Episodes
History of Gaming Consoles From Atari to Nintendo to Playstation  -       AZ TRT S05 EP18 (233) 5-5-2024    What We Learned This Week: Odyssey by Magnavox, first home gaming system Atari created both Home Pong & then Atari 2600 Nintendo Game Systems - NES, Wii, Switch + Super Mario Bros & Legend of Zelda games Sega Genesis & Sonic game, Sony Playstation, Microsoft Xbox   Guest: Ben B     Notes:   Main Consoles – Name, Distributer, release Year &...
Published 05/10/24
Tech Stocks - How to Search + Market Sector + Compare Data AZ TRT S05 EP17 (232) 4-28-2024    What We Learned This Week: Tech Stocks - Netflix, Microsoft, Google, FB, Tesla, Apple ... Market Sector, Leader vs Laggard, Cousin Theory How to Find Stocks - Search for comparative stocks Financials & Technical Analysis + Benchmarks     Notes: Market Sector – Rank the sectors, what sectors have the best stocks in the NASDAQ currently Ex - Tech, Energy (oil), Consumer, Real...
Published 05/06/24
Published 05/06/24
ARK Invest Big Ideas 2024 Report - AI, Robotics, Sequencing, Energy & Blockchain AZ TRT S05 EP16 (231) 4-21-2024    What We Learned This Week: ARK Invest Big Ideas Report 2024 by Cathie Wood & Team Topics: AI, Robotics, Sequencing, Energy, & Blockchain Impact on technology, economy, & people’s lives Disruptive Innovation will be the driving force in society     Topics: AI, Robotics, Sequencing, Energy, & Blockchain   From ARK Invest Website: The Big...
Published 04/26/24
Best of Clean Energy, EVs & Battery Power AZ TRT S05 EP15 (230) 4-14-2024    What We Learned This Week Steve Zylstra of AZ Tech Council on Clean Energy Daniel Tonkopiy of Delfast Bikes on EV bikes Praveen of Monarch Tractor on AI, EVs & Farming Mark Hanchett of Atliss Motors on EV Trucks & Batteries Clean Energy - many Tech Co's working on zero emission plan Delfast E Bikes – smart bike, connects to E Bike, range of 220 miles on 1 charge, & speed of 50 mph, can...
Published 04/19/24
Opening Day - Gambling & Charlie Hustle w/ Keith O’Brien + History of the World Series by Tyler Kepler NYT Baseball Writer AZ TRT S05 EP14 (229) 4-7-2024    What We Learned This Week Gambling Scandal parallels of Pete Rose vs Dodger’s Shohei Othani Charlie Hustle the icon - Rise & Fall Business of Baseball - Drafting Players to Analytics & how the Game has evolved History of the World Series - Did Babe Ruth call his shot?   Guest: Keith O’Brien  Website:...
Published 04/11/24
Big Data, AI, + Psychographics – How Amazon, Google & Other Big Tech Keep You on Their Platform Revisited w/ Manu Aggarwal - AZ TRT S05 EP13 (228) 3-31-2024   What We Learned This Week: Netflix, FB, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Google/YT – Tech co’s track all your data, create your profile and serve you what you like and connect you with others of the same interest and feed more interesting data. AI uses a Recommendation Model – you bought this, so you’ll like this. This model is...
Published 04/05/24
Diagnostics in Life Sciences is the Key to Healthcare w/ Mara Aspinall of Illumina Ventures  AZ TRT S05 EP12 (227) 3-24-2024    What We Learned This Week Diagnostics is the key to healthcare, identifying medical issues and designing the right treatment for the patient Five Levels of Diagnostics – Screening, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Interacting, & Monitoring Illumina Ventures is a life sciences venture capital firm with 35 companies in their portfolio Their investment companies...
Published 03/27/24
Crossing the Chasm & Tech Adoption Revisited w/ Geoffrey Moore AZ TRT S05 EP11 (226) 3-17-2024   Things We Learned This Week •      Crossing the Chasm book (1990) has become part of the lexicon for Tech Industry knowledge, mass influence on Tech CEOs last 25 years, constant references •      Chasm – early market vs. mainstream market •      5 Stages of Adoption – Innovators, Early Adopters, Early Market Pragmatists, Late Majority, Laggards •      Win tech ‘primaries’, win...
Published 03/22/24
Leaders Teach us the Why, Playing Infinite Games & A Bit of Optimism w/ Simon Sinek   AZ TRT S05 EP10 (225) 3-10-2024    What We Learned This Week Best Selling Author & Speaker Simon Sinek talks Leadership & creating safe environments New Podcast A Bit of Optimism - inspiring stories Start With the Why - tell people the Why, before the What & How Playing Infinite Games - long term over short term Leaders Eat Last - Empathy, care about employees     Guest:...
Published 03/15/24
SciFi Movies & Edward Zwick Hollywood Director AZ TRT S05 EP09 (224) 3-3-2024  What We Learned This Week Ed Zwick Hollywood Director & Producer with 40 years in the industry ILM - Industrial Light & Magic is the premiere special fx company created by George Lucas SciFi Movies predicted the Future – what has become reality? The Internet & Choice – How the Martix movie showed us a new reality of virtual worlds that seem too real AI Man vs Machine – Blade Runner and The...
Published 03/08/24
Software Delivered AI w/ Brian Stevens of Neural Magic AZ TRT S05 EP08 (223) 2-25-2024  What We Learned This Week Neural Magic Deepsparse software helps B2B Clients incorporate AI into their tech stack Large Language Learning Models of AI can be costly & require massive computing power Their clients now control their AI Model Opensource AI Foundation Models for training AI uses a Recommendation Model         Guest: Brian Stevens Chief Executive Officer of Neural Magic ...
Published 03/01/24
IT Setup & Cybersecurity w/ Luciano Aguayo of Redgear AZ TRT S05 EP07 (222) 2-18-2024  What We Learned This Week RedGear provides turnkey IT solutions for clients. Outsource IT to shift liability IT often an afterthought, when it should be a major priority - lifestyle of tech in a business Data is lifeblood of a company, need security Cybersecurity is just one part, need to monitor physical location, who has access, email, etc   Guest: Luciano Aguayo of Redgear ...
Published 02/22/24
  Risky Business in Rising China w/ Mark Atkeson AZ TRT S05 EP06 (221) 2-11-2024  What We Learned This Week Mark worked in many industries in China - Aircrafts, EV Cars, Mobile Phones, Internet Co. & Aircraft Parts Mark first worked in Japan w/ Sony, China must be careful, not to repeat Japan‘s Lost Decade of 1990s China has a lots of investment in EV Car & Solar Market US v China Rivalry is not dying down, two most important Tech countries, who must learn to co-exist   ...
Published 02/15/24
EV Charging at Home w/ Broc TenHouten of Intrinsic Power AZ TRT S05 EP05 (220) 2-4-2024  What We Learned This Week Intrinsic Power - Next Gen EV Charger EV Charging in your home will be standard Electrical Panel upgrade to handle new tech Electric Grid not prepared for consumer demand & EV charging needs EV Infrastructure for charging stations as EV Cars w/ longer range are the Future   Guest: Broc TenHouten of Intrinsic Power https://www.linkedin.com/in/tenhouten/ ...
Published 02/10/24
Angel Investing Revisited Clips from - Arizona Tech Investors w/ Bob DeLean (from 11/2023) AZ TRT S05 EP04 (219) 1-28-2024 What We Learned This Week ATI - Arizona-based investors committed to supporting capital needs of early stage high growth technology driven companies within Arizona Applicants for Funding need to Answer many Q’s What Problem does your Product Solve? Who is your Competition? How Big is the Market? Who are Your Advisors? What is the Business Plan? Sales Plan?...
Published 02/02/24
Magnificent 7 & Tech Stocks – Wealth for Life AZ TRT S05 EP03 (218) 1-21-2024   What We Learned This Week: Magnificent 7 - new hottest tech stocks all should own: FB, APPL, AMZN, NVDA, TSLA, MSFT, GOOG FAANG Stocks - *past hot list: FB, Apple, Amazon, Netflix & Google Top Tech Stocks were 30% of the S&P Index Weighted Average Tech Stocks - AI, Cloud, Chips Zombie Co‘s - too much debt service, no growth Interest Rates - how this affects stock prices   Co-Host: Denver...
Published 01/26/24
  Building the Amazon Everything Store – Business lessons from Jeff Bezos - AZ TRT S05 EP02 (217) 1-14-2024   Things We Learned This Week: Customer Focus - Focus on internal product vs external & competition Decision Making – 70% Rule Think Long Term - withstand the pressure of $ Meetings & 2 Pizza Rule for meetings size Manager Mindset - Focus on Outputs Disruption - Embrace Change & Experiment Regret Minimization - See your life at 70     Notes:   Lessons...
Published 01/19/24
Habits, Who You Associate With, Focus, & the Trick – Best of Host Matt on Business Topics Part 2 - AZ TRT S05 EP01 (216) 1-7-2024   Things We Learned This Week: Think Habits, Not Resolutions (vs. Goals) You Are Who You Associate With in relationships, business, & life The One Thing - Why Focus is Critical - Key Results That’s the Trick - Daily Work, the Grind     Notes: Seg. 1   Think Habits, Not Resolutions We are often told to make New Year’s Resolutions, but...
Published 01/13/24
 Best of Business 2023 - Part 4 2023 AZ TRT S04 EP52 (215) 12-31-2023 What We Learned This Week: Alan Payne on the Rise & Fall of Blockbuster Arthur Smith on Reality TV & Sports Trevor Pan of Bidbird on shipping efficiency & container skins Dr. Chuck & Francis of Ally Bio on Cannabis Innovation Chris Owen of J Galt on Commercial Credit Host Matt on Business Assets   Seg. 1 – Clips From: Built to Fail: The Inside Story of Blockbuster's Inevitable Bust w/ Alan Payne ...
Published 01/05/24
Best of Tech 2023 - Part 2 AZ TRT S04 EP51 (214) 12-24-2023   What We Learned This Week: Tom Frasier of Redivider on Modular Data Centers Tony Greenburg of Ramprate on Transparency in Tech Rohan on Microchips & their importance in Tech Bob DeLean of Arizona Tech Investors on Angel Investing   Seg. 1 – Clips From: The New Modular Data Center by Redivider w/ Tom Frazier AZ TRT S04 EP31 (194) 8-6-2023     What We Learned This Week ·         Redivider Data...
Published 12/28/23
Zero to One - Peter Thiel Contrarian Thinker + Disruption AZ TRT S04 EP50 (213) 12-17-2023   What We Learned This Week Contrarian Thinking – think for yourself and differently than everyone else Innovation great companies have unique products that go from Zero to one, vertical Founders are important and challenge the Status Quo to change the world Competition is for losers, strive for a Monopoly Secrets – What Great Company is No One Building? Disruption in Business & Tech...
Published 12/22/23
Pre Silicon Valley - Claude Shannon & Bell Labs w/ Jimmy Soni  AZ TRT S04 EP49 (212) 12-10-2023   Revisit the Show w/ Clips From: PayPal Mafia - The Founders Story & Their Battle w/ EBAY w/ Jimmy Soni  - BRT S03 EP36 (135) 8-7-2022  Full Show: HERE    What We Learned This Week PayPal Mafia – alumni created or involved many other co’s – Tesla, SpaceX, Palantir, Yelp, Yammer, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube & more PayPal had may contributors & a real long shot...
Published 12/14/23
Economics 101 for Real World Business AZ TRT S04 EP48 (211) 12-3-2023   What We Learned This Week: Supply & Demand - Economics Simplified Capital Allocation - What is the Opportunity of your Business Investment Gamblers Fallacy - What is the Probability of the Next Die Roll? Game Theory - Dr. Nash’s Plan to Pickup Women     Notes: EK 101 – Economics Lessons     Seg. 1 Supply & Demand Supply is the amount of a specific good or service that's available in the...
Published 12/07/23
Best of Investing 2023 AZ TRT S04 EP47 (210) 11-26-2023   What We Learned This Week:   Drew Niv on markets, Risk & Oil   Denver Nowicz of Wealth for Life on Taxes   Steve Zabilski of Piper Trust on Non Profits   Greg Talcott of Caliber Funds on Real Estate Investing & Opportunity Zones   Bryan McLaren of Zoned Properties on Specialized Cannabis Real Estate   Bob DeLean of Arizona Tech Investors & valuations   Rohan on Tech Stocks and...
Published 11/30/23