The Poor Man’s Resurrection | Mistweeted by Steve Faktor #4 | The McFuture Podcast
HOTTEST episode of Mistweeted yet!! Spotify, Simps, Loneliness, Power, (W)Akonda & MUCH MORE!
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Mistweeted by Steve Faktor (#1): Rooting for the Pandemic
First LIVE podcast recording exploring the deep, dark, hilarious underbelly of futurist author Steve Faktor’s daily Tweets & what they mean for our future.
Beautiful Zombies [The 12 New Rules For The Future of Media, Part 2]
Sure all those social media apps on your phone have quirky logos and cutesy names. (Is Fandoogle taken?) But every one of these companies is a stone cold KILLER. While filling our days with grumpy cat videos, they fill their bellies with fleshy chunks of hopeful, desperate media partners, who learned the hard way that …
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Can Something Be Both Inevitable & Abominable?
With this Tweet, Microsoft and MasterCard (“Mastersoft”?) announced their partnership to create “universal digital identities“: Voting, driving, applying for a job, renting a home, getting married and boarding a plane: what do these all have in common? You need to prove your identity. In partnership with @Microsoft, we are working to create universally-recognized digital identity. https://t.co/He5syqa5g7 …
How to Make The U.N. Great Again…For the First Time
For years, I lived across the street from the United Nations. The only real power I knew it had was clogging traffic. Then, I dug deeper… President Obama’s support of the U.N.’s latest condemnation of Israel – and President-Elect Trump’s response (calling the U.N. a good time club) – are NOT the real story. For once, Trump is under-stating the problem. So, …
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How to Grow ANY Business Using EXISTING Assets
Every business has at least one growth spurt left. And it shouldn’t feel like racing Usain Bolt after six hours at Cheesecake Factory. Most businesses immediately turn to the most obvious places: new products, services or markets. But these generate less enterprise value than customer experience, platforms, technologies, new business models, and superior service. Even existing assets can deliver more growth. …
Will Apple Pay Reign Supreme?
There has never been a more exciting time in payments. Let me re-phrase that. There has never been an exciting time in payments. But if you read tech blogs lately, you’d think we were moments away from revolution. Unless the oppressed proletariat can pay with iPhones, they’ll start pummeling Nobu waiters with pearl-encrusted Prada bags. …
Part II – Deep Dive: Apple Pay and The Strange Bedfellows Analysis [Patreon-Only]
Deconstruction of Apple Pay and the many unexpected deals its success will unleash. My old colleagues at American Express and MasterCard might not be thrilled.
How Price Anxiety Kills Sales
Ever wander into some fancy deli and try to make sense of a wall of exotic snacks? Luxurious corn crisps dusted with rare cheeses, caviar, or truffles from Dumbledore. Indulgences you only thought existed on Gwyneth Paltrow’s fleet of organic yachts. The only thing each package has in common is a conspicuous lack of pricing. …