2020-04

Pent-Up Ambition

In this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's special is Jeff Sweeney, CEO of US Capital Global a multibillion-dollar international investment bank headquartered in San Francisco.
In the first segment, Jeff talks recalls how he got his start contemplating life by sailing in isolation in the South Pacific and how that experience relates to his most recent LinkedIn article “Pent-Up Ambition” in the context of what is happening during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the second segment, Keith and Jeff talk about how his pent-up ambition is not only in the context of making money but also the ambition to help others. This feeling of wanting to “get back to work” and “give back to the community”.
In the third segment, Jeff talks about industries that may thrive in a post-pandemic world and some of the portfolio companies that US Capital Global is working with that are trying to solve real-world problems with a community-based solution.
On this week’s Cyber-Tip Keith gives more insight into a strange case in which a cryptocurrency hacker returned all of the $25 million dollars of cryptocurrency they had stolen from an exchange.
On this Pivot, Jeff gives his view on what does a “post-pandemic” world looks like.

How to Navigate the Small Business Administration (SBA-PPP)

*At the time of recording this episode, the Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program (SBA-PPP) was just announced. Since the airing of this show, it was also announced that the $349 billion program has already reached its funding limit. There is a discussion that the U.S. Government will authorize additional funding, so we encourage you to listen to this show to understand how to get through the application process.
In this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's special guests are Tong Qin, CPA of CFOs to Go and John Chiang, CPA retired CFO and independent financial consultant and advisor. Tong is the former deputy CFO of the Small Business Administration and also a Regional Director for the San Francisco Region. John is a former bank executive as well as the former Mayor of Piedmont, California and the former CFO of Asian Health Services. This entire show is dedicated on how to navigate the SBA-PPP process.
In the first segment, Tong and John explain what the SBA-PPP is and how small businesses can utilize this program to obtain much-needed support given the economic impact COVID-19 is having on small businesses.
In the next segment, Tong and John discuss how they have successfully filed SBA-PPP applications for their clients and the documentation required for a small business to apply. They give specific actions to take to make sure that your business is in the best position to apply for the SBA-PPP.
Immediately following this recording, Tong Qin did a webinar for Fiona Ma, the California StateTreasurer on how to apply for the SBA-PPP.
Keith, Tong and John end the show with a reminder that even though the initial program may reach its funding limit, it is important to keep abreast of government actions for further stimulus packages.
 

Tools of Productivity with Tim Campos

In this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's special guest is Tim Campos, CEO of Woven and Former CIO of Facebook. In our first segment, Tim discusses with Keith on his career and how he became the CIO of KLA-Tencor to ultimately being the CIO of Facebook during the rapid growth phase of the company. It was during that time that Tim and the Facebook Information Technology (IT) team had to rapidly develop and deploy technology to handle the needs of Facebook. It was also during this time that Tim realized that they needed to develop productivity tools to give the best user experience possible.
Later in the show, Tim discusses his new company Woven, which is laser-focused on continuing Tim’s passion for empowering users to be productive. Woven is doing just that by first solving for making calendaring become more than just a scheduling tool. Woven can make calendars like Google, and soon Microsoft, become much more valuable to managing the day to day aspects of each user’s life. It does this by giving the user the ability to tie disparate calendars together like personal, work and school, as well as give rich analytics on how your time is spent. Visit www.woven.com for more information and to try the product.
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith continues to give advice on how to safely using video conferencing technologies.
On the Pivot, Tim Campos comes back to discuss the future of work post COVID-19 and how new innovations and solutions for workforce mobility like Woven and Zoom will continue to be developed to meet the new norms of doing business.
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Economic Impact of Covid -19

On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's special guest is Eric Krawitt, SVP andInvestment Advisor at Morgan Stanley.
Keith and Eric discuss how COVID-19 is affecting the market inside and outside of Silicon Valley.Eric give his insights on the short-term and long-term implications to investors whether they areindividuals or business owners.
Eric gives practical information on the considerations that each group Eric needs to make. Ericdiscusses the impact that the shelter in place is having on financial planning. For instance, smallbusinesses are exploring all the options around how to ensure to keep their businesses operatingconsidering potentially decreasing revenue and still trying to pay expenses.
Eric also talks about what it will take for the market decline to be considered a recession and whatopportunities may arise.
On this week’s Cyber-Tip Keith discusses a new term called “Zoombombing” which is when peoplehave their video conferences hacked and gives practical advice on how to keep your meetings safewhen using tools like Zoom, Webex and Microsoft Teams.
On the Pivot, Eric talks about the future of work and what types of industries will arise to fill theincreasing demand for remote meetings that would normally have been face to face.