ColdFusion 20723

A Wallstreet insider perpetrated the biggest Ponzi scheme in history. Bernie Madoff rocked financial institutions around the world to their very cores when it was revealed that the former head of the NASDAQ, a man who was an architect of the how many of the stock exchanges around the world operate, stole over $65-billion from his clients. How did this happen? We'll find out in this episode of ColdFusion. 

WeWork was supposed to be one of the biggest IPO's in history. The startup headed by a charismatic entrepreneur was at one time valued at almost $100-billion. But cracks started to appear in the company's facade as soon as it announced plans to become public. The rosy picture that CEO Adam Neumann had been painting to Wall Street looked more like a horror story as massive losses, lavish spending, and a shaky business model scared off potential investors. The IPO was shelved, the CEO was and founder was fired, and the company's valuation dropped below $5-billion. So what happened? We'll find out in this episode of ColdFusion.

In this episode of ColdFusion we look at a new technological breath through that may be the key to reversing climate change and finally make the transition from fossil fuels to electric an economic reality. What's behind this new breakthrough? Carbon Dioxide. That's right! The most significant contributor to climate change may also be the key to reversing it thanks to a promising new battery technology. 

The iPhone was initially a product that the majority of Apple's executive team, including Steve Jobs, didn't want to develop or see a need for. The revolutionary device had the odds stacked against it from the very beginning. What could go wrong did go wrong— everything from faulty computer processors to attempts from Apple's own management team to kill it. But, a talented group of innovators bent on creating the device persevered and pushed Apple to think beyond the iPod and computer hardware, whether Steve Jobs liked it or not.  Dagogo as he reveals the untold story of the iPhone and the tremendous professional and personal toll it took on the people who created it. 

A car battery that lasts over 1-million miles? That's what Tesla CEO Elon Musk is claiming his company has just created. In a world where the average car averages only 150,000 miles before it becomes too expensive to operate, the creation of a million-mile battery would revolutionize automotive transportation and efficiency. Is this bold new claim by Elon Musk true? It just might be. us as we take a look at the science behind the million-mile battery and what might be one of the most important energy and transportation revolutions in the last 100-years.

One of the men responsible for the biggest corporate fraud in history is on a quest to make a comeback and he's got Wall Street investors lined up to help him make a dramatic return to the business world. Who would want to work with a felon convicted of corporate fraud? And what type of business can this man be a part of considering he was barred from the energy sector? We'll find you in this episode of Cold Fusion.

Most tech billionaires achieve success early in their lives. Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs were all in their early 20s when they founded their companies. But the founder of the Chinese behometh Alibaba had a totally different route to success. Jack Ma started Alibaba while in his mid thirties after a string of failed businesses and setbacks including being rejected for a job at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant. How did this former school teacher and Chinese entrepreneur overcome failure and beat out every Silicon Valley tech company trying to compete against him in China? We'll find out in this episode of ColdFusion.

Sex, Violence, Money and Controversy, lots and lots of controversy. This is the story of Rockstar Games. A company started by two maverick brothers that revolutionized the video game industry and raked in billions of dollars with games like Grand Theft Auto.

Is an element named after the Norse God of Thunder the key to reversing global warming and saving humanity. It could be. In this episode of ColdFusion we'll be taking a look at why the scientific community thinks that unleashing the god-like energy properties of Thorium might totally revolutionize clean energy and help save the human race from extinction.   

Bill Gates almost missed out on becoming the richest man in history. That's right! The software that started the PC revolution was actually based on a program written by a man who blew off a meeting with a team of executives from IBM that were looking to purchase software that the would run on their pc computers. That fateful decision led IBM to strike a deal with Bill Gates instead and the rest is history. Who was the man who could have been Bill Gates and why did he end up committing one of the biggest business blunders in history? We'll find out in this episode of ColdFusion. 

A Brief History of the Internet

As world leaders attempt to stem the devastating affects of climate change, a centuries old technology has emerged as a key factor in curbing green house gasses. In this episode of ColdFusion we explore why batteries are the key to our future. The technology affects every aspect of our lives, powering our mobile phones, computers, cars, and now even our homes. Companies like Tesla and start-ups backed by Bill Gates are working on new battery technology that will revolutionize the way we use and store energy and finally make renewable energy like wind and solar viable alternatives to the use of fossil fuels. 

Imagine a world where the government tracks your every move, text, email, and social media post. A government that not only knows all of your deepest darkest secrets, but controls every almost every aspect of your life through surveillance. This Orwellian scenario is a reality for hundreds of millions of Chinese people who have accepted Big Brother's over reaching influence on their daily lives thanks to a newly introduced social credit system. China says the new program is aimed at improving the lives of everyday citizens, but critics argue that it's really a draconian form of government control designed to control and even change people's behavior through oppression and public shaming.  

Is one of the biggest companies in the world merely a front for the Chinese government to spy on other countries, or is it a legitimate technology company with aspirations to become the next Apple? In this episode of ColdFusion we'll take a look at Huwaei, a Chinese corporation that has become technological titan powering the communications networks and smartphones of the world.  But as the company reaped enormous success from the internet revolution, it has found itself at the center of a firestorm of controversy.  Countries like the United States have accused Huwaei of being an instrumental part of the Chinese government's clandestine spying organization. Is Huwaei spying on the world, or is it simply a victim of its own success with all of the mistrust being completely unwarranted?

In this episode of ColdFusion, we take a look at the Enron story. This US Energy company was once the darling of Wall Street thanks to its aggressive business tactics and powerful connections to two US Presidents. But the rosy picture painted by the company’s CEO was a facade that ended costing the American people over $60-billion. The company’s implosion went down as the biggest case of fraud in history.

Millions of tons of plastic wastes are dumped into the environment every, year polluting our oceans and even invading our bodies. The amount of plastic humans eat every year is rising at an alarming rate as the ubiqiutous packaging material is now even found in snow that turns into our drinking water. Plastic can take hundreds, or even thousands of years to break down. As economies of Asian countries such as China begin to mature, the plastic waste problem has only gotten worse. Will the earth and all of it's inhabitants be engulfed in a blanket of life-killing plastic? Maybe not. ColdFusion host Dagogo takes a look at the plastic waste epidemic and discovers that we may already have solutions to reverse the tide. Solutions that include cutting edge technology and incentives for the biggest plastic polluting nations to start recycling on a massive scale.  

BlackBerry once dominated the smartphone market with its slick software and amazing hardware. It seemed as if this Canadian company was poised to dominate the smart phone market forever until a computer company named Apple came along and revolutionized the way people communicate and access the internet with the iPhone. How could BlackBerry have been blindsided by a company with absolutely no experience in the mobile phone business industry? The truth? BlackBerry wasn't blindsided. The failure of the company lays at the feet of its co-founders, who decided to write off the iPhone as an expensive trinket because their company was invincible. It's a tale of arrogance and hubris that led to the destruction of a multi-billion dollar company everyone thought was unstoppable.

In this episode of ColdFusion we look at how a struggling digital animation company spun off from Lucasfilm, revolutionized how films were animated, almost put Disney's animation division out of business,  brought apple co-founder Steve Jobs to the brink of bankruptcy, and barely avoided imploding. WTF Podcast Toy Story 2 Links Apple Spotify Google Podcasts

A lot of people think that Facebook ended MySpace but in reality, this isn't the case. In this podcast we'll go back to the 2000's to find out what really ended MySpace.

My quick take on Apple's WWDC and the iPad in particular.