The Obamas leave Spotify and look for a new house
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The Obamas leave Spotify and look for a new house
The Obamas’ production company, Higher Ground, will not sign a new deal with Spotify, according to Bloomberg. The company is in talks with other audio platforms for a deal that would be one of the most lucrative in the podcast business. Potential partners include Amazon’s Audible and iHeartMedia. Spotify was also on the list but declined to make an offer. (TA)
Equals, en la red joven del WEF
The World Economic Forum elected new members of the network of young leaders who are changing the world, ‘The Forum of Young Global Leaders’, and the inclusion of a Colombian woman who has been working for gender equality at the business level stands out. She is Mia Perdomo (1986), co-founder and CEO of Aequales, a firm she created eight years ago. (IB)
They will launch a pension tool
The Financial Superintendence of Colombia (SFC) is about to launch the ‘Your pension’ tool, through which members will be able to compare the management of the Pension Fund Administrators (AFP), including data such as the management time of the pension procedures, the response delay in the double advice and the gain or loss of savings in the last 10 years. (SC)
Bosses don’t come back to the office
A study carried out by Future Forum with more than 10,000 employees showed that, in the United States, 35% of non-executive workers have already returned to face-to-face service five days a week, while in the case of bosses the figure reaches 19 %. According to the measurement, the office attendance gap by ranks has doubled since the last quarter of 2021. (LV)
Attraction of capital to undertake
In Colombia, 93 micro-businesses are created every day, which forces us to say that we are a country of entrepreneurs. This is repeated in the region, but little is said about the capital that they attract to emerge. According to the Association for Venture Capital Investors in Latin America, in 2021 Latin American startups attracted US$15.3 billion from venture capital investors driving startups, an increase of 212%. (VP)
The alert from the German ambassador
The German ambassador to Colombia, Peter Ptassek (1963), shows on networks his love of touring the country’s forests and parks. He always talks about beauty and colors, but his last walk was posted with concern: he warned that the Nevado de Santa Isabel, located between Tolima and Caldas, is close to being a “paramillo”, as ex-snowcapped mountains are called, well “There is almost nothing left” of him. (JL)
There will be a round for startups
Rockstart is preparing an investment round to find 10 Colombian companies that they believe have the potential to be the country’s next great soonicorns or unicorns. The program would have a change compared to the previous rounds that have been carried out and that already add up to more than 200 promoted companies. (LM)
Luxury watches are valued
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The resale market is booming and the top accessory on the most wanted list is the watch. Prices for these high-end items from brands like Rolex, Patek Philippe, and Audemars Piguet are skyrocketing on resale platforms like WatchBox. While Patek Philippe’s Nautilus model cost $35,000 on average in 2017, by the end of 2021 it was priced at $125,000. (RT)
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