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I level on a guy in a dame that looked like they might go for a good two-shot and snap them and hand the guy the card that tells him how he can get three prints of that fine candid camera shot I just made of him for only a dollar. But he just brushes me off like all the rest. Tell us the last shot on the roll and I unload and figure to call it a day when I see a guy coming through the crowd that's dressed up as sharp as a tack and he sort of glances at himself sideways in the store windows and generally seems extra fond of himself. So quick as a flash I get me sights on him and then a funny thing happens. He sort of staggers as though somebody had just come along and give him a big slap on the back and then he starts folding and all so sudden that I can't even stop myself and so helped me I snap him right in the middle of his dive. And then he's out like a light and everybody has a crowd around everybody's saying get the doctor in the heat, somebody else is calling him. Enough, enough, enough is enough. I'm all burned up with this guy in the heat and the day and everything.  Say a cup of coffee? Yeah, yeah. How'd you go today? Doing any good? Are you kidding? People don't want to have their pictures made when they got perspiration running down their faces and the guys are in their shirt sleeves and the dames dressers are all wrinkled up out of shape. All they want to do is to get somewhere where they can cool off like me.  And the payoff here, listen to this. I'm making a guy just before I come in here. A swell shot it would have been too.  What? He falls, he collapses right in the sidewalk. I've boomed the heat or something, I don't know. Yeah, is that right? Yeah, boy do I pick the cash customers. Oh, tough on a poor guy, huh? Tough on him. What about me? I've got a livin' to make do, you know. Well, yeah, that's right. Oh, pardon me. Jake's friendly pharmacy, huh? Well, I don't know. Well, uh, just a moment, I'll see. Hey, uh, hey Joe, it's your wife. Uh-oh, I forgot. She told me specially to be home early today. She got a steak for tonight. What'll I tell her? Uh, tell her I just left. No, no, wait a minute. Tell her you won't see me all day. Okay. Uh, no, no, he's not here, Mrs. Mooney. No, no, I haven't. Yes, Mrs. Mooney. Yeah, I sure will. Yeah, uh, she said if I, uh, see ya. Hey, hey Joe. Hey, hey Joe, wait. I ain't got time. I'll see you tomorrow. Hey Joe! Hello, honey. Don't honey me. Mmm, something smells good. Supper ready? It is supper ready. Oh, of course supper's ready. The potatoes are all nice and dried up and the meat's good and tough. Supper's been ready for an hour. Hour has? Oh gee, I do. You know I told you to be home on time tonight. You think the Hannah's steaks out for good behavior nowadays? Oh gosh, Mo, I forgot. I forgot. You'd forget your name if it wasn't pasted inside your hat. Where've you been? Why, I, I was working. This late? On a day like this? Hey wait a minute, let me look at you. Oh now wait a minute, Maude, now wait. Maude, listen. Something happened today. I wasn't gonna tell you about this. I was gonna spare your feelings. This one, it better be good. Well, it, it shook me up pretty bad. I don't mind telling you. And that was the whole trouble why I was late.  No, Maude. Listen, Maude, I'm serious. I saw a man die today, Maude. Well, they do it every day, don't they? Yeah, but Maude, I was taking his picture. He, he died right while I was snapping it. Right at me feet. Swooned. I suppose he grabbed you around the ankle so you couldn't come home. But Maude, they, they, they thought it was murder. Murder? Who thought so? Well, everybody, the people that saw it, they, they was asking me all kinds of questions. Oh, Joe.  I swear, Maude, I swear I can prove it. I got to fill them. I'll develop it right here tonight. I got it right here in my camera and I'll get my, my, my... Now what? My camera. I must have forgot it. Oh, I might have known this was all leading up to something. Where's the ticket? The what? You know what? The pawn ticket. Oh, Maude, you got me all wrong. The camera's all right. It's right where I left it. Right in Jake's place. Oh, Jake's place. Well, which is it? The hawk shop or Jake's place? Oh, Maude, I was only in there for a minute. Oh, Joe, how can you do it? You're in your camera hanging around in that cheap joint when you know we're trying to save up for a studio of our own? Oh, Joe, we're never going to get out of this rut. Oh, Maude, look, look. I, I had to leave the camera there. Had to? Why?  I was scared to bring it home. It, it might be evidence or something. Joe, you just said a minute ago you had it with you. You said that you... I, I... Oh, who in the world could that be? I'll, I'll get it, honey. You, you stay right here. That's it. Just rest yourself. I'll go to the door. Your name, Mooney? Yeah, that's right, yeah. Sidewalk photography? Yeah, that's indeed, that's right. Did you take a picture of a guy keeling over on Main Street about five o'clock this afternoon? Uh, that, that's right. I was, I was just telling my wife. You got your camera here with the picture? Uh, well, I know. I, I left it downtown. You better come along with us then. Hey, say, what is this? Who are you? Police headquarters. Police? Police. Say, say, what is this all about? You want to know you saw the guy bumped off, didn't you? Bumped off? Yeah, I... Maude, the guy is dead. He was murdered. Of course I could see now how that picture might only be pretty important evidence, so naturally I'm glad to go along with these coppers and help them out all I can. When we get out in the sidewalk, there's a car there, and two other guys sitting in a all-plane clothes cop, sir. Evidently the homicide squad, I suppose. And we go over to the set of car. Is that the guy? Yeah, but he don't have it with him. Where is it? Downtown. I've forgotten left there, place on Main Street. Oh, that's bad. We got that other car to make and Main Street's out of the way. Well, gee, I'm sorry. It just happened tonight. I forgot. You'd talk when you're told to. The rest of the time you keep quiet, see? Well, sure, officer. Just... Well, we go by this joint on Main Street and then we make the other car. No, we can't. We gotta be on time for that one. Right on time. Going by Main Street, we'd never make it. Then we gotta take this mug along. Well, say that'll make it off a crowded after we leave the... Well, after we leave the other place. Hey, Mooney, you got a car? Yeah, why, certainly, officer. The one right ahead... Hey, that's an idea. We take his car and put the... All right, all right.  Harry drives, you follow us. You got it? Okay, Frankie. Let's go. We get in my car and start downtown after the others. Now, the cop they call Harry is driving and I'm shitting in the back seat with the other one. At first, I don't say nothing, especially after the crack that other cop had made. Anyway, I see these two are sort of tense and nervous. I can see these cops are taking this crime pretty serious. But after a while, they loosen up between themselves and I look for a chance to get myself into the conversation. Frankie's taking it easier than I thought. Yeah, but I wouldn't want to be those guys that mess it up. Say, I sure hope I can be of some help to you fellas. Oh, I wouldn't worry none about that. Yeah, that's about the least to your worries. Well, it's nice of you to put it that way. Say, you got any clues?  Yeah. Some guys that didn't like him. Oh. Gee, it's funny though. I never would have thought it.  It was a silencer job. You'll talk too much. What's the difference? You'll read it all in the papers, won't you? You'll still talk too much. Where are we going now? The morgue. Oh, yeah. The morgue. Yeah, we want you to sort of identify the body. We get to the morgue and drive up to the entrance and wait outside while these cops in the other car go in to fix it up for me to do my stuff, I figure. But in about five minutes they come running out and do it on a carry and something wrapped up in a sheet. And I don't need no X-ray eyes to see it is a stiff. And then they throw it into our car on a Florida backseat like it was a bundle of wood. Then we take out of there like somebody was after us following the other car heading for the west side of town. I don't know. It all happened so fast. And I'm hanging on so tight when we go around the corners on two wheels and trying to keep my feet out of this stiff space and beginning to feel not so good about the whole thing. Well, at first I don't dare open my mouth, but fear my heart will jump right out to me left. But after a while I can't help it. I just got to find out what it's all about. Hey, I, I guess that's the, the body, huh? This boy's bright, Harry. He must have went to college. Ha, ha, ha, ha. Well, the funny one but I identify it. Oh, you have plenty of time for that, Junior. Ah.  One thing at a time, but one thing at a time. You asked too many questions. That ain't healthy. Uh, healthy? Hey, listen. Cops! Cops! Look, Frankie's signaling. Yeah, he means we should separate. Take your next turn to the left and head for the hills. Cops? What are cops chasing us for? If you guys are... Oh, my God! The best thing we can do is ditch this heap. I ain't taking no rap for Frankie You ain't cops.  Well, what do we do with him? What do you think? Hey, now, wait. What are you guys going to do? What do you think? No, no, wait a minute! That is the last thing I remember.  A veritable blackout. Suspense Roma Wines are bringing you Michael O'Shea in photo finish. A radio play by Roy Grandy and Robert Richards. Roma Wines' presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theatre of thrills, Suspense. 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That's where I left it.  Pretty soon I'm on a bigger road and then I'm on the main highway back to town. All the time I'm thinking, this is a funny thing for me doing. But the main thing is I got to get the camera.  Your wife was looking for you. Maude, was she in here? Yeah, she came down to pick up your camera. Oh, well, that's OK then. That's what I came by for. Hey, you all right? Yeah, I guess so. Well, you don't look it. Where's your hat? Hat? What hat? I don't know. Maybe it's out in the car. Hey, come here. What happened to your head? Ouch, don't touch it. You better go home get some sleep, Joe and have somebody look at that head, put some tincture and mercure chrome on it.  Oh, oh, wait. Yeah, your wife left the purse. She was kind of upset anyway. Worried about you, I guess. Oh, thanks.  I didn't know the Mrs. was anything like that. What a knockout. Huh? Yeah, she's gorgeous, Joe. That don't sound like Maude. It don't. Well, it was.  Listen, you ain't so far going. You can't remember what your own wife looks like, are you? No, only this ain't my wife's purse. It ain't? No. What did the dame look like? Oh, medium size, young, blond, terrific figure, gorgeous face. Uh-uh, that ain't Maude. No? No. Maude is kind of, well, but she's nothing like that. Well, what do you know? Listen, Jake, I've been having some awful peculiar experiences tonight. Yeah? You must have been. I better call Maude. She can always figure these things out. Now, wait a minute, Joe. Maybe you had an order just now. I wish you'd let me fix you up with a little something straightening out. I got the greatest thing in the world for you. It'll make you feel a lot better. I saw it come in his other night. He was just awesome. Hey, I can pick them up on the wall. Hello? Hello. Hello, Maude. Well, it's about time you turned up. I've been worried to death. Listen, Maude, I came by to get the camera. Only some girls, some blonde had already picked it up, but I'm going to find it now and get the camera. So don't you worry. Just listen to me. Don't you go getting mixed up with any blondes. You're mixed up enough already. But it's all right, Maude. I'll just pick up the camera and come right home. It's funny, though, when she came by here to get it, she said she was you. Yeah, yeah, that's not all. It's funny. You're in pretty deep, Joe Mooney. In the first place, those men you went out with weren't the police at all. Those men, the cops? I'm trying to tell you they weren't cops. I called the police headquarters myself and they said they'd never hit. Wait, wait, Maude. Now, I remember. We were going to go to get my camera. Only we didn't get it. We got in my car and we went to the morgue and then... Maude! Joe! My car! I got a dead man in my car!  Don't say that, Jake. Now, come on. You've got to help me. Come on. Okay, Joe, but... Come on, out in my car. I'll show it to you, Jake. What'll I do? What am I going to do? Show me what? The stiff, the dead man. What? Then my car. Now listen, Joe, come on back inside.  No, no, it's there. I'm telling you. I've been there for a while. Maybe it'll go away. Go. Hey, Freddy! All right, all right, all right.  But here. Look! Yeah? Oh, no. It's gone. Well, there. Now isn't that nice? Jake, no, look. On the level, Jake. I remembered the whole thing now. I was hijacked by gangsters and they stole a stiff out of the morgue. Uh-huh. The guy that was killed that I took the picture, remember? Yeah. And then the cops chases and they hit me on the head and when I talked to Maude, the whole thing came back to me. Well, sure. Sure it did, Joe. You come on back inside. Let me fix you. I couldn't have dreamed it all, Jake. I couldn't have dreamed it. Could I?  Now, wait. Listen. Maude'll tell you, Jake. She called the cops when I didn't show up. And what's that blonde doing after my camera? What about her? Well, now, that's a different story. That wasn't no ghost. Jake, I got to get that camera. Alice, in the first place, you don't know how to find it, Dave. Well, maybe there's an address in her purse. And in the second place, if there was all these gunsles and stiffs and all, maybe she's mixed up with them. And in the third place, hey, that reminds me. There was a funny thing about that camera. Here's the address here, right here.  Well, anyway, she said for me to... Oh, pardon me. Wait a minute. Jake's Friendly Pharmacy. Jake's Friendly Pharmacy. Oh? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, now, just a minute. Joe, it's the blonde on the phone now. The blonde?  If she wants to know, she left her purse here. Oh, well, I want to talk to her. Yeah, well, okay. Take her to the boot, huh, Joe? You're not a customer. Yeah, yeah, a customer. Um... Hello? Oh, I'm awfully sorry to trouble you. Did you find it? Listen, uh, Madam, this is Joe Mooney. What's the idea saying you're my wife and swiping my camera? Oh, Mr. Mooney. Yeah, yeah. Well, I'm listening. Oh, Mr. Mooney, I... I don't know how to tell you. Well, you better find out because my wife more than plenty saw and I want my camera. Oh, I know it was a terrible thing to do, but that picture you took of the man who was killed. Yeah? He was my brother. Your brother? Oh, gee. Oh, I don't know why those terrible men killed him. He was wayward, but he wasn't a bad boy, and he was all I had. Hmm. Gee, I... I didn't know about that. I never had a picture last of a mentor, but I didn't know if you were so ashamed. Well, sure. I'd give it to you. Sure, I would. Would you? Oh, Mr. Mooney. Uh, what about my camera? Oh, I have the camera. You can come up and get it now if you want to. Well, that'd be fine if it ain't too late. Oh, no. Oh. Well, sure, you poor kid. Well, I'll be right up. I got your address right here. Oh, Mr. Mooney, I don't know how to thank you. Well, I don't even try to mention it. And, uh, would you mind bringing my purse when you come? Why, Saitani? I'll be waiting. Okay, babe. Uh, miss, I'll be right up. Well, on the way up, I get to think, and this is an awful funny picture to want as a souvenir of a guy, a shot of him getting bumped off in the street. But the cost is no accounting for dames. And then I figure she probably don't even know the kind of a shot it is, the poor kid, and I figure I'd better break it to her as gentle as I can, which is only what anyone else would do, especially if she's the knockout that Jake says. And she is. Mr. Mooney? Uh, yeah, yeah. Won't you come in? Well, thank you, miss, uh... Oh, day. Oh, day.  Why, no, not at all, miss O'Day. Why, I knew the minute I talked to you on the phone that you wasn't like some girls. I mean that you was... Well, you was the real thing. Oh, Mr. Mooney. Uh, he's your purse. Oh, thank you. You, uh, got my camera? Oh, yes, I've got the camera. But, uh, you were going to give me the picture, weren't you? Oh, sure. After you give me the camera. After I give you the camera? Yeah, you see, the picture, the film that is, is still in the camera. Oh, but it isn't, Mr. Mooney. I looked. It isn't. But it's gotta be.  Well, well, how could I? I ain't had my hands in that camera since I left it at Jake's to set an own. Look, Mr. Mooney, let's not be difficult. Just give me the film. But I ain't got it.  All right, boys. All right, boys. Hey, what is this? Oh, Junior. Hey, where did they come from? They're friends of mine. Yeah, but they put a dead body in my car. Oh, that's stiff. Well, now, wait a minute. Don't you worry about that none. He's in a nice, safe place. All right, all right. We ain't got all night. Where's that film? Film, but I don't know. Risk him. Okay. Hold still, now, Junior. Hold still. But Miss O'Day, these guys, that body, that was your brother. Just get the cell.  Ain't it true, Junior? Huh? I don't have it on him, Frankie. Now, look, fellas. I don't want to have no trouble. All I want is my camera. We don't want no trouble. Now, listen, Mooney, we want that film. We don't care how we get it. So talk and talk fast. Yeah, but how could I have it? I ain't had the camera. Nobody could have got that film except her, unless Jake. Jake. Then I'll get the drugstore. Yeah. Yeah, do you think that guy's got it? Get it, Gene. Okay. Yeah? Yeah? All right, okay. Thanks, Harry. It's a tip-off. They're on their way up here. Oh, come on. We gotta scram. What about him? What do you think? Oh, no, now, wait a minute. Oh! I can see it coming, but I can't move.  It was all like something that had happened before.  Only this time I'm in a room. The lights are on, but there's nobody there. And then I saw my camera and I remembered. I remembered there was a phone someplace, too, and I found it and crawled over to it and started dialing my number. Oh? Mod. Joe. I got the camera, Mod. The camera? Where are you? Well, I came up to that blond's place this evening. Blond, my Aunt Fanny.  Yeah, I know. They wanted that film. Never mind about the film, either. You just come home. Yeah, but the film wasn't in the camera. Listen to me, Joe Mooney. I know all about that film. I don't trust anybody, not even the police. And I realize that film might be pretty valuable. So after you left, I phoned Jake and told him to take the film out of the camera before he gave it to anybody. And then Jake came back to the phone and told him, Are you listening? Mod, Mod. Why is there somebody coming? Joe! Mod, Mod. I got to go. I got to go. Hello. I grab my camera and find a service entrance in the kitchen. And even though my head feels like it's bouncing on every step, I'm down those back stairs on wings. Then I'm into my car and ten blocks away before I bet them guys up there have even had time to crack the lock in the door. And I keep on going until I'm backward as plenty of lights. And then I feel really safe. And believe me, I have some sigh of relief. Oh, boy. Well, I'd be glad to see more than the old shack. Well, it's about that time I noticed this other car pulling up alongside. Hey, you! Pull over! Huh? Pull over to the side. We're from headquarters. Ah, no you don't, brother. Not twice you don't. Not Torres Cookie. I got to jump on them and I got that thing down to the floor because I figure my luck is about to run out.  I make a right and head for the lower part of town that's just cut out for duckin' white jumps like them. And then I look around to see where they are. Out of a good half a mile behind, I figure to make it easy.  There's a lamp post. Moni, you're gonna know them stars better than the head of the planetarium is what I'm thinking when it happens. This time I am walking and a guy all just and wide has me by the arm, so naturally I think I'm coming up to the pearly gates. And sure enough, there's a big iron gate. Only it looks too much like the door or the bullpen at headquarters to suit me. And a guy that looks like a guard is opening it and then I'm in a room with a lot of people, cops and all them gangsters and the blonde and... and Maude. He's still a little dazed, but he'll be all right. Maude. Joe, for heaven's sake, what happened to your head? Plenty. I'm sorry about the accident, Mrs. Mooney, but he tried to run away from us. I expect he brought it on himself, all right. He usually does. We just want to ask him one question, Mrs. Mooney. If he feels like answering it. Of course he can answer it. Mr. Mooney, can you identify these people as the one who stole the dead body out of the morgue? I sure can, and how? That's all, then, Mrs. Mooney. We'll call you when we need you again. He does get the reward, though, doesn't he? Oh, yes. He'll get the reward, all right. The reward? You better get him home now, Mrs. Mooney. Yeah, yeah. Come on, come on, Joe. But, Mo, wait, what is this with this reward, him? $10,000. Steady, Joe. Steady. $10,000. Oh, goodness, Joe, don't you know yet what's been going on? Listen, Joe, those people were wanted all over the country. They're a gang of bank robbers or something.   Because they figured with the body and that film of yours out of the way, there wouldn't be any evidence against them. Yeah, that's right. The film. Oh, no. I guess that film was pretty important evidence, huh? $10,000 worth.  You're the only one who could identify him, that's all. Maybe I'm a nitwit, maybe I'm a nitwit, but I wasn't too dumb to get that $10,000 picture, was I, huh? Well, was I? Oh, you took the picture all right. All right. But there wasn't any film. No film? Because you forgot to put film in your camera. Mine! Suspense! Presented by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A. Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. This is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. July, one of the warmest months, calls for tall frosty iced drinks. 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Hi, my name is Marion Tosaki. We're on Community Matters today. I'm filling in for J. Fidel, who's lucky enough to be on vacation in Europe. And we're delighted, delighted today to have Darcy Sharfenstein of the Hawaii Foundation of Entrepreneurs. Did I get that right? Entrepreneurs Foundation of Hawaii. Entrepreneurs Foundation of Hawaii. And I'm dying to know about this. I'm dying to know how old it is, and how you, did you found it or what, tell me everything about it. Okay, yeah. So it was actually founded 11 years ago, and I've been on board for about a year now. So it was founded actually by John Dean of Central Pacific Bank. Yeah, and some of the folks in the startup world. And it was really founded with the mission to help entrepreneurs and startup businesses create their own foundations for philanthropy. Oh, that's terrific. Yeah. And so they had a previous president, an executive director, who had been, you know, manning the shift and really doing a great job in this community, helping companies not only get started but grow to the point of either liquidity or some sort of exit, at which point then companies would donate 1% of their equity to start up their own foundation. Oh, that's terrific. Yeah. It's a really neat model. It was happening all over the world, in Israel, in Silicon Valley, in Austin, Texas. So many other entrepreneurs' foundations. So it was modeled really after a proven model. Model, right? So what kind of foundations have people started as a consequence of, you know? Yeah. So, you know, it's interesting. So since I've come on board, we're really focused on starting any type of service that you can actually do. So whatever the companies are passionate about, whatever it is that they're interested in, and my focus has been on community organizing and community issues. And so what are the problems that we're trying to solve, not only as the start community but as a community at large and making those connections with our companies so that they can find their passion, essentially, not only through their business but through the model of giving back to the community. That's terrific because a lot of startups actually are involved with the community. My husband is an IT guy and he's doing, he's participating in the hackathon, which is a statewide contest. Anyway, he's doing a voting app. And there are people who are doing homelessness apps. And so there's a lot of interest in community matters in startups. I don't know if it's because the people that are younger and they're closer to, you know, their community have less burdens, maybe not families. But all of the apps, there was a little fair. And all of the apps were pretty much public interest oriented apps. So there's a lot of public interest orientation in the startup community. Absolutely. I think that's the point that we're trying to make is that we're all in this together. We're all trying to solve the same problems. And so whether that be through technology information, through an app you're creating or through a business that you're starting and a product you're developing, it really aligns very well with the same things that many nonprofits are actually solving through people power, right? And so if we can match them and align their interests in solving these really tough problems that the state has, you've named some of them already, that all ships will eventually rise.  Is that how it works? It's like a marriage of sorts? Exactly. There's a lot of mentoring that goes on. We have pitch events where companies come in, pitch their ideas, and we have investors who are essentially our judges, similar to Shark Tank that you might know on TV. And they give them really honest feedback and constructive criticism in order to be able to have their companies take off or take them to the next level.  I'm always fascinated with things that people will think of too, that think is of interest to people. So are there some names we'd be familiar with that have come through entrepreneurs of Hawaii? Yeah, so Hoku Scientific would be probably the biggest one.  And so that is really the model, right, the model that, as it were. Now in our startup community, we're seeing a lot of young energy, as you say, a lot of companies that are going through accelerators. You might know of some of our partners, Blue Startups, Energy Accelerator, Accelerate UH. Yeah, so the companies are really able to grow with the support of the ecosystem, with support of the accelerators. So we want to be able to get more companies to that successful exit. You heard Darcy, she wants to get you to a successful exit. So you should give her a call if you need help. So how do people apply for your, like, is there an application process or can they just call up or what, how do they get involved? Well, it's really that commitment. So they have to make the commitment of the 1% of equity in order to set up their own community service and philanthropy slash foundation. But what if, even if it's really tiny or, I mean... Absolutely. Oh, okay, great.  And so it's really whatever you can do, but it has to be aligned with, again, the mission of philanthropy and giving back and investing in the community that supports them. Well, that sounds just like something that's perfect for, it's a perfect match for think tech because, I mean, this is really just trying to broaden the community. It's the community at large. And we, you know, we discuss a whole host of issues that are, you know, they're just of interest to people and people can come in and come down and participate if they want. So it's like, it's, yeah, yeah. So it sounds like a great synergy you have going with the companies. Yeah, it is. And, you know, we welcome any and all startup companies, you know, a lot of ours have been focused in the infotech area, but, you know, I just met someone today who's starting up a wellness company. Oh, really? Yeah. And, you know, we're completely open to that conversation. You know, again, we, the more that we can solidify our startup community, it's actually called Startup Paradise here in Hawaii. And so it's a community of... Really? Yes. That's terrific. Startup Paradise. You mean, just for entrepreneurs, a called startup, startups are called startup paradise. Exactly. It's terrific. And we're an ecosystem of different organizations, different support groups. Ours is focused obviously on philanthropy and community service, but there are other companies and organizations out there that will support different startups in their various stages of growth, whether it be just an idea or ready to launch. So, you know, there's a lot of resources out there. I will say, though, that more support is needed. Of course. Always to do good. Yes. So we definitely want to keep advocating, you know, at the state legislature and ensuring that our elected leaders really know what's going on in the startup community and have a vested interest in helping our economy grow. Well, I should hope so. I mean, like I said, I've been... Well, I'm from New York and I've been here about a year and a half now. And I was just so delighted to meet all these young business people. I've met a lot through Think Tech, through my husband. It really is an island of a tremendous energy and creativity. And to facilitate that is, you know, terrific. And the government... Well, I hear that there's a new chief information officer in the government who's really like pro startups and... Absolutely. Yeah. And D-Vet has been great. They've been wonderful supporters as well. And so making sure that we continue to have those champions in leadership and to really give our startups a shot, you know, here in Hawaii. It's really important to not only attract talent, but keep our talent here. Right. Yes.  He went to New York because it just wasn't the opportunities and computers that he sought, you know.  They don't have to go to San Francisco or New York, you know. Exactly. That's the goal. You know, we want to definitely... We have so much, you know, talent. My son is in high school right now, and they're creating amazing things, you know, at his school, and all over the state, really. And so we can continue to shine a light on our talent. You know, it's fine if they go away to college, but we definitely want them to come back and continue contributing to our economy here. So it's our job to ensure that the system and structures are in place so that they can come back or, you know, stay. Right.   And now you have government support. So that's, you know, that's like a big, a big part of it, right?  I was stunned. So what kinds of projects are they doing there, Punahou, that is so interesting that... Well, he's just started his computer science class. And he's already within, you know, the first couple weeks of school created a basketball game. Oh, yeah. An online basketball game. Yeah. And it measures, you know, everything, the angles and, you know, what the speed is and all of that. And his teacher was just sharing with us that because he's doing his doctorate program in the UK, the BBC has commissioned a specific tool that is only used in the UK because it's government funded. But because he's doing his doctoral program, he actually can pilot it here in Hawaii. Oh, excellent. Yeah. So they have access to all these resources. And I mean, I think he's going to learn Java and, you know, all kinds of things. That's terrific. Because you know what? At that age, it's like a sponge. I mean, it's just, it comes naturally to you.  I mean, so the intellectuals that come out of there are always kind of astonishing, I think. Yeah. Yeah. So I think we're going to take a quick break. Okay. And then we'll come back and we'll talk about how a mother and a wife, Mary? No, not mother. Just a single mother is doing it alone here in Hawaii. Aloha. This is Reg Baker with Business in Hawaii. We're a show that broadcasts every Thursday at 2 o'clock. We would love to hear from you and you can reach us in several different ways. We have a hotline that you can call in at<PHONE_NUMBER> or you can email us at thinktecawai.com or you can tweet us at thinktechhi. Looking forward to hearing from you and seeing you on our next show. Aloha. Aloha. My name is Danelia D-A-N-E-L-I-A. And I'm the other half of the duo, John Newman. Welcome. We are co-hosts of a show called Keys to Success which is live on the ThinkTech Live Network series weekly on Thursdays at 11 a.m. We're looking forward to seeing you then. Aloha. Aloha, everyone. I hope you've been watching Think Tech Hawaii, but I'm here to invite you to watch me on Viva Hawaii every Monday at 3 p.m. I'm waiting for you. Mahalo. Hi, I'm Erin Saki, and I'm delighted to have Darcy Scharfenstein here of the Entrepreneurs' Foundation of Hawaii. And we were talking about how the Entrepreneurs' Foundation of Hawaii helps startups, helps companies, and the companies have to commit to 1% of their equity to do public work or some kind of public service, right? That's a terrific idea, such a terrific idea. So I was asking Darcy how she gets the word out, and you said you have events. Yes, so we have events. We actually have our annual event coming up here in November, on November 3rd, at Wildlife Country Club. And it's really just a very relaxed, you know, get to know new people, hang out with people you might not have seen in a while, and it happens once a year. But it is open to the public. That's great. And people want to find out more about it. Do you have a website? Yeah, it's EFHawaii.org. EFHawaii.org. Coming to the event of the Wildlife Country Club, you won't be disappointed. It's beautiful there. So who's going? Do you have speakers, or is it just a beat and greet? Yeah, it's really relaxed. We don't put any format on it. I say a few words. Our board chair says a few words, and it's really just enjoy. Enjoy each other. We have wonderful sponsors and donors. We have a silent auction. People can bid on items. Oh, that's terrific. No, I want to come. I'm open on November 3rd. I'll look on your website. Please join us. Maybe I'll see our, we have some mutual friends who are members of the Wildlife Country Club, so maybe I'll see them when I go. It sounds like, you know, great fun. Yes, purely social. A lot of fun. We do have another event that we're going to be launching for the first time ever, and it'll be our annual signature event. It'll be in early 2017, probably February. And so we'll post that information on our website as well. But I'm really excited about this event because it's what we're calling an opportunity for companies to come and workshop with us. So say, yeah, say they want to work on branding. You know, they need to secure their URL, and they need a better company name, and we'll workshop them through that. So every company and every entrepreneur that comes to our event will actually walk away with a deliverable. So, yeah, very exciting. Oh, that's terrific. That's very encouraging. Financing, fundraising, marketing, branding, legal, any type of issue that you have, you can bring it to our event. We'll have expert facilitators and where do you find the expert facilitators? Are they just part of the do-getting community? Yeah, they are. They're all local. Tremendous benefactors here in Hawaii. Absolutely, yeah. The board of directors of our organization represents all of the accelerators that I mentioned before, Blue Startups Energy Accelerator and Accelerate UH. We also have Startup Capital Ventures, which John Dean was a part of as well. And, yeah, and then we have UH representative and local community representative, Biz Jim Foundation, Lemonade Alley. So we have a very strong board. What's Lemonade Alley? Oh, Lemonade Alley is very cool. So it's basically a competition for kids. So they create a Lemonade Stand, they actually sell Lemonade and all of their profits go to progress. So it's profit for progress. So every single dollar that is made is donated to a charity of their choice. Terrific. That's a great, what's the age group? So it's from K through 12. Oh, wow. So they have like an elementary, a middle school, and a high school category. And I got to be a part of that this year. We sponsored and we actually awarded the biggest giving heart award. Oh, really? Yeah. And these two girls, Mikaela and Piper, they had their Lemonade Stand and they decided to donate all of their proceeds to Ho'olunapua, which is a refuge for trafficked girls. Right, I've heard of it before. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Wow, that's terrific. So it was really a social impact award. It was a chance for us to kind of shine a light on people who intentionally chose their charity with real meaning and heart and wanted to make a difference, really, in their own community. But isn't that the way it's like the only way to be really successful? It's to be passionate about something, whether it's your career or whether it's your public service. I mean, you have to really be interested in the community you want to help.  It feels great. Absolutely. We partner also. There's another organization.org, HVCA, and we partner with them and also gave a social impact award there for adults. It was for computational thinkers. They're a storefront over in Kohala. They teach kids to code and they give back so much of their time to the community in free lessons and organizing movie nights and all kinds of... What's it called? Computational development? No, computational thinkers. Computational thinkers. And is it only for kids or do they have adult classes too? I think they do have adult classes too. At the time, they were expanding. But part of our model is that you have to pay it forward. So we gave them the award and they were able to pay it forward to Honolulu Mini Maker Faire. Oh, yeah. Honolulu Mini Maker Faire. Well, so did J. Everybody. It was really fun. Yeah. That's great. Yeah. Well, pay it forward. It's like this most simple concept, but it's so effective. I mean, it's just so easy to do. Anybody can do it. You can do it bigger. You can do it small. It just should be part of your life, you know, the way you think about things in a holistic way. Absolutely. Because everything you do sort of influences other things. Absolutely. Yeah. And if we can start at the young ages and even stages, right, of the business, if you start at the business and you give them the foundation for that mindset and that thinking of, I'm a part of this community, so I need to contribute, it just grows from there. It definitely does. I wish I had an opportunity as a kid. I mean, it's a terrific... When you see kids helping, it's a terrific opportunity for them. They grow. They give to the community. I've been involved in a lot of programs like that that have interfaced kids and communities in need, whether they're seniors or the homeless or whatever, and I've organized kids. And it's terrific. It's a terrifically rewarding thing to do. It really is.  You can't just... There's their energy and their ideas and enthusiasm. So you must have a terrific... You sound like you have a terrifically rewarding job. I do. I'm very blessed. You're lucky. Yeah. It's an interesting place to be in the startup scene right now. We have a lot of work to do still in terms of growing and supporting our companies, but the folks who have been working at this for so many years have really given it a very solid foundation. Excellent. That's good. That's great. Okay. I'm going to say the name once more so you should go to the website and look. It's Entrepreneur's Foundation of Hawaii and say the website again. EFHawaii.org. EFHawaii.org. Go and have a look around and check out the events. Come go to YLI Country Club. Lend a little bit of support and... Yeah. We look forward to your next event too. Do you plan these or do you have a marketing department? Or what's your function there? What do you spend your days doing? Yeah. You're looking at it. I do have the support of an admin who also helps us with the events and the daily functions of the organization. But the more that we can attract more companies to us, the more that we can actually do for the community. You should be so proud of this. It's such a delight to have you on the show today. Thank you so much for coming. I'm very entrepreneurial. I've had a couple of businesses myself and so it's kind of... It's like a slick little secret interest of mine. You can pick up little ideas. So it's great to know that this resource is out there to help you and then in turn help the community. So that's terrific. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you so much. It's okay. It's okay. So is there anything you would like our viewers to know? Any last... Do you have any final words or anything? Just come and look and see and support, right? Yeah. Yeah. They can join. You can join on our website, efhawaii.org. But you know, we do encourage people to just come to our events as well. Right. Yeah. We have lifetime membership. We have annual membership. We have corporate membership. So we have all kinds of membership models and ways to interact with us. So it's a really great organization and our team is... Our board is wonderful and our community is really fun too. So support them. Go to their website and support them. I'm going to join. I'm going to go to Waila because I just think I'm dying to see the people that are in the start of community in Hawaii. I'd love to meet as many as possible. Because also as a lawyer, it's great because I can help lots of people. Everybody needs business advice, especially at the early stages. Absolutely. I'm going to hold you to that. Oh yeah, totally. You should call me up any time. So once again, we have Darcy Scharfenstein. Thank you so much for coming. Thank you. You've been watching Life in the Law. You're not watching Life in the Law, you're watching Community Matters. I did Life in the Law earlier. I'm Marianne Sasaki, Community Matters Wednesday at 3, typically with J-Fight L. See you soon.


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Let's talk about another raider in Jalen Richard going up against the Colts Frank What do you like about him? Yeah, normal if there's a lot of raiders on your waiver wire And that's who we're highlighting in this piece You would think it's a very very bad week on the waiver wire, but again because of the March on Lynch injury It opens up more playing time for those running backs as you mentioned next man up mentality So Doug Martin is going to take on that Lynch role the early downs But with this Raiders team the way that they've certainly been trending also trading away a Mari Cooper They're probably gonna be trailing in a lot of games. What's gonna happen in those games? They're probably going to have their past catching running back in Jalen Richard on the field for a lot of those We've seen throughout this season that whenever they are playing from behind we get a lot of Jalen Richard He's actually at a very safe floor for PPR this year to Maria if you look at his games He's had at least six receptions in four out of six games He hit double-digit PPR fantasy points in in all four of those games that he had those six receptions So while he's not gonna do much on the ground his season high and rushing yards is just 24 yards I still do think that floor is very safe in terms of targets and receptions And it's probably even a little bit safer now that Marshawn Lynch is out and the team traded a Mari Cooper We expect them to be in a lot of shootouts and playing from behind moving forward Already a viable option before the injury to Marshawn and you have to think he's just gonna keep getting more volume Jalen Richard good option for the waiver wire this week


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Hello everyone and welcome to today's webinar by Product School and how PM's can leverage AI. My name is Marc Rita Fakina and I've been a Senior Product Manager for over a decade. I've also been an entrepreneur myself having launched two successful startups both in the food industry. I've worked at press industries, especially e-commerce, food tech and food tech. I've also worked as a Senior Product Manager at companies like Amazon, huge, Tiva and Mercado Libre. Today's webinar we're going to be covering four specific topics. We'll start by delving into some of AI capabilities. We'll explore tools by that allow us to work with AI hand in hand. We'll then look at limitations of AI and finally we'll look at some of the ethical and privacy considerations. We'll start looking first at some of the AI capabilities which leave at the intersection of both ML machine learning and NLP natural language processing. AI itself is an enigmatic force. It has the ability to drive innovation through analysis, predictions and creation. It is a broad field that actually creates machines capable of intelligent behavior in this way mimicking human behavior. A subset of AI is actually machine learning, which is the one that focuses on algorithms that learn from data and improve their tasks over time. It is essential to spotlight the synergistic relationship between ML and NLP because they're both pillars that actually elevate AI itself from a computational tool into a predictive partner, especially for us in product management. The synergy of both machine learning and natural language processing actually opens up a plethora of capabilities and applications within product management. When we think about this, there are technologies that not only pave the way for more personalized user experience, but also equip product managers with actionable insights. AI capabilities include computer vision. This is technology that enables machines to actually interpret and understand the world from a visual perspective, visual information. It is employed today in various applications like facial recognition, autonomous vehicles and image analysis. Another important aspect is predictive analytics. By analyzing historical trends and data, AI actually can predict future trends, behaviors and events with great accuracy. This capability specifically for product managers allows us to anticipate market changes, user needs and potential issues enabling proactive rather than reactive strategies. Another big capability is decision making, which it provides data driven insights and recommendations that can be acted upon. This capability supports especially us as product managers in making informed decisions when it comes to product development, experimentation, marketing strategies and user experience improvements. The fourth one is creativity. AI has the potential to generate creative content from writing, marketing puppy to also helping us within ideation sessions. It helps us transform brainstorming sessions into ideas that can actually inspire human creativity. Another big portion is robotics and automation. This has been kind of upgrading itself into complex and sophisticated systems that are autonomous or semi-autonomous. And the last big portion is personalization and recommendation engines. AI has the ability to move us from a one size fit all into a tailored experience that actually improves each customer journeys to curate content and products that actually adapt to their journey. This increases satisfaction and engagement and has the capability to impact user retention and conversion rate. Other capabilities include sentiment analysis, speech recognition and chatbots and virtual assistants, which have become part of our daily activities. As we can see the convergence of capabilities within AI enables product managers to not only enhance existing products, but also innovate new solutions that meet our evolving customer needs. Now, as we think about AI capabilities, there's a big structure that actually feeds into it. As we mentioned a little bit earlier, it all starts with data collection, which is the ability to gather data from diverse datasets for in-depth analysis. This can include user behavior logs, social media interactions, purchase history. The third, the second big portion is data preparation. Once we've ingested all this information, we need to refine this to provide quality and accurate data that can help us train our models. And this includes actual data cloning, handling missing values and data normalization. The third portion is machine learning analysis, which is actually using all this information to analyze data patterns used with advanced algorithms. And this actually includes training predictive models, cross-validation and feature engineering. The outcome is prediction outputs. This are generating actionable foresight and model insights, which as product managers could include estimating sales volume, customer turn rate, or even next month's trend forecast. As we look into the before and after of product management, it has been broadly and abruptly changed by AI capabilities. Product management a few years ago was marked by limited data analysis. We heavily relied on decisions that were based on limited data that forces to make rapid decisions sometimes based on gut feeling. Another big problem was this little feedback loop, which was inadvertently followed by infrequent ingestion and collection of feedback. Which because it was so infrequent, it was hard to act upon. The other port is that a lot of the results that were driving product development were reactive. We were making a lot of changes based on market trends or competitors moves. Also generalized features and finally static reports, which allowed us to look at data from a single optic. With AI, we've revolutionized each one of this. We now have the ability for gathering dip data insights. We have real-time feedback, allowing us to really learn about customers on a daily basis and be able to get instant feedback incorporation into our product. We've moved from reactive into proactive. We're able to actually anticipate market trends, user needs, and also it allows us to stay ahead of the curve. A big component of the AI capabilities that we mentioned earlier has been personalization. It has allowed us to tailor and customize each one of our user experiences to provide a unique journey for each one of our customers. And finally, our data is dynamic. We're able to use real-time data with visualizations that are actually actionable insights. Now, when we think about product management, there's many stages in product management. And at this point, we're actually going to be shifting to focusing on co-working with AI. AI itself as a collaborative approach that integrates AI into each one of the stages of product management. And when we think about the stages, it includes market research, ideation, design and prototyping, development, testing, lunch, user feedback, and iteration. In the instance of market research, AI actually helps us sift through vast amounts of data and detect actually merging trends. During the ideation phase, AI can actually assist us in generating novel ideas and validating concepts, and we'll explore a little bit more on this one in some future slides. In design and prototyping, AI can actually simulate user interactions and gather preliminary feedback. Tools have actually able to provide with a single input an entire presentation and entire wireframe, making it easier to transform ideas into actual concepts. With development itself, it's all augmented by AI's capabilities, especially in optimizing code and predicting potential issues with some of the code that we've written. When we think about testing, AI actually allows us to process real-time input and feedback from our users. It ensures that we continue to be agile in our response. Upon launch, AI actually helps us monitor a lot of these products that are in production. It gives us the ability to continue to capture feedback from our users using natural language and actually distil insights from customers' conversations. This is complemented by user feedback. And finally, iteration. It allows us to ensure that we're constantly optimizing our products based on decisions and making sure that our products are continuously improving and evolving over time. Each one of the stages actually poses massive opportunity for us to use AI to augment our capabilities as product managers ourselves. By using AI to collaborate in each one of these stages, we're actually able to augment our capabilities, streamline processes, and bring us closer to creating products that truly resonate with our customers. It is worth thinking about in this section, how can AI actually elevate my role and even where can I take my next project? Now, as we think about co-working with AI, one of the tools that I really enjoy using is chat GBT. And this is going to be now one of the most practical portions of this webinar. When we think about chat GBT, we're generally thinking about myriad of solutions that are actually enabled by this platform. But I like to use this specific one in two main focuses. The first one is responding to customer inquiries. And the second one is helping me brainstorm new features. Let's explore the first one. When we think about responding to customer inquiries, let's think about an scenario. A customer actually messages. They are very confused about two specific product models on our e-commerce platform. We can actually use chat GBT to upload all the input from both of our products and craft a detail prompt that enables us to compare between both models and provide input for our customers. When we think about doing comparisons and those are some tips for using comparisons within chat GBT, let's make sure that we include detail attributes. We explain the purpose of the comparison. As we know in product management, we work across multiple streams. We have buying guides. We have frequently asked questions and we interact directly with customers. So making sure we specify what we're utilizing this response for will leverage even further our AI, our prompts, sorry. We need to also make sure to provide information about our target audience. As we know, a lot of our responses should be catered to our audience. And we should also be able to indicate the style and the tone that we want to convey that information. When we think about potential customers, we can have professional audiences, which might require a formal tone with data driven insights. Now let's explore a second scenario that we can actually tap with the help of chat GBT. And this is brainstorming ideas for new features. A scenario for this is say that you're looking for new features that actually are enhancing the user experience on an e-commerce website and we want to develop new features to do so. For the prompt, we want to make specifically clear what kind of user is going to be producing the output. In this case, we use as a lead product manager. We also want to make sure that when we're brainstorming new ideas, we set clear objectives. Sometimes it is about novelty, but sometimes the main goal could be increasing sales, increasing conversion. And each one of those goals will actually define the outcome or the potential solutions that chat GBT will produce. We should also specify technologies if those are important. For example, if we're creating something that has to do with the new Vision Pro using augmented reality, virtual reality, like all of this decision should be informed so that we produce more accurate results. We should also provide inputs about competitors. If there is anything that, you know, a new competitor has lunch or that is considered benchmark in the industry, it is essential to include it here. As before, defining our target audience or demographics is of great importance and very important as well in this aspect of brainstorming. Oftentimes, as product managers, we have a lot of limitations, whether that come from a budget perspective, a technological limitation or itself a team or capacity aspect. Mentioning those will also allow to brainstorm ideas that adjust to those outcomes. And finally, as an important output, it is essential to request practical examples that can give us an idea of how the solutions fit into real life. Another tool that I love working with is Essence.io. This tool actually has the ability to synthesize user feedback across multiple channels into actionable insights. In this case, we input information from one of our products. This includes feedback from, say, the app, storm, and multiple resources where we are able to gather feedback from NPS surveys or any additional surveys that are performed by the platform or the product or the feature or the company itself. All this information once it's uploaded, we can see that it can provide insights on kind of like a SWOT analysis on what things are working, what things aren't working, what are some of the requests that customers are asking for change, what are some of the defects and issues or bugs that our platform could potentially have. Another platform that I work with on a daily basis is Perplexity. And a little bit different to how chat activity works, which has similar capabilities. This one is focused on providing answers that have a lot of research. I use this specifically to quickly get up to speed on new domains or to validate my assumptions during the ideation phase. Another tool that I really enjoy using is the Giga Brain. And this one is based on Reddit community. And I really appreciate this one because we've all gone into Reddit to kind of find information about our products or similar products. And this tool actually condenses everything into a very easy to read format. An example of an input or a prompt that I used is analyze user sentiment and feedback on Barn and what are some of the capabilities most users are talking about. Its response actually segmented the information into consolidated user sentiment, followed by direct feedback and some of the capabilities that have been launched by Barn and what they actually translate into. Finally, the other tool that I use a lot is Fathom. And this one is Notetaker that helps to transcribe and summarize meetings. And as we can see in the screen, it actually moves into takeaways, topics and next steps. As a product manager, I'm doing a lot of testing and user interviews on a weekly basis. Having a tool like this is powerful because it allows me to actually focus on asking the right questions versus trying to notetake. As it is important to explore AI capabilities, it's also important to look at the other side of the coin which are AI limitations. One of its biggest is inherent biases, a significant limitation of AI that naturally comes from the reliance on data.  AI systems can inadvertently perpetuate and even amplify biases present in their training data. We can continue to reduce and mitigate this by insurance diverse data sets. This means that as we actively source for data, we need to include a wide spectrum of inputs that not only contemplate diverse information, but also demographics to minimize blind spots. The second one is algorithmic audits, which means continuously monitoring and examining the information and the algorithms by diverse teams. And finally, monitoring and updating as we continue to feed information, we need to ensure that the new data and the social changes are also part of this information. Another big aspect of the AI limitation is the complexity and explainability aspect. Another critical limitation is the black box nature of many AI models, which ultimately means that a lot of the decision making processes are not transparent and they're not easy to explain. The lack of explainability actually is a barrier to trust and to accountability, especially in high stake decision making. As we transition into explainable AI models, we need to develop algorithms that are transparent and provide understandable decisions. This are crucial for broader acceptance and ethical applications. Additional include the lack of contextual understanding as there's advancing NLP or natural language processing at a higher rate than ever.  And this can result unfortunately in misinterpretations or even overly literal representations or responses. This underscores the importance of human interaction for overseeing the applications. Another important aspect or limitation is the over-reliance of AI. As new products come to market, new users are transitioning into applying this tools into their daily activities. However, it is important to understand that becoming overly reliant on AI can actually decrease the, can stiffen creativity and critical thinking. And finally, the high resource requirements to actually power AI. It is required extensive resources and expertise, and this becomes particularly difficult for smaller teams or organizations that might not necessarily have the right structure or the technical capabilities. There are many ways to actually mitigate the impact of AI limitations, introducing new strategies that can move us away and navigate those limitations. An example of this includes the actual continuous integration of human insights to monitor and catch errors. Introducing ethical frameworks to guide to guide AI, specifically in product management to audit AI systems and decisions to invest in training to understand AI capabilities and its limitations as we progress this tools and specially to promote literacy for stakeholders. To continue to drive infrastructure that adapts to high data handling practices that is responsible, that is agile and scalable. And finally, in community collaboration to ensure that we engage with AI audiences that are able to share insights, challenges and solutions that come along with the technology. The final section that we'll cover today is the ethical and privacy considerations that come along with AI. It's important to divide them into four specific pillars. The first one has to do with data privacy. As we collect and use data from our users, we need to provide resources for them to understand how, why and when we're collecting that information. And we need to commit to secure protocols that are able to confidentially handle data in a secure manner. Second, biases and fairness. We've touched upon this earlier on in the presentation, but it is also ensuring that we have an AI, an equitable AI with diverse data sets and constant evolution. Transparency and accountability. This specifically refers to AI decisions and making sure that we move away from that black box into a box that provides insight that is clear, justifiable. And trustworthy. And finally, user control and management for content. We need to provide our users the tools to be able to have clear choices on how they manage and use their data. We've gone through a lot of information in this webinar, but most importantly, AI has the ability to not only serve as a tool, but also help in decision making and creativity and predictive analytics, especially as product managers. We've seen a tool showcase that covers chat, GBT, assets, perplexity and other ones that are able to leverage our product management role and use those tools to complement our role. We've also explored limitations of AI. The powerful collaborator. AI is the usage and ethical considerations we need to continue to drive as we use AI. And finally, how it requires a mindful adoption that balances both its strengths and ethical uses. Thank you so much for joining today. And I hope this webinar wasn't insightful on how pms can continue to lever to AI. My name is Margarita and it was a pleasure. Thank you.


I am back from my meeting. It went well. We may collaborate, not 100% sure yet, but Doyle's back.  But anyway, I decided to go get McDonald's and I haven't been to McDonald's since they re-released their two cheeseburger meal. It's not a number two anymore. It's a number nine. So I actually had to look.  I think she's going to wrap some washi, so that's exciting, and I'm wearing makeup today. I'm like trying to cover my zits, I've got one there, and then these two little suckers that just won't leave, but whatever, whatever, I got makeup on. It's exciting. It's an exciting time. Doyle's excited about the me wearing makeup today as well, so anyway, but yeah, so I'm going to eat and I'll check in with you guys when my mom comes in at some point.  It's the favorite momo. I'm wrapping washi. She is. She's having so much fun. We've wrapped a lot of washi today. Look at all this, and all this.   I think the only reason he's actually up is because I got up, so there's like a possibility of food that's probably the only reason. Right, Doyle? Right, somebody's food motivated. Yes, you are. Oh, stinky sheep. So anyway, what's happening here? Nothing too exciting. I just wanted to show you my mom. That was the whole point of this clip. That's it. It's just like, stop laughing. That's the whole point of the clip. It's not very exciting. She's like, wow, amazing content. Okay, we're going to go. Well hello. Mom has left. I have taken my other shirt off because I was too warm in it, and now I'm wearing a tank top situation. Ooh, exciting times. And I'm currently watching, well, I already watched it once, but I figured I'd watch it again because, you know, views and whatnot. I'm watching Jody from Life's Organized Chaos. She just hit 5,000 subscribers. I'm going to link her up in a card, and I'll link her down below for you guys. You guys should follow her. She does like planning stuff, and meal prepping stuff, and budget stuff, and once in a while she does vlogs. So if you guys like my vlogs, you might like her. And she also has a very, very needy dog named Peanut, and Peanut's a good time. I got to say Peanut's like way more well behaved than Doyle, even though Doyle doesn't do anything.  But let me show you Doyle. What's up, buddy? Hm? What are you doing today? It's like the king of the sofa. King of the sofa. Aw. I'm just a sad guy today. But I'm actually going to see you guys later. I am going to go because it's the end of the day, basically. And I got nothing else to give. Yeah. And I'm really tired. I'm really tired. I actually had to use my brain power today for a meeting. I think I told you guys about it. When I have announcements, I will make announcements. But we had a great meeting today. We got along really great. And I think I understand the vision that they're trying to go for. It's just a matter of honing in that vision. So yeah. I need to go.  But I got to say, it's hiding my spots really well because I've got like chin problems and a forehead problem at the moment, so. Adult pimples, 37. Not fun, y'all. Not fun. If I knew when I was like 14 that adults get pimples too, I would not have wanted to grow up so darn fast. So that is it for Friday the 13th in Vlulai. And I will see you guys in the next video. Bye guys. Well folks, it's time to kick it old school so you can feel cool.  Get it?


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