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<\/a><\/p>\nTwo statistics about Dreamforce blew me away.<\/p>\n
+ 140,000 people are registered to attend in person.<\/p>\n
+ 10 million are registered to watch it online.<\/p>\n
I bought more CRM this morning.<\/p>\n
PayPal’s main business is exploding. It also owns Venmo — a free digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, etc. I’ve used Venmo. It works. And easily. It’s also exploding.<\/p>\n
I bought more PayPal this morning.<\/p>\n
I have now officially sold Expedia and Priceline. The world has now passed them by. Everyone and their uncle has figured out they will save 15% if they deal directly with their chosen hotel. . They’ll get treated better if they buy their airline ticket directly. And … car rentals…. the jury’s out on them.<\/p>\n
Square (SQ) continues its climb. I no longer know why. But I like my good fortune.<\/p>\n
Others we own are doing handsomely — Tencent,\u00a0 Nvidia, Google, Apple and Honeywell.<\/p>\n
Don’t do stupid<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n This is the 58-story Milennium Tower in San Francisco.<\/p>\n It’s sinking and leaning because the architect “anchored” it on sand, not\u00a0bedrock.\u00a0As result its pricey million dollar apartments are now valueless. The lawyers are getting rich. The cartoonists are having a ball:<\/p>\n How you get hacked<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n This is an amateur phishing. I received it yesterday. It doesn’t even look genuine. But people will click on the link and infect their company’s computer.<\/p>\n More tomorrow on what you can do when you and\/or your company gets hacked. Not IF, but WHEN.<\/p>\n Saudi Arabia’s Game of Thrones<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The Crown Prince, 32, has\u00a0grabbed all the major economic, political, security, and royal court portfolios. He’s arresting all his rivals, consolidating his absolute power. He wants to “modernize” Saudi, moving it away from oil and attracting foreign investment. In the process, he’s moving to Saudi Arabia to an absolute dictatorship. I personally wouldn’t invest a nickel with him. I think of Russia, Venezuela, and most countries in Africa.<\/p>\n Saudi Arabia makes for lousy investing, but great reading:<\/p>\n + The Saudi Royal Purge-with Trump’s Consent.\u00a0<\/em>Click here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n +\u00a0Saudi Crown Prince’s Mass Purge Upends a Longstanding System. <\/em>Click here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n How hyperinflation begins<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Venezuela has introduced a new 10,000-bolivar note. The note is worth less than $2.50 on the black market.<\/p>\n This is an actual bank note, which was used until hyper-inflation made it worthless.<\/p>\n It sells on eBay for a few bucks as a souvenir — a reminder of what can happen — if you do REAL stupid<\/p>\n Favorite recent cartoons<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n