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

  • Is TikTok the Best Social Media Company? | Breaking down ByteDance

    In this episode, Dan and Albert break down ByteDance. ByteDance is a technology company operating a range of content platforms that inform, educate, entertain and inspire people across languages, cultures, and geographies.  Dedicated to building global platforms of creation and interaction, ByteDance now has a portfolio of applications with over 1.9 billion monthly active users across 150 markets and 75 languages. For example, TikTok, Helo, Vigo Video, Douyin, and Huoshan. ByteDance's short-video app TikTok has been downloaded over 3 billion times globally, a feat only exceeded by Meta and its family of apps.

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    In this episode we cover:

    • Short announcement about Fresh Capital (2:00)
    • What is the ByteDance/TikTok (4:22)
    • How does TikTok win? (18:50)
    • Where does TikTok play / Who are TikTok's competitors? (25:58)
    • What is TikTok's Western comparison? (37:20)
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      44 min
    • Why The New York Times is Proof that Traditional Media is not Dead | Breaking down the New York Times (NYSE: NYT)

      In this episode, Dan and Albert break down New York Times Co. New York Times Co is an American media company known for publishing its flagship newspaper, The New York Times. The company also operates the International New York Times newspaper, as well as digital properties such as nytimes.com and various smartphone applications. The New York Times sources of revenue include circulation of its print,  print and digital advertising and its paid digital-only subscription to The New York Times. The source of growth for The New York Times is its digital subscription service, which has over 10,000,000 paid users. 

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      In this episode we cover:

      • What is the New York Times? (2:08)
      • The critical shift in media companies' revenue mix (8:57)
      • How digital subscriptions now drive the New York Times' business (14:40)
      • How has the New York Times performed financially? (25:26)
      • Why did the New York Times acquire The Athletic? (30:03)
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          46 min
        • How is Snowflake able to take on Amazon, Microsoft and Amazon in the Cloud? | Breaking down Snowflake (NASDAQ: SNOW)

          In this episode, Dan and Albert break down Snowflake. Snowflake Inc. is a cloud data platform provider. Snowflake's platform enables customers to consolidate data into a single source to drive business insights, build data-driven applications and share data.  Snowflake's platform supports a multi-cloud strategy, including a cross-cloud approach to mix and match clouds. Its platform unifies data and supports a variety of workloads, including data warehousing, data lakes, data engineering, data science, data application development, and data sharing. Snowflake provides an integrated, end-to-end solution that delivers insights, data transformations, and data sharing.

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          In this episode we cover:

          • What is Snowflake? (2:35)
          • What makes Snowflake different to other cloud services? (12:11)
          • How does Snowflake acquire its customers?(18:16)
          • Can Snowflake compete with AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud? (28:29)
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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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              42 min
            • How does Pinduoduo Pioneer Social Group Buying? | Breaking down Pinduoduo (NASDAQ: PDD)

              In this episode, Dan and Albert break down Pinduoduo. Pinduoduo is the third- largest e-commerce platform by gross merchandise volume and the largest platform by active buyer in China. In 2020, it achieved USD 255.6 billion of gross merchandise volume, and USD 324.2 of annual spending per active buyer. It had 8.6 million active merchants in 2020 and 867 million active buyers in the year ended September 2021. It is one of the top two players in next-day grocery self-collect services (similar to community group purchasing), where groups of consumers place fresh food and grocery orders online and collect at designated self-collect points the next day with the help of "group leaders" in each community.

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              In this episode we cover:

              • What is Pinduoduo? (2:43)
              • How does Pinduoduo's marketplace work? (11:29)
              • Why does Pinduoduo combine social and commerce?(15:51)
              • What will competition do to Pinduoduo? (24:34)
              • What is the future of Pinduoduo? (33:02)
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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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                  42 min
                • How is Animoca Brands Pioneering Play-to-Earn Gaming?| Breaking down Animoca Brands

                  In this episode, Dan and Albert break down Animoca Brands. Animoca Brands, a Deloitte Tech Fast winner and ranked in the Financial Times list of High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2021, is a leader in digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification that is working to advance digital property rights and contribute to the establishment of the open metaverse.

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                  In this episode we cover:

                  • What is Animoca Brands? (1:58)
                  • What are Animoca's key games? (5:16)
                  • Why play-to-earn is the future of games?(9:05)
                  • What Animoca's Web3 portfolio? (25:33)
                  • What's the future of Animoca? (32:30)
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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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                      41 min
                    • Why is Nvidia more than a Gaming Company?| Breaking down Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA)

                      In this episode, Dan and Albert break down Nvidia. Nvidia is the top designer of discrete graphics processing units that enhance the experience on computing platforms. The firm's chips are used in a variety of end markets, including high-end PCs for gaming, data centers, and automotive infotainment systems. In recent years, the firm has broadened its focus from traditional PC graphics applications such as gaming to more complex and favourable opportunities, including artificial intelligence and autonomous driving, which leverage the high-performance capabilities of the firm's products.

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                      In this episode we cover:

                      • What is Nvidia? (1:56)
                      • What are Nvidia's key business verticals? (7:48)
                      • How is Nvidia supporting autonomous vehicles?(18:20)
                      • What is concerning about Nvidia? (22:52)
                      • How is Nvidia performing financially? (32:05)
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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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                          39 min
                        • Is Coupang Korea's Amazon? | Breaking down Coupang (NYSE: CPNG)

                          In this episode, Dan and Albert break down Coupang Inc. Coupang is South Korea’s largest e-commerce company. The company sells apparel, electronics, footwear, food products, furniture, nutritional supplements, and other products. Its segments include Product Commerce and Growth Initiatives. It is the largest foreign IPO on Wall Street since Alibaba.

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                          In this episode we cover:

                          • What is Coupang? (2:26)
                          • Why is Korea perfect for e-commerce? (6:09)
                          • How Coupang's logistics drive its success (14:55)
                          • Coupang's operational expenditure against benchmarks (21:56)
                          • Does it matter that Coupang is not profitable? (32:55)
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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
                            • Should you Bet on DraftKings? | Breaking down DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG)

                              In this episode, Dan and Albert break down DraftKings Inc. DraftKings is a digital sports entertainment and gaming company. The company provides users with daily fantasy sports (DFS), online sports betting, and iGaming (online casino) opportunities and is also involved in the design & development of sports betting and casino gaming platform software for online and retail sports book and casino gaming products. It operates in two segments: Business-to-consumer (B2C) and Business-to-Business(B2B), of which the vast majority of its revenue comes from the B2C segment in the United States.

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                              In this episode we cover:

                              • What is DraftKings? (2:26)
                              • What is DraftKings' core business categories? (6:00) 
                              • What is DraftKings' total addressable market (TAM) (16:20)
                              • How will DraftKings' acquire customers over competitors? (24:21)
                              • Does it matter that DraftKings' is not profitable? (36:08)
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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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                                  50 min
                                • What is the Bored Ape Yacht Club and NFTs? | Breaking down Yuga Labs

                                  In this episode, Dan and Albert break down Yuga Labs. Yuga Labs is an NFT and cryptocurrency marketing and development company. Starting in April 2021 with the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), the company has sold Bored Ape NFTs and has since developed more NFT and Metaverse-based solutions. On March 11, 2022, Yuga Labs expanded its NFT ecosystem further by acquiring CryptoPunks and Meebits from Larva Labs.

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                                  In this episode we cover:

                                  • What is Yuga Labs (1:30)
                                  • How is Yuga Labs leading the NFT craze (9:39)
                                  • What is ApeCoin (15:48)
                                  • Why did Yuga Labs just raise (20:52)
                                  • What is Yuga Labs next project (Otherside) (30:22)
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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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                                    46 min
                                  • Why is Nike pulling out of Foot Locker? | Breaking down Footlocker (NYSE: FL)

                                    In this episode, Dan and Albert break down Foot Locker Inc. Foot Locker operates thousands of retail stores throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The company mainly sells athletically inspired shoes and apparel. Foot Locker's merchandise comes from only a few suppliers, with Nike providing the majority. Store names include Foot Locker, Champs, and Runners Point. The company also has an e-commerce business selling through Footlocker.com, Eastbay, and Final-Score.

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                                    In this episode we cover:

                                    • What is Foot Locker (3:10)
                                    • Why Nike has cut its supply to Foot Locker (4:00)
                                    • What is Foot Locker's future strategy (14:00)
                                    • Why Foot Locker's retail acquisition are essential to its future (24:30)
                                    • How the popularity of retails brands are changing and how Foot Locker is building its footprint (30:09)
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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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                                      41 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.