Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing.


While the Coronavirus brings a lockdown in the movement of people, it doesn’t point to an altered future, but rather an accelerated one.

The Coronavirus will accelerate changes in the economy that are underway.

We were already shifting the supply chain to include home delivery of groceries and everyday items.

The Coronavirus lockdown only speeds that shift.

Amazon and other suppliers are hiring thousands of workers to meet the acceleration.

Education was already moving online and will only do so more now, that schools have cancelled classes and sent students home to log onto their computers.

Businesses were already moving to video conferencing and remote-worker organizations. 

The Coronavirus ‘stay at home’ mandates across the globe, encourage more users of Zoom and remote-worker software.

Healthcare was already moving to telehealth-based care. 

The overload of Coronavirus patients on the healthcare system will increase usage of that model.

The Coronavirus is moving our economy to the next generation and while it may be painful in the short run, it’s inevitable in the long run.

As a startup, think about how your company can be a part of the next economy.

That new economy is now here.


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In this episode, Hall welcomes back William Davis, Managing Director, Technology and Investments (New York) of family office LDJ Capital who offer many services, including asset management, financial advisory, philanthropy, art advisory, wealth management, valuations and investor relations.

Bill, who started his career in artificial intelligence and robotics and is very experienced in the FinTech space, discusses what he has been doing since his last interview with Hall back in 2018. He tells us what he is excited about, what his best investment was thus far, and opportunities in Africa. 

He goes into great detail about the investment opportunities in Space and welcomes anyone who reaches out to him with questions or investment opportunities. 


You can find LDJ Capital at https://ldjcapital.com/ 

Bill can be reached via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/bkmassive/ 

He can also be contacted via email at william.davis@ldjcapital.com and bkmassive@gmail.com and via telephone at 718-757-4195

In this episode, Hall welcomes Jared Augustine, CEO and Co-Founder of Thuzio. Thuzio is a sports events and media company based in New York that hosts pop-up events and produces live shows with iconic athletes. Alongside Jared, Thuzio is run with the combined work of Tiki Barber (New York Giants) and Mark Gerson (GLG).

Jared worked in the venture-backed technology businesses nearly his entire career, however, he welcomes and is enjoying the different challenges associated with running Thuzio.

Even though they are a small company now, they are a force to be reckoned with and they are very excited about the future.


Visit Thuzio at www.Thuzio.com 
Jared can be contacted via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaugustine/ and on Twitter

at https://twitter.com/jaredaugustine
He can also be contacted via email at jared@thuzio.com