Somewhat Frank

Nov 13, 2020

• #WorldKindnessDay 
• #FridayMotivation
• #Elon
• #PS5

• Ari Newman has launched a new seed fund, The Fund Rockies - https://arinewman.medium.com/launching-the-fund-rockies-54a575411ed9
• Josh Williams has relaunched the geo-location app, GoWalla - https://go.gowalla.com/
• Matt Van Horn has launched the Gen3 June Oven, just in time for the holidays. - http://juneoven.com/
• Matt Haggman joined the Beacon Council as EVP. - https://www.beaconcouncil.com/matt-haggman-joins-the-miami-dade-beacon-council/?fbclid=IwAR1bqk1ufKsR5s1Q2Di6Poh63XZrgh4Ja-iUuVFwHQxKNczxPX99eeLkx6E
• Kira M. Newman for editing the new book, The Gratitude Project (https://amzn.to/2Hs6KGA), the result of a multiyear collaboration between the Greater Good Science Center and Robert Emmons of the University of California, Davis. 
• Courtney and Tye Caldwell of ShearShare have raised $2.3M more funding (Note: I’ve invested in ShearShare through Established Ventures). - https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/26/dallas-shearshare-has-a-marketplace-connecting-stylists-with-available-seats-at-salons-and-2-3-million-in-funding/
• Mac Conwell on the launch of RareBreed VC. - https://technical.ly/baltimore/2020/10/29/mckeever-conwell-rarebreed-vc/
• Susan McPherson on her book, The Lost Art of Connecting, due out next year. - https://amzn.to/3eWUiuI
• Ron Klain of Revolution on being named President-Elect Joe Biden's Chief of Staff. - https://twitter.com/FrankGruber/status/1327054751691894788

• Tim Draper, venture capitalist and founder of Draper Associates;
• Kara Goldin co-founder and CEO of Hint Water and author of Undaunted (order the book today) - https://amzn.to/3lN5lsQ
• Mike Evans co-founder of GrubHub and Fixer.com, and author of forthcoming book Hangry
• Lo Toney venture capitalist and founder of Plexo Capital
• Rohit Bhargava author of Non-Obvious Mega Trends (https://amzn.to/3dB741t);
• Meredith Fineman author of Brag Better (https://amzn.to/3iVDh4E);
• Ximena Hartsock co-founder of Phone2Action
• Marc Nager, venture capitalist of Greater Colorado Venture Fund
• Sarah Evan, marketing & digital PR at Sevans Digital PR 
• Whitney Johnson will teach you how to Disrupt Yourself (https://amzn.to/377g5xZ), and many more. 

• Trendspotting: Zoom towns - https://www.fastcompany.com/90564796/zoom-towns-are-exploding-in-the-west 'Zoom towns' 
• MTV is back! Kind of… - https://variety.com/2020/music/news/apple-music-tv-launch-videos-1234809088/
• Welcome to crypto, PayPal! - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-paypal-cryptocurrency-idUSKBN2761L6
• Facebook has more than just Farmville - https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/26/21528438/facebook-cloud-gaming-beta-android-web-jason-rubin-interview
• The Power of the Sun - https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a34372005/solar-cheapest-energy-ever/?fbclid=IwAR2oS6CxW1U2po-FHvHbKNox35gcviLnKHuZwN7K2F5nWr7a2s6l0rNfi3M
• There IS water on the Moon! - https://twitter.com/FrankGruber/status/1320811736862236673
• The Vegas Roadtrip is making a comeback! - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-28/las-vegas-vehicle-traffic-rises-for-first-time-since-pandemic
• Apple TV for the win - https://www.fastcompany.com/90570629/apple-tv-plus-secretly-won-the-streaming-war-of-2020-heres-why
• Maybe we should rethink the Electoral College - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/28/election-results-and-electoral-college-pick-next-president/4718619002/