And dreaming of challenging the president. I may very well do it, but im being as honest as i can. Where do you stand . Likely to run . This is not what im doing. How Many Democrats will jump in . And will any republican primary President Trump . And the ways the president has influenced culture from the words we use to race. Very fine people, on both sides. Welcome to new years eve sunday, its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning and a happy new years eve to everyone. Almost from the left hand on the bible, President Trump signalled to the country that his presidency would be different. Different in ways that would thrill millions, and different in ways that would appall millions more. It began with a jarring comment about the state of the country. This american carnage stops right here and stops right now. Within a day, press Secretary Sean Spicer lectured white house r
Panda this week on press here. Good morning, everyone, im scott mcgrew. The only way i can explain the Chinese Company le eco to you is what if somebody saw what apple is doing and says we need to do that, but bigger. If apple is showing off a new phone, lets have an event showing off a new phone, and a new tv, and vr goggles, and bicycles, and the bicycles should have lasers on them. And to top it all off, an electric car. Thats how they introduced themselves to Silicon Valley. Also there was an open bar, so your move, apple. To build all these things, le eco needs people. So they cut a ribbon on a Silicon Valley headquarters and says theyll hire thousands, which leads us to the question, who are these guys . Chief rnd officer at le eco and will put up by all of our questions. Lets start with the basics. How do we pronounce the basics of the company . Le eco. Ill write that down. Im not french, it means joy in mandarin. The original name was joy and it was, so le tv is what we know th
Scott mcgrew, this week i learned two things, one, fico, the Company Famous for the fico score, does not decide your Credit Rating. Who knew . And also fico is headquartered in Silicon Valley, about two blocks from this studio. Again, who knew . Will lansing is ceo of fico, i assume he walked over here from his office, hes past ceo of fingerhut, info space, joined by Mark Sullivan and laura mondaro of u. S. A. Today. Lets start with this idea that fico doesnt my fico score is so important. But somehow youre not the Credit Rating . The way it works is were an Analytics Company and we produce the algorithm and the score. But we dont have any data. So the data is held by a credit bureau, by someone else. And they use our algorithm to produce the score, which they then share with banks, thats how the credit determination is made. I have a macys bill, i dont pay the macys bill. Its expeerian or others who know i depart pay the bill and they tell you . Exactly. Were, a bank is trying to figu
Ad wrier wter who came up with of the most effective. It was for aadvice rent a car. They tried harder because it was the number two behind herts and it wasnt afraid to admit it. It went from a money loser to profitable overnight and at one point came close to over taking hertz. I thought of this battle. It is the second largest Ridesharing Company but behind uber, but uber has a reputation of bully. Watch this tv commercial from lyft. The guys in gray are uber even if the ad doesnt admit it. Chicago, miami, seattle, look at the smiling people in seattle. Why are all of the lyft drivers so happy . Maybe because lyft lets passengers tip them in the app. Thats gross. I heard lyft paid out over 100 million in tips to their drivers. Thats stupid. Why would you do that . They use the extra money to buy gifts for their family. Second place lyft is positioning itself as the good guy, the company you can trust, the company you can trust to take your dear grandmother to her hair appointment. In
But truthfully weve known. Weve always known. It doesnt make us less angry, but if you are surprised you have not been paying attention. Most of the focus has been on uber which has been the poster boy of bad behavior, but let me remind you benefits down the street from uber had to post a no sex in the stairwell. Had to quit his job after he was not truthful about why he left google. Reports say it was after allegations of improper behavior. Bottom line, bay area Tech Companies operate inside a bubble that reinforces behavior and cultures that need to be changed to attract more Diverse Talent and retain them. Those arent my words. Those belong to dr. Christie smith of deloitte where she directs the Leadership Center for collusion. Thanks for being with us this morning. I was looking up the number we know theyre started in garages and college dorms, but they have all been started by young men who bring a culture, usually two founders, into their company. It doesnt have to be a bad cultu