Winner Take All

Winner Take All

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  • Winner Take All #162 | New Tech/Platform Legislation, Bezos in Space🌖, Airbnb vs. Hotel Recovery 🏨

    The first half of the episode contains a deep dive into 5 new bills to curb the power of big tech and dominance of their platforms. Alex takes a look at the American Choice and Innovation Online Act, the Ending Platform Monopolies Act, The Platform Competition and Opportunity Act,  the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act, and The Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching (ACCESS) Act. In the second half of the show, discussion of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos traveling to space in a Blue Origin rocket, Microsoft subsidising the cost of Xbox consoles, and hospitality data comparing the recovery of Hotels vs Airbnb.  

    Originally Aired: 06/15/21

    #Legislation #Airbnb #JeffBezos 

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    00:22 - New Platform/Tech Legislation
    27:07 - Xbox Console Profits?
    30:11 - Jeff Bezos Space Trip
    34:21 - Airbnb vs Hotel Bounce Back

    38 min
  • CIA Head of Clandestine Operations, Marc Polymeropoulos

    Alex sits down with Marc Polymeropoulos, a former senior intelligence officer in the CIA overseeing clandestine operations in Europe and Eurasia. Marc retired after 26 years of service as one of the CIA’s most decorated field officers. The two discuss how the tech landscape has impacted CIA operations over the past 3 decades, the United States facing new near-peer threats, and Marc being targeting by a Russian energy weapon that ultimately lead to an early end of his CIA career. They highlight leadership principals from Marc's new book, Clarity in Crisis, that are applicable for anyone looking to grow as a leader and as a human being.  

    Originally Aired: 06/18/21

    #CIA #Leadership #Author 

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    00:14 - Marc Polymeropoulos Intro
    01:16 - CIA Ranking - 4 Star General
    02:00 - Leadership Parallels Between CIA and Startup World
    03:32 - Keys to Having Clarity in Crisis
    05:02 - Harrowing Moments Where Marc Had to Keep Composure
    08:51 - Embracing Change as a Leader
    11:51 - U.S. and Foreign Intelligence Love to Use Social Media
    15:13 - Do Your Kids Use TikTok?
    15:31 - Tech Companies Influence Abroad
    19:36 - Being Attacked in Moscow
    22:08 - Energy Weapon Being Used Outside Russia?
    24:23 - Do CIA Agents Have a "License to Kill"?
    27:33 - Cyber and Information War
    31:25 - Near Peer Competition from China + Russia
    34:20 - Constant Change and Innovation in Intelligence Space
    38:05 - Closing Thoughts

    40 min
  • Winner Take All #161 | Dot Foods Press Release, Inflation???, Twitter Premium, Roblox Gucci 👜

    Alex opens the show with two Applico announcements, the public release of Dot Food's press release detailing Applico's advisory of the ShopHero acquisition, and MDM featuring Applico's B2B Top 50 report. Next, Alex's take on whether or not inflation is coming to the USD and content platforms flipping their stance on COVID origin discussions. Also discussed, the mess that is Twitter's new "premium" feature, Nigeria banning Dorsey's social platform, and Tesla's declining sales in China. The episode closes out with a look at Spotify entering the audio book business and Gucci partnering with Roblox.   

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    00:28 - Applico and Dot Foods
    05:38 - MDM Features B2B Top 50 Report
    10:36 - What Inflation?!
    21:56 - Virology Lab Talk Unbanned
    25:57 - Twitter is a Mess
    36:59 - China Turning Against Tesla
    39:03 - Spotify Audiobook Deal
    41:31 - Roblox + Gucci  

    Originally Aired: 06/11/21

    #Food #Roblox #Inflation

    44 min
  • Building a True Market Network For The Chemical Industry - BluePallet CEO Scott Barrows

    Scott Barrows jumps on Winner Take All to discuss his chemical market  network startup, BluePallet, coming out of stealth to launch its online  marketplace backed by The National Association of Chemical Distributors  (NACD). Scott and Alex discuss BluePallet's formation, a merger between  echosystem and B2B FinTech engine Velloci, and securing BluePallet's  seed funding. Also discussed, how BluePallet was able to partner with  the NACD while other marketplaces got turned down, BluePallet's unique  platform business model, and why the chemical industry requires a  bespoke platform solution.  

    Originally Aired: 05/26/21

    #Chemicals #BluePallet #Startups  

    CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BluePallet, a digital marketplace built with  the support of The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD)  and backed by major industry players, today announced it has exited  stealth mode.

    The online market network was built by the same founders who built the  e-commerce platform used by LiveNation and the NFL for ticket reselling.  Set to transform the chemical industry, BluePallet is an exclusive  strategic partner of the NACD through 2024, the industry’s leading trade  organization.
    “BluePallet (formerly known as EchoSystem) has been an invaluable  strategic partner to NACD,” said Eric R. Byer, NACD’s President and CEO.  “BluePallet understands that in order to advance the chemical  distribution industry, we must look toward a digital future. As we  celebrate NACD’s 50th Anniversary of serving chemical distributors and  the supply chain, we are proud to continue partnering with an  organization that creates e-commerce solutions which are custom-built  for the future of our industry.”
    The United States is one of the world’s largest producers of chemical  products, representing nearly $1 trillion in chemical shipments  annually. But the industry has lagged others in digital commerce,  instead relying on more traditional methods such as sales teams.    

    About BluePallet:

    BluePallet is the world’s first market network that gives verified  industrial buyers and sellers control over their supply chain. Built  with the support and advice of the NACD [National Association of  Chemical Distributors] and its 400-plus member and affiliate companies,  BluePallet was formed through a merger between Velloci, a  consumer-oriented FinTech platform adapted to the B2B FinTech ecosystem,  and EchoSystem, a chemical marketplace founded in 2017 and based on the  platform founded by Scott Barrows and now employed by Ticketmaster,  Live Nation, and the NFL.

    31 min
  • Winner Take All #160 | Apple's Chinese Data, Amazon Buys MGM 🦁, Deplatforming Laws, New Amazon Suit

    Alex opens the show with a look at Florida's newly proposed law to protect social media users from being unjustly banned from platforms. Next, a look at how Facebook has internally been classifying user's "vaccine hesitancy" levels and the Cyberspace Administration of China citing 105 apps for allegedly violating privacy laws. Also covered in this episode, a New York Times story covering the shocking privacy concessions Apple has made to operate in China, YouTube starting a fund to support #shorts creators, and the DC attorney general filing a new antitrust lawsuit against Amazon. The show closes out with Alex discussing Amazons imminent acquisition of movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (aka MGM).  

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    00:44 - Florida Deplatforming Law
    05:00 - Facebook "Vaccine Hesitancy"
    10:34 - China Data Privacy Sanctions
    13:57 - Shorts Creator Fund
    16:11 - Apple's Chinese Data Center
    20:59 - New Amazon Antitrust Suit
    24:20 - Amazon Buys MGM  

    Originally Aired: 05/25/21

    #MGM #Apple #ChinaData

    30 min
  • Winner Take All #159 | ARK Disowns NFLX, Decentralized Social Media, AT&T Offloads Warner

    Alex kicks off the show with news of the Cathie Wood led ARK Next  Generation Internet ETF selling off shares of Netflix and buying into  Disney. Alex pulls a WTA clip from a month ago where he warned that  Wood's decision to "buy the dip" on Netflix was a bad move. Next,  discussion on AT&T's decision to sell its WarnerMedia assets and  TikTok CEO Zhang Yiming "stepping down". Also covered, does Epic have a  chance to beat Apple in the ongoing legal battle over app store  policies, Fred Wilson talks decentralized social media, and why  corporate development is a waste of time for startups.

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    00:23 - ARK sells NFLX
    02:33 - AT&T Sells WarnerMedia
    12:53 - ByteDance Founder Steps Down
    14:58 - Can Epic Beat Apple?
    23:04 - Decentralized Social Media
    31:09 - Corp Dev Doesn't Work

    Originally Aired: 05/21/21

    #AT&T #CorpDev #NFLX

    37 min
  • Winner Take All #158 | Amazon Mall Takeover, Meituan CEO Loses $2.5 Billion, Applico + Laz Parking

    Alex opens up the episode by announcing Applico's new partnership with  Laz Parking, one of the nation's largest parking companies operating  over 1.3 million parking spaces in 35 states and 439 cities across the  United States. Next, a look at Amazon possibly utilizing malls as last  mile fulfillment centers and two stories out of China detailing  Meituan's CEO posting a controversial poem to social media and H&M  disappearing from Chinese platforms. The show closes out with some  discussion about Elon Musk appearing on SNL and news regarding Tesla's  expansion of its Shanghai giga factory.

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    00:18 - Laz Parking Partners w/ Applico
    07:50 - Amazon in Malls?
    13:43 - Meituan CEO Posts Poem
    17:12 - H&M Firewalled!
    19:42 - Elon News

    Originally Aired: 05/12/21

    #LazParking #Platforms #Podcast

    25 min
  • Andrew Wilkinson - Buying Profitable Tech Businesses, Crypto's Future, Losing $10mm on Flow

    Tiny Capital Co-founder Andrew Wilkinson calls into the show to discuss  his approach to buying wonderful internet business, taking WeCommerce  Holdings public on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and what he thinks the  future could be for crypto and NFTs.  

    Andrew is Co-founder of Tiny, a technology holding company using a  simple one-month acquisition process, then leaving the companies alone  to do their thing. Home to companies like Dribble, Flow, Creative  Market,  and Unicorn Hunt.

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    00:58 - Bringing WeCommerce Public
    06:06 - RTOs and SPACs
    09:03 - Quick Deal Making Process
    11:25 - Losing $10 Million vs Asana
    17:34 - Profitable and Sustainable Tech Businesses
    20:39 - Staying Under the Radar
    21:49 - Meeting w/ Dustin Moskovitz
    24:51 - Evaluating Potential Acquisitions
    26:39 - Crypto Aligning Users and Owners
    30:23 - Would You Issues a Dribbble Coin?
    33:11 - Altcoins vs Marketable Securities
    37:51 - Crypto, a Feature or a Product?
    38:59 - BitClout
    41:09 - What's Interesting About NFTs
    42:19 - Impossible to Regulate?
    43:42 - Next Trends Andrew is Watching
    45:36 - Closing Remarks

    Originally Aired: 05/18/21

    #VentureCapital #eCommerce #Investments

    46 min
  • Winner Take All #156 | Berkshire Shareholders Meeting, Munger on Robinhood, Inflation = Gravity?

    Alex analyzes some excerpts from Berkshire Hathaway's 2021 Annual  Shareholders Meeting that touch on changes in top market cap companies over the past 30 years, Apple's innovation, how inflation impacts asset  prices, Charlie Munger's thoughts on SPACs and Robinhood. To close the show, Alex touches on Elon Musk's upcoming SNL appearance.  

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    01:44 - Top Market Cap Platforms
    10:06 - Berkshire and Apple
    25:40 - Market Froth + Inflation
    34:57 - Munger on SPACS + Robinhood
    36:14 - Elon Musk on SNL

    Originally Aired: 05/02/21

    39 min

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Winner Take All is a business & tech news show covering the world of platform businesses, tech antitrust, regulations, and innovation. Hosted by Alex Moazed and Nick Johnson, authors of the Amazon…