Japanese ice cream maker Akagi Nyugyo released a one minute TV ad apologizing for raising the price of its famous ice pops from 60 yen to 70 yen, their first price increase in 25 years.
@Jamwanda2 Let's be clear, this is not a reset, it's negotiation 1.01 - I once wrote about the mechanics of sanctions here-->
https://t.co/s6fzJv0Fbz
The U.S. is not repealing ZDERA out of goodwill. They are repositioning.
A lot of talk about sanctions & if they affect the broader Zim economy/public, if at all...As someone who's been a consultant to Global Trade Execs, below is the "decision matrix" of international companies when dealing with countries where sanctions exist...a thread ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
@matigary@JayJayTeamTruth noble suggestion - biggest challeng is sanctions - the very reason why funds where confiscated when Mujuru tried selling gold back when she was VP - I miss the real Matigari who already knew these things......Fong Kong Mati arikungo varaidza "the masses..."
Marc Andreessen: โThe best entrepreneurs of the future will be quite skilled at 6-8 thingsโ
Marc is asked how being a founder changes in the age of AI, to which he responds:
โI think there are two ways to have a differentiated edge in general โ go deep or go broad.โ
Going deep means becoming a specialized expert in your domain.
โThere are domains where that really matters,โ Marc explains. โIn biotech and working on AI foundation models, the deeper you are the better.โ
But as AI gets more powerful, Marc would bet that โgoing broadโ will be the winning strategy for most fields. He recommends knowing a lot about many different fields and how the world works โ then use AI tools to go deep whenever you need to.
โIf you talk to any of the great CEOs, you see this.โ Mark explains. โThe really great CEOs are great at product, sales, and marketing people, theyโre great legal thinkers, and theyโre great at finance and with investors and the press. Itโs a multidisciplinary kind of approach.โ
He continues:
โThe best entrepreneurs of the future will probably be quite skilled at 6 or 8 things and then will be able to cross-pollinate and combine them.โ
Video source: @tbpn (2025)
๐ Great welcome today to IOC President-elect, Kirsty Coventry, to Olympic House in Lausanne.
๐น When entering the building, the staff started a long and resounding round of applause for her, and President Bach presented her with a bouquet of flowers.
In Australia I get taxed
- when I buy something
- when I earn money
- when I save
- when I invest & realise a profit
- when I employ people
- when I own land
- when I drive
- when I park
- when I drink alcohol
- when I own a dog
- when I give something to my staff
- when I use water
- when I turn on the lights
- when I start a business
- when I register a company
- when I buy a house
- when I visit a national park
- when I own a car & get permission to drive
- when I drive on a decent road
- when I want a public service department to do something
And still - wallowing in mismanagement & incompetence - all three levels of government are broke.