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[inaudible conversations] and know everybody is having a good time in networking and moving the enterprise forward but we really should get started. We have two votes starting at noon so we are going to be on a bit of a short string here. It shouldnt, in any way denigrate the importance of this hearing of the Small Business committee. What we are going to do today is look for ways for womenowned businesses to reach their full potential and grow the American Economy and i certainly want to thank my colleague for working together on this. This is a matter of great importance to all of us and to allamerica even though all of america sometimes doesnt know it. Is that a fair statement . As you know, october is National WomensSmall Business month which serves as a gre ....
Is it working right now . Awesome. Again, i kind of skipped over the we are doing three competitions every single day. How many people actually still use fine use vine . Like six of you. Tomorrow we will be doing another one maybe around instagram and maybe one around twitter. Keep your eyes peeled for that. Lots of really cool prizes. I have to be up here in advance for a long time without very much to say. Does anyone have questions . No . Ok. Why is it so cold . Excellent question. The first is that there are a billion bodies in here, and if we did not make it cold, you would complain the other way. No . That is not true . I have been in the district with a busted ac and you guys were mad, like mad mad. So you guys would like to be warmer . Ok, i will spend my time during negotiating and see what i can do and i will come back and let you know what i get with the ac. Do you guys have an optimal temperature . 75, 73 . No . 75 is summer. I will aim for 75. We will get that sorted out a ....
Profitable Business Model and no one has really done it for financing so we set off with affirm to try and do that. What we did that and started with was pointofsale lending. When you go to the Department Store the person will say come apply for the instore credit card and you know it will be a painful process and you probably when i get approved and it is based on your fico score some magical scored no one understands and the fees will be bad and the Interest Rate horrible but it is a great boon to retailers. It increases sales and improves conversion. So they say what if we provided a great alternative. But affirm is for consumers to make purchases at pointofsale . Thats what it is today. Youre taking a one interest load, slightly high and then fairly low. Compared your credit card, if will pay 700 several hundred dol ....
To help you with the political war. You put it differently, you said its a campaign that you are running. Is bringing him on part of this creating a kinder, gentler he does not start until the end of september. He was obamas 2008 Campaign Manager and he was an advisor sort of in between the campaign and the white house in 2012. He is a pretty incredible guy. But the context is we view where we are at as there is a Political Campaign that is happening. We did not really realize it but there is a Political Campaign that is happening and uber was the candidate. The opposition was the taxi cartel. They were the opponent. Maybe there are some primaries going on that some other folks in the ridesharing space, etc. But the big opponent was the taxi cartel. They have been giving political donations for dozens of years, ....
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