $799 million funds under management as at 30 June 2021.

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        In this episode we cover:

        • George's career and journey before Raiz
        • What is Raiz and how it helps users invest
        • Raiz's portfolio model (i.e. mix of ETFs)
        • Raiz's recent inclusion of Bitcoin in its portfolio options
        • Raiz's expansion into Indonesia and Malaysia
        • What its like to work at Raiz
        • Special thanks to George for appearing on the show. You can check out his work here and get $5 free with your first investment: https://links.raizinvest.com.au/geKj

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          46 min
        • Space Tourism and the Space Race between Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson | Breaking Down Virgin Galactic Holdings (NSYE: SPCE)

          In this episode, Dan and Albert talk about Virgin Galactic Holdings. Virgin Galactic is a United States-based aerospace company pioneering human spaceflight for private individuals & researchers. Its in the headlines for launching founder Richard Branson into space on 11 July 2021. As of 31 December 2020, Virgin Galactic has approximately 600 reservations and over $80 million of deposits to go to space.

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          In this episode we cover:

          • What is Virgin Galactic (3:06)
          • The Virgin Galactic experience of flying to space
          • What business opportunities exist in the space industry (15:16)
          • Virgin Galactic's competitors (e.g. Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos, SpaceX and Elon Musk) (21:21)
          • How Virgin Galactic is different from Blue Origin's flight experience
          • Our verdict on Virgin Galactic (36:20)
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            All information contained in this podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional financial, legal or tax advice. The hosts of Fresh Capital are not financial professionals and are not aware of your personal financial circumstances. Any opinions expressed herein are not recommendations or advice. Please consult a licensed financial professional before you invest.

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            45 min
          • What are Asset Classes? (Cash, Stocks, Bonds, Real Estate & Cryptocurrency) | Explained in the Simple Sprouts Series

            What are Asset Classes? This is our 'Simple Sprouts' series. Every week we pick an investing or business concept and explain it in a refreshingly simple way. The challenge? To do it in 5 minutes or less.

            In this episode we cover:

            • What are asset classes?
            • Why cash is a low risk, low return investment
            • Why stocks are higher risk
            • How real estate investments create a return
            • How cryptocurrency is a high risk, high return investment
            • Why knowing asset classes is important as an investor.
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              All information contained in this podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional financial, investment, legal or tax advice. The hosts of Fresh Capital are not financial professionals and are not aware of your personal financial circumstances. Any opinions expressed herein are not recommendations or advice. Please consult a licensed financial professional before you invest.

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              6 min
            • Conscious Capitalism, Fintechs and How to be Wisr with your Debt | In Conversation with Dr Lili Sussman of Wisr

              In this episode, Dan and Albert talk with Dr Lili Sussman. Lili is Chief Strategy Officer at Wisr, a leading fintech in the Australian marketplace lending industry. Wisr is committed to building products, apps and services to help Australians do more with their money. Wisr provides a unique financial wellness eco-system underpinned by products like the Wisr App (App Store, Google Play Store) to help Australians pay down debt, a credit score comparison service, and other products that use technology to provide better outcomes for borrowers, investors and everyday Australians.

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              In this episode we cover:

              • Lili's career and journey before Wisr
              • Why Lili believes in conscious capitalism and purpose-led companies
              • What is Wisr and how it helps users pay down their debt
              • Wisr's revenue model and how it facilitates loans
              • Wisr's capital raising with Goldman Sachs
              • What makes Wisr a great place to work
              • Special thanks to Lili for appearing on the show. You can check out her work here: https://wisr.com.au/ 

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                All information contained in this podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional financial, legal or tax advice. The hosts of Fresh Capital are not financial professionals and are not aware of your personal financial circumstances. Any opinions expressed herein are not recommendations or advice. Please consult a licensed financial professional before you invest.

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                43 min
              • What is PE Ratio (Price to Earnings Ratio) | Explained in the Simple Sprouts Series

                What is a Price to Earnings Ratio (PE Ratio)? This is our 'Simple Sprouts' series. Every week we pick an investing or business concept and explain it in a refreshingly simple way. The challenge? To do it in 5 minutes or less.

                In this episode we cover:

                • What is PE Ratio
                • How to calculate PE Ratio (e.g. Google)
                • How to compare companies with different PE Ratios (Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon)
                • Why Tech companies have higher PE Ratios
                • Want to check a companies PE Ratio? Here's an example of using Yahoo Finance to search Google's PE Ratio. Yahoo's 'summary' also includes Market Cap and EPS (Earnings per Share).

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                  All information contained in this podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional financial, investment, legal or tax advice. The hosts of Fresh Capital are not financial professionals and are not aware of your personal financial circumstances. Any opinions expressed herein are not recommendations or advice. Please consult a licensed financial professional before you invest.

                  For more information visit our website at https://freshcapital.show/

                  6 min
                • Is Opendoor the Next Uber or Amazon for Selling your Home? (NASDAQ: OPEN) | In Conversation with Sachin and Adam

                  In this episode, Dan and Albert talk with Sachin Shah and Adam Miller from the Sachin and Adam Show about Opendoor Technologies. Opendoor is a digital platform for residential real estate. Opendoor went public in December 2020 through a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). Opendoor enables customers to buy and sell houses online. It generates revenue through home sales, along with other revenue from real estate services. Since its inception through March 31, 2021, the Company had completed approximately 90,000 home transactions and operates in 27 markets across the United States.

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                  In this episode we cover:

                  • What is Opendoor
                  • How Opendoor is disrupting the real estate industry and traditional real estate agents
                  • How Opendoor's algorithm determines prices for homes
                  • Whether a downturn in the real estate market will sink Opendoor
                  • How Opendoor can scale into new markets and cities (e.g. Uber)
                  • Is Opendoor's lack of profitability a concern
                  • Special thanks to Sachin and Adam for appearing on the show. 

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                    All information contained in this podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional financial, legal or tax advice. The hosts of Fresh Capital are not financial professionals and are not aware of your personal financial circumstances. Any opinions expressed herein are not recommendations or advice. Please consult a licensed financial professional before you invest.

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                    45 min
                  • What is Book Value? | Explained in the Simple Sprouts Series

                    What is Book Value? This is our 'Simple Sprouts' series. Every week we pick an investing or business concept and explain it in a refreshingly simple way. The challenge? To do it in 5 minutes or less.

                    In this episode we cover:

                    • What is Book Value 
                    • How Book Value identifies the intrinsic value of companies
                    • When Book Value can indicate a good investment (Fortescue Metals)
                    • Why Book Value can be misleading when determining undervalued investments (e.g. Honda Motors)
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                      All information contained in this podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional financial, investment, legal or tax advice. The hosts of Fresh Capital are not financial professionals and are not aware of your personal financial circumstances. Any opinions expressed herein are not recommendations or advice. Please consult a licensed financial professional before you invest.

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                      7 min
                    • Is Wish the Next Great Meme Stock? And Can Wish Compete with Amazon? | Context Logic Inc (NASDAQ: WISH)

                      In this episode, Dan and Albert talk about Wish, part of Context Logic Inc (NASDAQ: WISH).

                      Wish is an online e-commerce store. The store provides personalized products, clothing products, accessories, gaming products and equipment, cosmetics, plastic products, mobile covers, and other products. As of September 30, 2020, Wish had over 100 million Monthly Active Users and over 500,000 merchants. Wish facilitated the shipment of over 640 million items to buyers across more than 100 countries and were the #1 downloaded shopping app in each of the last three years.

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                      In this episode we cover:

                      • What is Wish (how does their E-commerce site look and feel)
                      • Why is Wish trending on Wallstreet Bets (is it a meme stock?)
                      • What is Wish's strategy and why they target budget consumers
                      • Can Wish compete with Amazon?
                      • How Wish use outrageous products to drive their viral marketing
                      • Is Wish just a growth story without sustainable profits
                      • What happens when their marketing budget runs out
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                        All information contained in this podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional financial, investment, legal or tax advice. The hosts of Fresh Capital are not financial professionals and are not aware of your personal financial circumstances. Any opinions expressed herein are not recommendations or advice. Please consult a licensed financial professional before you invest.

                        For more information visit our website at https://freshcapital.show/

                        Got feedback or suggestions? Send them to [email protected]

                        47 min

                      About East Meets West: A Podcast about understanding Asia Tech and how Asia Tech affects the world

                      From the publisher's feed

                      Welcome to the East Meets Podcast, where we explore the world of technology and innovation across Asia. Join us as we dive into the latest trends, insights and breakthroughs that are shaping tech, content and SaaS from Asia to the rest of the world . From the bustling tech hubs of China and India to the emerging startup scenes in Southeast Asia and beyond. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, a business leader or simply curious, this podcast is for you. So sit back, relax and get ready to discover the exciting world of Asia Tech.