Margie Pritchard

  • Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has called the e-commerce giant “the best place in the world to fail.”  He has instituted a culture in which failure is not only acceptable, but is an essential part of doing business.  Amazon has had some spectacular failures over the years, costing billions of dollars.   Companies that don’t continue to experiment,…

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  • Mukbang is a uniquely Korean trend of people getting paid to eat large meals in front of a webcam for a live-streaming broadcast.  Mukbang is a word that combines the Korean word for “eat” (muk-da) with the word for “broadcast” (bang song). Mukbang first became popular among niche Korean video-streamers a decade ago. On the  popular video broadcasting channel…

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  • Over the past 12 months there has been a huge increase in the number of companies that are now using blockchain, including all major global banks, all of the stock exchanges, insurance companies, healthcare, many governments are using blockchain for distribution of benefits etc.  When I started in crypto 4 or so years ago, it…

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  • Listen now: https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/116275/the-bob-pritchard-show-july-16th-2019 SHOW TITLE: Three common mistakes made by startups and early stage companies. My guest Steven Machat is one of America’s premier entertainment attorneys.  His father, entertainment lawyer Marty Machat was known for representing some of the most important and influential entertainers of our time, including Sugar Ray Robinson and legendary artists James…

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  • Amazon, the largest retailer on the planet with more than 100 million people worldwide with an Amazon Prime subscription, will host Amazon Prime Day, its massive annual sale for Prime members, on July 15 and 16. It is estimated that Amazon total sales could reach $5.5 to $6 billion.  Amazon Prime Day is exclusive to…

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