Frank McCourt Preps US TikTok Bid, Google’s New AI Moves | Bloomberg Technology

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May 15, 2024

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow break down real estate mogul Frank McCourt’s plans to build a consortium to bid for social media app TikTok’s US business. Plus, a look at the takeaways from Google’s annual I/O developers conference and OpenAI’s Chief Scientist who played a key role in Sam Altman’s ouster is departing the company.
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@tm-jk2do

May 15, 2024 at 9:17 pm

Frank McCourt no idea who he is but he is a dumbass. Shut down advertising ? wtf is this guy smoking.

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@ftakenouchi1464

May 15, 2024 at 9:42 pm

Frank McCourt – Angela’s Ashes ????????.

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@og3477

May 15, 2024 at 9:48 pm

Frank McCourt doesnt have a product , just a bunch of words to say ???? Bloomberg doesn’t do their due diligence

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Greatstuff.
Nice episode.
Keep up the good work. “…we’ll move on…????” – Miss Caroline Hyde.
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Figge, P., Graf-Vlachy, L., König, A., Demann, F., & Diessner, M. (2025). “Shades of Grey or Black and White? How Entrepreneurs’ Use of Cognitively Complex Language Affects Investor Funding.” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Clarke, J. S., Cornelissen, J. P., & Healey, M. P. (2019). “Actions Speak Louder than Words: How Figurative Language and Gesturing in Entrepreneurial Pitches Influences Investment Judgments.” Academy of Management Journal
Jiang, L., Yin, D., & Liu, D. (2019). “Can Joy Buy You Money? The Impact of the Strength, Duration, and Phases of an Entrepreneur’s Peak Displayed Joy on Funding Performance.” Academy of Management Journal.
Chen, X.-P., Yao, X., & Kotha, S. (2009). “Entrepreneur Passion and Preparedness in Business Plan Presentations: A Persuasion Analysis of Venture Capitalists’ Funding Decisions.” Academy of Management Journal
Zhu, L. Y., Young, M. J., & Bauman, C. W. (2024). “Linking Anxiety to Passion: Emotion Regulation and Entrepreneurs’ Pitch Performance.” Journal of Business Venturing
Allison, T. H., Davis, B. C., Webb, J. W., & Short, J. C. (2017). “Persuasion in Crowdfunding: An Elaboration Likelihood Model of Crowdfunding Performance.” Journal of Business Venturing
Clark, C. (2008). “The Impact of Entrepreneurs’ Oral ‘Pitch’ Presentation Skills on Business Angels’ Initial Screening Investment Decisions.” Venture Capital

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