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Ever feel like you're failing? Prince Alwaleed bin Talal went bankrupt TWICE before hitting massive success. A series of YouTube videos, show an interview by Mario Nawfal, tells an incredible story of resilience, friendships and timing. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal started with a significant investment from his father, faced TWO bankruptcies, but didn't give up. His eventual success? It came from being in Saudi Arabia at the right time (early 80s boom). Fast forward, and the video also highlights a critical issue: the US trillion-dollar debt. Think about it – the cost to service that debt is a TRILLION dollars a year! That's more than our defense budget. Key takeaways: Is the USA missing its moment? How the Prince is friends to all. Build friends. Don't let setbacks define you, timing is IMPORTANT. Keep moving. #PrinceAlwaleedbinTalal, #MarioNawfal, #Interview, #SuccessStory, #Resilience, #FailureToSuccess, #OvercomingObstacles, #Bankruptcy, #SaudiArabia, #USDebt

Smishing’s Exploding! The FBI’s March 12, 2025, alert is unequivocal: Smishing scams have surged, with over 2,000 complaints in 2024 tied to fraudulent toll agency and “Apple/Google support” texts. Whether you’re on iPhone or Android, the risk is real—one errant click compromises your finances. Palo Alto Networks reports 10,000+ domains powering these toll and delivery ploys, while Canada’s Cyber Centre notes a 50% rise in phishing losses since 2023. This isn’t noise; it’s a clear and present threat to your security and enterprise resilience. The picture is from my phone as I got these bad messages from unknown numbers. Delete them and block number. Your Phone’s a Ticking Bomb! Let friends & family know. #CybersecurityLeadership #SmishingThreat #FBIInsights #ExecutiveAction #SecureTheFuture

NEXT RAISE IS HERE: LinkedIn reveals 15 In-Demand Skills Defining YOUR Future of Work ie this is good for your career. The in-demand skills gaining momentum in the job market in 2025: 1 AI Literacy 2 Conflict Mitigation 3 Adaptability 4 Process Optimization 5 Innovative Thinking 6 Public Speaking 7 Solution-Based Selling 8 Customer Engagement & Support 9 Stakeholder Management 10 Large Language Model (LLM) Development & Application 11 Budget & Resource Management 12 Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy 13 Regulatory Compliance 14 Growth Strategy 15 Risk Assessment Did some research and added a weight to each skill for you. My analysis reveals, take anything at level 7 or above from the chart and go to youtube to learn. Then practice to enhance that skill. Don’t tell anyone, just do it and surprise all. Thank me later when you get the next raise. Good luck.

Feeling stuck in the midweek slump? Here’s a Tuesday truth: the most successful people don’t wait for motivation—they create it. One small action today can ripple into massive wins tomorrow. What’s your go-to move to kickstart momentum? Drop it below—let’s inspire each other!

Vendor Consolidation Challenge: When you want business continuity, vendor consolidation works against you by creating single point of failure. CrowdStrike showed us the challenge of this. My suggestion - use a good-better-best approach. Meaning, for end points, if you chose an alternate vendor to CrowdStrike like SentinelOne or Sophos or Fortinet, only part of the enterprise would be down. Thanks Daniel Sarica for bringing up this topic.

Google is getting roasted in this AI era—but are we all missing the real story? They’ve got the entirety of human knowledge at their fingertips: every search, click, and data point. Yet, people are betting against them?! Are we seriously underestimating Google’s power to dominate AI? Let’s be real: Big Tech has the resources to crush the competition. Google could flip the script overnight while startups are busy chasing hype. Or are they too bloated to innovate anymore? Is this the end of Google’s reign, or are they just playing the long game to wipe everyone out? Drop your hot takes below—who’s Team Google and who’s rooting for the underdogs! #AIRevolution #GoogleVsTheWorld #BigTech #ArtificialIntelligence #TechDrama #InnovationOrDomination

Meta’s Llama AI is exploding—and it’s starting to look a lot like Google’s Android playbook. Open-source. Free access. Massive adoption. Here’s the scoop on Llama’s meteoric rise: • Spotify, AT&T, and DoorDash are running Llama in production. It’s everywhere. • 1 billion downloads by March 2025—up from 650 million in December 2024. That’s a 54% spike in 3 months! • Powers Meta’s AI assistant across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp—reaching 3 billion+ users. • Devs on Hugging Face and r/LocalLlama are pumping out 60,000+ derivative models. Community-driven chaos, just like Android apps. • Indie coders are tweaking Llama locally. Grassroots growth? Check. • Big enterprises like Goldman Sachs are on board, despite some licensing quirks. • Meta’s move: free models, free tools. Sound familiar? Google handed out Android to dominate mobile. Android captured 70% of the global OS market by going open. Llama’s on track to own AI—650M to 1B downloads in months says it all. Is this the most viral open-source AI yet? 2025 might just prove it. What’s your take—can #Llama out-#Android? #AI #Innovation #OpenSource

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Zero BS, I love this boldness about the EthAum tagline. We had an AI VC last week, how about AI in the Boardroom? Join us!

A Breakthrough in Computing—From Rutgers, NJ Dorm Room! An undergrad, Andrew Krapivin has just revolutionized hash tables—the backbone of databases, AI, and countless digital systems. By tackling the age-old challenge of collision handling, this breakthrough could lead to faster searches, more efficient applications, and smarter systems across industries. This is a perfect example of why fresh perspectives matter in tech. Innovation thrives when we question the status quo and push boundaries. Be bold, be fresh, be great. #TechInnovation #NextGenTalent #ComputingBreakthrough #FutureOfTech #nj More in - Quanta Magazine

5 Stories You'll Talk About All Week! News NOT AI Gen'd - AI is going off the rails - A tech giant says goodbye - China, Google & OpenAI battle for infrastructure dominance - Coffee prices spike, and layoffs hit major brands - Massive outages disrupt your favorite apps Stay ahead of the curve—let’s dive in! #TechNews #Innovation #Leadership #AI #DigitalTransformation

King of Spain bestows Highest Civilian Honors to my friend Bob Unanue. A true and worthy recipient. 🇪🇸 God Bless Spain, God Bless USA. Just Love and Build. - Bob Unanue (U-nan-way)

Heathrow’s ‘Unprecedented’ Collapse—Are IT Risks and Outages the Next Frontier for Airlines and Beyond? Yesterday’s Heathrow shutdown—a ‘major incident’ that stranded thousands—exposed vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure we can’t ignore. A substation fire crippled Europe’s busiest airport, yet CEO Thomas Woldbye called it ‘unprecedented,’ saying, ‘Contingencies of certain sizes we cannot guard ourselves against 100% and this is one of them… This is as big as it gets for our airport.’ Unprecedented? Hardly. From BA’s 2017 IT meltdown to the 2024 CrowdStrike outage grounding flights globally, airline disruptions—physical or digital—are piling up. This isn’t just about runways or power grids—it’s a mirror for corporate infrastructure too. IT risks, cyber threats, and single points of failure haunt businesses just as they do airports. Heathrow’s chaos shows what happens when redundancy isn’t robust enough. Are airlines and companies investing in resilience, or just crossing fingers that ‘unprecedented’ stays rare? In a world of ransomware and aging systems, critical infrastructure—public or corporate—needs to evolve. What’s your take—can we afford to keep underestimating these risks? #Heathrow #ITRisk #Cybersecurity #Aviation #Infrastructure #Resilience #CorporateStrategy #CrisisManagement #Airlines #DigitalTransformation”

5 Tech Stories You’ll Talk About All Week, NOT AI generated - Hackers are targeting your inbox, tariffs are hiking grocery prices, and robots are pouring your coffee—welcome to 2025! From Walmart’s shelf-stalking bots to Google’s Gemini takeover and Uber’s Waymo woes, the future is wild. But here’s the kicker: Vibe Coding shows creativity still rules. Which of these trends will shape YOUR next move? Swipe through. #TechTrends #Innovation #FutureOfWork"

A tariff storm rages—what’s left when the dust settles? I was speaking to a friend and he mentioned how his distribution company is facing a lot of uncertainty daily wrt tariffs. To summarize - - Tariffs flip on and off. - Supply chains break into chaos. - Distributors scramble—pricing’s a wild guess. - Costs move up and down. - Peg prices to landing dates? - Ships stall—Shanghai to Rotterdam. - Customs rules shift fast. - Stock piles are high globally. - Warehouses choke—cash bleeds out. - China hoards, Europe reels, U.S. fractures. - Customers rage—bills don’t add up. - Quotes from Tokyo crash in LA. - Suppliers vanish—trade wars bite. - Freight costs soar—containers disappear. - Ports clog—trade routes strangle. - Nations clash—global trade burns. Chaos reigns supreme. We need to slow down this daily chaos. Any comments?

Personal Log: Ever wonder how you end up somewhere? My data origin story starts with a college project—crunching numbers on a floppy disk. Yep, that’s right, a floppy disk! Hours of debugging later, I was hooked on data and what it could do. Remember this: It’s Friday, deadline’s Monday, and my college project—a masterpiece of data tables—is on a single floppy disk. I’m smug, thinking I’m ahead. Then, disaster. Spill Coke on it. Sticky, fizzing chaos! I try blow-drying it—yes, with a hairdryer—only to hear that dreaded click-click of doom. Project gone. I spent the weekend rebuilding it, cursing floppies, and vowing to never trust tech alone again. Lesson learned the hard way! Now it’s AI’s turn to keep me up at night. What’s your tech origin? Spill it below—I’d love to hear! #DataDriven #AI #Leadership

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the next big thing in AI. It lets you connect your AI apps to different data sources. #mcp #ai Image credit - @akshay_pachaar

Rise and shine—AI’s your new alarm clock! It’s not just buzzing me awake; it’s shaking up possibilities. Heard this? AI-driven automation jumped 30% in 2024. Wild, right? I see people using AI to: 1. Auto-summarize meetings 2. Predict server hiccups—analyzing data traffic, CPU spikes, temperature, or disk usage to stop crashes before they start 3. Draft emails like magic Smarter days, less grind. What’s AI waking up in your world? Drop a thought below—I’m curious! #AI #DataDriven #Leadership

USA Inflation is going down! This dip we like.

2 Striking Quotes To Start The Week: “Your IT department is going to become the HR department of your digital workforce” - Jensen Huang CEO NVIDIA; and, “...in 10 years (by 2035), CIO & CISO positions will start to disappear” - Suvajit Basu