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We're back from a small break, and in that time a lot has happened. In this episode we covered a little bit of everything including the two topics with worldwide buzz, the World Cup - is it Futbol or Soccer plus ChatGPT has entered the chat. This new AI tech owned in part by Elon Musk will shake up the world. Our drink of choice is Dalmore Port Wood Reserve, of course, Atul has a fun story about this one. 

Avneet Ghuman and Jason Gurtata join Atul to celebrate thriving in America, and mantras instilled in us via our South Asian culture: “Have a Success Mindset, sacrifice today for an amazing tomorrow. Remember your roots, community, humility”. And encouraging comments like, “don’t be stooopid.” AP Dhillon gets some love as well. Let’s go! Part 2 00:00 VC: the next 10 years 13:09 Interest Rates and competition 17:36 Stocks, Crypto and Janam Patris 33:25 User-Generated Content 37:40 AP Dhillon and others 40:11 You Kicked My Dog 40:26 Influencers vs. Brands 43:39 Our dranks 47:34 Ish You Should Know 52:48 Indian Idol

Avneet Ghuman and Jason Gurtata join Atul to celebrate thriving in America, and mantras instilled in us via our South Asian culture: “Have a Success Mindset, sacrifice today for an amazing tomorrow. Remember your roots, community, humility”. And encouraging comments like, “don’t be stooopid.” AP Dhillon gets some love as well. Let’s go! Part 1 00:00 Intros. 8:42 Drinks of the Day 11:03 Celebrating culture, stay humble 18:30 China and India rising 23:03 Family and Ownership is everything. 37:38 Desi Heroes

The Whiskey Hue team open the NAMIC national conference with a live session chatting with Denise Bennett of iHeart Media, but more importantly a friend of the show. We dive into the state of podcasts, streaming, and media mixed in with some throwback NAMIC love. Uncle Nearest is back again, and we add some bubbles, Marie Césaire. We're basically rooting for everyone black & brown in this episode! 

Author, TedX and Davos Speaker, Innovation Ecosystem Leader joins Atul for a special episode of the Whiskey Hue. We discuss: Venture Investing and Advisory moving forward, Who really wants and benefits from Remote Work, Follow the Money to predict Future of Real Estate, Recessions are good for who?, and the rise of global Smart Cities. WOD: Angels Envy. 04:15  Davos: psychadelics, 15:00  Adam Neuman 19:10  Remote Work 23:00  Employers Strike Back 24:45  Global Talent 28:20  Survival of Cities: Retail & Commercial 29:00  Big Tech helped us thrive during the Pandemic 31:20  Debits & Credits 34:00  Energy 34:45  Smart Cities 39:00  Iceland + Global Warming 41:30  Thoughtful Leaders

What was happening pre-IPO? We peel back the layers with our special guest, previous Cyber Security at Matthew McManus 01:15  Intro: Ingrid He 02:30  Intro: Matthew McManus 08:30  WeWork - 13:20  WeWork vs. Uber 15:00  WeWork vs. the World 22:30  Valuation: Tech Boost’n 28:00  Extravagant Chaos 32:30  No SPAC for you! 38:15  Work for Adam again??

Fordham Finance Edition: Atul Prashar welcomes 3 of his FINANCING NEW MEDIA VENTURES students, Anmol Takhtani, Patricia Maragos and Jason Gurtata, for a one cube / real whiskey convo ranging from Tech to Inflation to Recession.  We also kept it ‘light’ by delving into Politics, China & abortion(!)…for a “how did we get this deep?” conversation. Enjoy the bumpy ride. 00:00 Private Equity 02:10 Housing Market 15:30 International 22:00 Energy    25:30 Politics 27:20 China 32:00 Hot Topics 48:25 Drink of the Day 51:47 Ish You Should Know

Fordham Finance Edition: Atul Prashar welcomes 3 of his FINANCING NEW MEDIA VENTURES students, Anmol Takhtani, Patricia Maragos and Jason Gurtata, for a one cube / real whiskey convo ranging from Tech to Inflation to Recession.  We also kept it ‘light’ by delving into Politics, China & abortion(!)…for a “how did we get this deep?” conversation. Enjoy the bumpy ride. 00:00  Intro 10:30 MBA: earned during pandemic 16:00 MBA: celebrating the fruits 21:30 Learning: Never Stop, Never Stopp’n 28:40 Recession: proactive / reactive 30:45 Adding Value: Corp/Personal life 36:15 This dude is teaching us???? 38:15 Anmol is spelled H.E.R / S.H.E 40:10 Money: hanging on the sidelines   44:20 Paul Volker = Rates to the moon

We looked at some of the Q2 hits and misses bringing you into our view of the good, bad, and ugly. Join us for a great conversation.

Fordham Edition: Atul Prashar welcomes 2 of his FINANCING NEW MEDIA VENTURES students, Milica Jojic and Maher Alsakaff for a no-holds-barred conversation.  00:00 Intro  09:00 Elon Musk  22:30 Twitter  25:00 AOC  31:30 Socially Lib’d / Fiscally Conserv’d  35:30 Input = Output  39:00 Andrew Yang & RBG  44:30 Politics need a youthful infusion  49:50 TikTok 54:15 MIAMI  56:36 Pop Culture / BeReal App, What color is Pete Davidson?, Recent Album Drops, Un-Cancelled, Kardashians, Julia Fox  1:13:30 *Ish You Should Know

NFTs are the next great debate in Web 3.0 but the expansion of the market is a changing landscape, for both good and bad. We dive deeper and fast forward to a market correction and evolved world where NFTs are now having more use cases, unfortunately, the value is bouncing up and down like a ping pong ball in a bounce house.  Enjoy this conversation on part 2.5 of the Non-Fungible Tokens. Cheers! 

Inflation is still hitting our pockets hard and we had more gems to add to the conversation. We look into why this is important and how many industries are going to be impacted. We sip on Ardbeg 10 Yr. Scotch to keep the conversation live.  Enjoy pt. 2 of the inflation debate Whiskey Hue style.

Inflation rates are at a 40-year high and the cost of essential goods are skyrocketing at a breakneck pace. The Whiskey Hue team dives into the state of the economy and the role of inflation on tech, investments and governmental moves to solve the issue we're all facing.  We kick off the episode with a 100 level deep dive and then add Whiskey Hue's perspective to close out the inflation debate. We sip on Lagavulin 16 Year during the episode, a Scotch Whisky staple that should be in every cabinet as a go to whisky. 

Michael Smith, CMO, NPR sits with Atul Prashar for his Financing New Media Ventures course to talk Media, Investing, Sports. (1:00) NPR, from Pres Johnson to TikTok. (5:00) Michael indirectly got Atul into VC. (11:30) Information Rabbit Holes. (14:20) Listening Demo…Tiny Desk concerts. (20:00) NPR vs Spotify: breaking music artists. (24:00) Why NPR, Michael? (32:15) Biz models: CNN+, TWTR, Long term bets. (39:20) Personality Driven News. (43:10) Flipping Audio to Video. (48:10) Venture opportunities. (51:45) International pod content that works here. (54:25) Web3 & Metaverse (57:00) YouTube gettin’ its Podcast on. (58:10) Tennis Conversation, revisited.

Yes, the moment that shocked the world has reached the Whiskey Hue (Pookie vs. Hitch). Of course, we had our own take on the slap heard around the world but decided to bring in a true professional on all things pop culture. Chris Witherspoon, an entertainment journalist regularly appearing on The Today Show The 3rd hour Today, and Wendyshow. But an even greater accomplishment is Chris's current venture, Pop Viewers app where he is the founder and CEO. This app is a platform that helps viewers find what to watch next, invites them to react to the TV shows and movies watched, and encourages them to share the experience with fellow content-lovers. We sip on fan favorite, Bulleit Bourbon a whiskey that is near and dear to Chris's heart. 

Vasu Kulkarni, GP, Courtside VC, sits with Atul Prashar for his Financing New Media Ventures course to talk all things VC. (0:00) The Athletic deal. First check in, float your Moat. (6:45) Baseball is the most tech-savvy league?? (9:00) Investing with Athletes and Celebrities - Ndamukong Suh, Paul George. (13:00) Bob Iger joins Genies Board – let’s put a number on it. (16:00) Metaverse and Fairy Dust, Vasu and Atul want to sell you the Taj Mahal. They don’t own it. (22:00) We talk about GOATs.

Vasu Kulkarni, GP, Courtside VC, sits with Atul Prashar for his Financing New Media Ventures course to talk all things VC. (7:10) Krossover Analytics helps pro sports teams perform better. (12:00) Capital Providers, Innovators and Techies. Insane valuations. (20:00) Smart vs Dumb Money, Domain Expertise. (24:40) Why some VCs forced to invest earlier than usual. (27:00) Due Diligence / Signaling / Domain Experts.

The landscape has evolved and we share our thoughts on the winners and losers, so far, in the streaming wars. In this third installment, we review streaming platforms and the companies that building to change the TV viewing experience forever. We get fancy and sip on a premium Whiskey, W. L. Weller CYPB Bourbon.

It was so good we had to do it again. Cancel culture pt. 2, the vision is still the same. Don't get canceled! 

"Let's not get canceled' was the theme for part 1 of the Cancel Culture episode. If you know Atul this was like asking Kanye not to screenshot a text, it was bound to happen. We had fun, walked close to the edge but felt this was an important subject for the Whiskey Hue audience. We also feature a special whiskey, brought to us by Anthony Scaramucci, yes, the Mooch. He launched a lot of 140 bottles of rare whiskey decorated with a portrait of Scaramucci's face designed by French digital artist 8th Project. The first batch of bottles will open at one ETH, or roughly $3,200. Enjoy!