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Endeavour Season 8, Episode 1 Recap: "Striker"
Endeavour Season 8, Episode 1 Recap: “Striker”
While the Season 8 episode of Endeavour hints at the more excellent mystery, Morse’s drinking issue is the underlying narrative. Wednesday, alone in an alley, faces up against a couple of nasty characters, and he desperately needs Morse and Strange’s help. That night Morse is so intoxicated that he needs to be awakened from his coma by Thursday, who is excitedly waiting for him. Additionally,…
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Hmmm....Which version of Endeavour am I watching?
Cut scenes? Different music? Turns out there are actually up to 4 different versions of every episode of Endeavour!
What are they you ask?
Here you go...
UK Initial Broadcast version: What went out over the airwaves when the episode premiered. In most cases this does not differ from other UK versions of the episode. However, certain pieces of music—such as Dean Martin’s song Sway in the S2E3 episode of the same title—were so expensive to license that the production was only able to afford the original song for that first broadcast. Repeats had to make do with a substitute piece of music composed to replace the original. In the case of Sway, the replacement piece was at least specifically commissioned and written for the episode. It was not purchased as a generic composition from a production music library, which is usually what happen in this situation.
This version is only available if you recorded it at the time or know someone who did.
UK Version (Repeats and DVDs): The UK Repeats and DVDs are the definitive versions. Nothing is cut from the original broadcast and they have the soundtrack from the original broadcast—with a few exceptions, like the one mentioned above.
International Version with Cuts (PBS Masterpiece Theater version, both streaming and some DVDs): This version is what I would consider the “worst” option. First, each episode is cut for length by 5 to 8 minutes so that it will fit into the PBS time slot. Second, this version also uses the international version of the soundtrack. Most of the classical music from the UK version remains the same. However, most of the popular music (i.e. Rolling Stones, Kinks, Velvet Underground, etc.) was too expensive to license internationally and was replaced with generic production music. It’s a standard practice in the industry because music licensing is incredibly complicated and pricey, but it still sucks.
International Full-Length Version (Amazon Streaming, iTunes, etc.): These are at least the complete episode. None of the content is cut. The current exception to this may be S9, which is still only available on Amazon via the PBS streaming service. However, at this point, I’m not sure if PBS made the usual cuts to S9. For all other seasons, however, I know for sure that the version on Amazon is complete. It does, however, have the international and not the UK soundtrack.
Other stuff:
If you are looking to purchase physical DVDs, it’s important to be aware of 1) which version you want and 2) which version you can actually access. Most of the DVDs for sale in the US will only play in US DVD players and most for sale in the UK will only play in UK DVD players. If you want to be able to play DVDs from anywhere, you need to purchase a region-free DVD player.
Even then, however, you need to be careful about which version of the show is on any given DVD set. In the US, at least, it can be very difficult to tell from the packaging or purchasing information whether or not a particular set is the full-length version or the one with cuts. The good news is that most of the DVDs are full-length. The bad news is that there are a few sets that are not and I haven’t gone through one-by-one to identify which ones those are—so just be careful.
As far as I know, the DVDs for sale in the US all have the international soundtrack. If you want to hear the UK soundtrack, you’ll have to get that region-free DVD player and the UK versions.
I think that’s it. If anyone knows of something I’ve missed or if I’ve made any errors, please let me know!
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Sunday, June 18, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)
WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?:
THE WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY (AMC Canada) 10:00pm
THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE (Food Network Canada) 9:00pm
50 YEARS FLY: THE RISE, FALL AND REVOLUTION OF HIP-HOP FASHION (MSNBC) 10:00pm
THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES (HBO Canada) 10:00pm
WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT?:
ENDEAVOUR (PBS Feed)
RIDLEY (PBS Feed)
BEACHSIDE BRAWL (TBD - Food Network Canada)
HAUNTED BY MY STALKER (TBD - Lifetime Canada)
NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:
AMAZON PRIME CANADA
HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
CRAVE TV
THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES (Season 3, Episodes 1-2)
2023 U.S. OPEN
(TSN/TSN3) 12:00pm: Final Round - Part I
(TSN/TSN3) 1:00pm: Final Round - Part II
MLB BASEBALL
(SN) 2:30pm: Jays vs. Rangers
(SN1) 4:00pm: Rays vs. Padres
(SN Now) 4:00pm: Giants vs. Dodgers
(TSN2) 7:00pm: Yankees vs. Red Sox
CFL FOOTBALL (TSN4/TSN5) 7:00pm: Ti-Cats vs. Argos
FARMING FOR LOVE (CTV) 7:00pm: Romance heats up on the one-on-one dates, and some daters feel left out in the cold; a farewell dinner could see an early favorite depart.
INDSPIRE AWARDS 2023 (CBC) 8:00pm: The Indspire Awards reach a significant milestone as 2023 marks 30 years of honouring dedicated and community-focused First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
GODZILLA VS. KONG (CTV) 8:00pm: Fearsome monsters Godzilla and Kong square off in an epic battle for the ages. The initial confrontation between the two titans -- instigated by unseen forces -- is only the beginning of the mystery that lies deep within the core of the planet.
MYSTIC (Super Channel Heart & Home) 8:00pm: As Kauri Point celebrates the Night of the Big Fish, it's not just dolphins who are drawn to the bay; Gordon might have abandoned his quest to find the sea serpent statue.
OUTLANDER (W Network) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): Jamie races toward Wilmington to rescue Claire from the gallows, only to discover that the American Revolution has reached North Carolina.
LITTLE BIRD (Crave) 9:00pm: Patti Little Bird is desperate to get her kids back, but she doesn't know where they have been taken; eighteen years later, Bezhig/Esther, who has made her way back to the prairies, is desperate to find her family; both women are lost.
BILLIONAIRE MURDERS (Crave) 9:50pm/10:50pm (SERIES PREMIERE): A billionaire couple is found murdered in their home and Toronto's premier investigative reporter, Kevin Donovan, digs into the lives of Barry and Honey Sherman in search of clues about who may have killed them.
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What's on TV: 'A Quiet Place,' 'How it Ends' and 'Handmaid's Tale'
This week we'll see the arrival of A Quiet Place on 4K Blu-ray, while Netflix premiere its latest movie, the apocalyptic How It Ends, as well as a new reality baking show called Sugar Rush. Hulu is wrapping up the latest season of The Handmaid's Tale and premiering a new season of Harlots, while The Outpost debuts on CW. Look after the break to check out each day's highlights, including trailers and let us know what you think (or what we missed).
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Blu-ray & Games & Streaming
A Quiet Place (4K)
Chappaquiddick
The Equalizer (4K)
Bull Durham
Dragon Inn
Casual Sex
Defiance 2050 (PC, Xbox One, PS4)
Neverout (Switch)
The Spectrum Retreat (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Insane Robots (Xbox One, PS4)
The Culling 2 (PS4, PC, Xbox One)
Bomber Crew (Xbox One, PS4)
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (Xbox One)
MXGP Pro (Xbox One, PS4)
Ghost 1.0 (Xbox One, PS4)
Earthfall (Xbox One, PS4)
Monday
Penn & Teller: Fool Us, CW, 8 PM
So You Think You Can Dance, Fox, 8 PM
WWE Raw, USA, 8 PM
Dietland, AMC, 9 PM
Whose Line is it Anyway?, CW, 9 PM
The Proposal, ABC, 10 PM
Salvation, CBS, 10 PM
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler, AMC, 10 PM
Tuesday
Drug Lords (S2), Netflix, 3 AM
The 100, CW, 8 PM
The Bold Type, Freeform, 8 PM
WWE Smackdown, USA, 8 PM
America's Got Talent, NBC, 8 PM
Beat Shazam, Fox, 8 PM
We're the Campbells, TV One, 8 PM
Face Off, Syfy, 9 PM
Animal Kingdom, TNT, 9 PM
Deadliest Catch, Discovery, 9 PM
The Challenge (season premiere), MTV, 9 PM
Love Connection, Fox, 9 PM
No Passport Required (series premiere), PBS, 9 PM
The Outpost (series premiere), CW, 9 PM
Drunk History, Comedy Central, 10 PM
100 Code, WGN, 10 PM
The Last Defense, ABC, 10 PM
Teachers, TV Land, 10:30 PM
The Jim Jefferies Show, Comedy Central, 10:30 PM
Humans, AMC, 11 PM
Wednesday
The Handmaid's Tale (season finale), Hulu, 3 AM
Harlots (season premiere), Hulu, 3 AM
Explained, Netflix, 3 AM
Young & Hungry, Freeform, 8 PM
Catfish: The TV Show (summer premiere), MTV, 9 PM
TKO (series premiere), CBS, 9 PM
The Originals, CW, 9 PM
Big Brother, CBS, 9 PM
Code Black, CBS, 10 PM
Colony, USA, 10 PM
The Ultimate Fighter, Fox Sports 1, 10 PM
Thursday
Strange Angel, CBS All Access, 3 AM
The Four, Fox, 8 PM
Marvel's Cloak & Dagger, Freeform, 8 PM
Queen of the South, USA, 9 PM
Marlon (season finale), NBC, 9 & 9:30 PM
Take Two, ABC, 10 PM
Shooter, USA, 10 PM
Detroiters, Comedy Central, 10:30 PM
Friday
How It Ends, Netflix, 3 AM
Jim Jefferies: This is Me Now, Netflix, 3 AM
Sugar Rush (S1), Netflix, 3 AM
Comicstaan (series premiere E1 - 4), Amazon Prime, 3 AM
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (S1), Netflix, 3 AM
Vice, HBO, 7:30 PM
Whistleblower (series premiere), CBS, 8 PM
Masters of Illusion, CW, 8 PM
Battlebots , Discovery, 8 PM
Quantico, ABC, 8 PM
The Great British Baking Show, PBS, 9 PM
C.B. Strike (season finale), Cinemax, 10 PM
ELeague: Street Fighter $250k Invitational Playoffs, TBS, 11 PM
Saturday
Mr. Sunshine, Netflix, 3 AM
Me Myself & I, CBS, 8 PM
Planet Earth: South Pacific E1, BBC America, 9 PM
Sunday
The Break with Michelle Wolf, Netflix, 3 AM
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale (season premiere), Netflix, 3 AM
Bonus Family (S2), Netflix, 3 AM
The Nanny is Watching, Lifetime, 8 PM
Power, Starz, 8 PM
The Pacific War in Color, Smithsonian, 8 PM
Shark Week's 50 Best Bites, Discover, 8 PM
Sharp Objects, HBO, 9 PM
The 2000s, CNN, 9 PM
Deep State, Epix, 9 PM
The Affair, Showtime, 9 PM
Endeavour, PBS, 9 PM
Claws, TNT, 9 PM
Pose, FX, 9 PM
Unsung: Michel'le (season finale), TV One, 9 PM
Ghosted, Fox, 9:30 PM
The History of Comedy (season premiere), CNN, 10 PM
Preacher, AMC, 10 PM
To Tell the Truth, ABC, 10 PM
Shades of Blue, NBC, 10 PM
Our Cartoon President (summer premiere), Showtime, 10:30 PM
[All times listed are in ET]
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Fantastic morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Monday.
Fb CEO Mark Zuckerberg urged in a newspaper op-ed for extra regulation in excess of the web. He reported Fb has operate into issues in 4 major regions: harmful written content, election integrity, privateness, and details portability.
Jeff Bezos’ chief security advisor has mentioned the Saudi authorities hacked the Amazon chief’s cellphone and accessed his non-public data. Gavin de Becker wrote in a column published Saturday that he could conclude that his investigation discovered that Saudis had attained accessibility to Bezos’ private details.
Some previous Fb posts by CEO Mark Zuckerberg have vanished, and the organization suggests it “mistakenly deleted” them. The disappearances include things like posts about crucial moments in the company’s heritage, like the acquisition of Instagram in 2012.
The Uk is planning on rolling out guidelines forcing porn websites to introduce effective age verification blocks, generating guaranteed people beneath the age of 18 cannot access them. Specialists say the so-termed “porn block” could have big ramifications for privacy, liberty of expression, and sexual intercourse workers’ security – all while getting ineffective.
Lyft is deeply unprofitable, but that hasn’t stopped Wall Avenue from piling into its IPO. The business missing $911 million past calendar year, but its stock price soared to far more than $87 for each share when it commenced buying and selling.
It’s likely to be a substantial summer for scooter startups in Europe, due to the fact it’s the to start with heat season they’ll be fully operational on the continent. But, as regulatory issues loom, these companies say they are getting steps to keep away from getting lumped in with the likes of Uber.
Fb secretly explored setting up chook-measurement drones to ferry details to persons with terrible internet connections. “Catalina” was a mystery internal task in Facebook’s Connectivity unit, the company’s endeavours to get people today all around the world on-line – and on Facebook.
Epic Video games CEO Tim Sweeney suggests that the organization has big designs for “Fortnite,” which it sees “evolving over and above becoming a activity.” The goal is to construct on Fortnite’s “Creative” manner by supplying additional resources to establish and contribute to the game’s virtual planet of “Fortnite.”
Facebook might limit who can use its “Live” livestreaming video clip feature just after the Christchurch shootings. Fb COO Sheryl Sandberg reported the agency was discovering techniques to mitigate the chance of one more livestreamed assault, together with checking hate speech far more intently and contributing to local psychological overall health organisations.
Twitter wishes to label tweets from public figures that split its policies – and even Trump could be named and shamed. At an function this 7 days, Twitter’s head of lawful, policy, and believe in said leaving these posts up could make other users believe they could publish equivalent material.
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TV Premiere Dates: 2020 Calendar
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Wondering when your favorite shows are coming back and what new series you can look forward to? We’ve got you covered with the Den of Geek 2020 TV Premiere Dates Calendar, where we keep track of TV series premiere dates, return dates, and more for the year and beyond.
We’ll continue to update this page as networks announce dates. A lot of these shows we’ll be watching or covering, so be sure to follow along with us!
Please note that all times are EST.
DATESHOWNETWORKFriday, August 7Tales of Arcadia: WizardsNetflixFriday, August 7High SeasNetflixFriday, August 7The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Kids in SpaceNetflixFriday, August 7The New Legends of MonkeyNetflixFriday, August 7Word Party SongsNetflixFriday, August 7Jessy & NessyAmazonSaturday, August 8Dallas & Robo (12:00 a.m.)SYFYSaturday, August 8Danger Force (8:00 p.m.)NickelodeonSunday, August 9YOLO: Crystal Fantasy (12:00 a.m.)Adult SwimSunday, August 9Endeavour (9:00 p.m.)PBSSunday, August 9We Hunt Together (10:00 p.m.)ShowtimeMonday, August 10Game On: A Comedy Crossover EventNetflixMonday, August 10Mapleworth MurdersQuibiThursday, August 13Five BedroomsPeacockThursday, August 13Infinity TrainHBO MaxFriday, August 14Ted LassoApple TV+Friday, August 14The Great Heist NetflixFriday, August 143%NetflixFriday, August 14Octonauts & The Caves of Sac ActunNetflixFriday, August 14Teenage Bounty HuntersNetflixSaturday, August 15RitaNetflixSaturday, August 15StrangerNetflixSunday, August 16Lovecraft Country (9:00 p.m.)HBOMonday, August 15Glitch TechsNetflixTuesday, August 18Dead Pixels (8:00 p.m.)CWThursday, August 20BiohackersNetflixThursday, August 20Great PretenderNetflixFriday, August 21LuciferNetflixFriday, August 21Alien TVNetflixFriday, August 21Dark ForcesNetflixFriday, August 21HoopsNetflxFriday, August 21Find Me in ParisHuluFriday, August 21CliffordAmazonSaturday, August 22Love in the Time of Corona (8:00 p.m.)FreeformMonday, August 24Reno 911QuibiTuesday, August 25TrinketsNetflixTuesday, August 25The Haves and the Have Nots (8:00 p.m.)OWNThursday, August 27AggretsukoNetflixMonday, August 31WirelessQuibiThursday, September 3A.P. BioPeacockThursday, September 3Raised by wolvesHBO MaxThursday, September 3The SoundsAcorn TVFriday, September 4The BoysAmazonFriday, September 4AwayNetflixSunday, September 6UndercoverNetflixSunday, September 6Power Book II: Ghost (9:00 p.m.)StarzWednesday, September 9WokeHuluThursday, September 10Julie and the PhantomsNetflixSunday, September 13Our Cartoon President (8:30 p.m.)ShowtimeMonday, September 14The Third Day (9:00p.m.)HBOMonday, September 14We Are Who We Are (10:00 p.m.)HBOWednesday, September 16Archer (10:00 p.m.)FXThursday, September 17DeparturePeacockThursday, September 17Dragon’s DogmaNetflixFriday, September 18PEN15HuluFriday, September 18RatchedNetflixFriday, September 18Jurassic World: Camp CretaceousNetflixSunday, September 20Last Tango in Halifax (8:00 p.m.)PBSMonday, September 21LA’s Finest (8:00 p.m.)FOXMonday, September 21Filthy Rich (9:00 p.m.)FOXSunday, September 27The Simpsons (8:00 p.m.)FOXSunday, September 27Bless the Harts (8:30 p.m.)FOXSunday, September 27Bob’s Burgers (9:00 p.m.)FOXSunday, September 27The Comey Rule (9:00 p.m.)ShowtimeSunday, September 27Family Guy (9:30 p.m.)FOXSunday, October 4The Good Lord Bird (9:00 p.m.)ShowtimeSunday, October 4Britannia (9:00 p.m.)EpixSunday, October 4The Walking Dead Season 10 Finale (9:00 p.m.)AMCSunday, October 4The Walking Dead: World Beyond (10:00 p.m.)AMCTuesday, October 6neXt (9:00 p.m.)FOXSunday, October 11Fear the Walking Dead (9:00 p.m.)AMCThursday, October 15Star Trek: DiscoveryCBS All-AccessFriday, October 16HelstromHuluSunday, October 25The Undoing (9:00 p.m.)HBOFriday, November 13Alex RideIMDb TVFriday, November 20AnimaniacsHulu
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Friday, May 22, 2020 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)
WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?:
THE BIG FIB (Disney +)
MARVEL’S FUTURE AVENGERS (Disney +)
MYTHIC QUEST: RAVEN’S BANQUET - QUARANTINE (Apple +)
WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT
AKA JANE ROE (TBD - FX Canada)
ALL ON THE LINE (TBD - Discovery Canada)
BLACK HEARTED KILLER (TBD - Lifetime Canada)
MILITARY WIVES (TBD)
THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF (TBD)
NEW TO AMAZON PRIME/CRAVE/NETFLIX CANADA/CBC GEM:
AMAZON PRIME
HOMECOMING (Season 2)
CRAVE TV
AQUAMARINE
COME TO DADDY
CROSS: RISE OF THE VILLAINS
DARJEELING LIMITED
HEAVY RESCUE: 401 (Season 2-3)
JOKER
LETTERS TO JULIET
MOONRISE KINGDOM
PRIME
SEXY BEAST
SQUISH (Season 1B)
WATTS ON THE GRILL (Season 1)
NETFLIX CANADA
CONTROL Z
HISTORY 101
THE LOVEBIRDS
SELLING SUNSET (Season 2)
TRAILER PARK BOYS: THE ANIMATED SERIES (Season 2)
WATTS ON THE GRILL (CTV Life) 8:00pm: Chef Spencer Watts shares his tips and tricks for grilling with alliums, such as onions, scallions, chives, garlic, and leeks.
CARTER (CTV) 9:00pm (SEASON 2 PREMIERE): Harley Carter's first official case as a P.I. is a kidnapping with a surprising twist.
AMANDA TO THE RESCUE (Animal Planet Canada) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): New rescues include a 9-month-old pit bull with a fractured jaw and a 4-month-old Dalmatian with an eye condition that could lead to blindness.
THIS COUNTRY (BBC Canada) 9:00pm: Kurtan receives some sad news about a relative and endeavours to make some new memories. Meanwhile, Kerry discovers a passion for reading and joins the vicar's book club, which goes well until another village resident joins too.
COME TO DADDY (Crave) 9:00pm: A privileged man-child arrives at the beautiful and remote coastal cabin of his estranged father, whom he hasn't seen in 30 years. He quickly discovers that not only is his dad a jerk, he also has a shady past that is rushing to catch up with him.
CANADIAN FILM FEST 2020: ALONE ACROSS THE ARCTIC (Super Channel Fuse) 9:00pm: Modern day explorer Adam Shoalts sets a record-breaking solo expedition in crossing the Canadian Arctic on foot and by canoe that would span four long and lonely perilous months.
THE YOUNG OFFENDERS (BBC Canada) 9:45pm: AA wild money-making idea sees Conor, Jock and Mairéad buy a chip van.
DEAD STILL (City) 10:00pm: Blennerhasset and Molloy photograph a young boy who drowned, but when a heavy storm descends upon the area, it forces them to stay at a house that may be haunted.
DEAD OF WINTER (ID Canada) 10:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): On a freezing Minnesota night, a shooting leaves a young police officer fighting for his life by the roadside; as his wife awaits his fate, a heart-stopping manhunt ensues.
DRAG SOS (Out TV) 10:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): One of the country's most famous drag collectives, "The Family Gorgeous," help unlikely protégées to unlock their long-lost confidence and become bolder, braver drag-enhanced versions of themselves.
HOPE FOR WILDLIFE (Cottage Life) 10:00pm: When a tiny piece of trash ruins a raccoon's life, Doctor Jessica cuts it free, but Hope faces tough decisions about its future; a volunteer plunges in to save an injured goose.
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What's on TV: 'Humans,' 'Snowfall' and 'Killjoys'
This week we have a season finale for AMC's robot series Humans and FX's Pose, as Syfy brings back Wynonna Earp and Killjoys plus FX has a second season of Snowfall. Netflix's latest series features David Spade in Father of the Year, while gamers can check out Sonic Mania Plus. Look after the break to check out each day's highlights, including trailers and let us know what you think (or what we missed).
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Blu-ray & Games & Streaming
Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas (VOD)
Super Troopers 2
Terminator 2: Judgement Day Endoarm Collector's Edition (4K)
The Expanse (S3)
Rampage (4K) (3D)
Isle of Dogs
The Quick and the Dead (4K)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4K)
sex, lies and videotape
Sonic Mania Plus (Switch, PS4, Xbox One)
Super Dungeon Tactics (PS4)
Tempest 4000 (PS4, PC, Xbox One)
Let's Sing 2018 (PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
Mothergunship (PC, Xbox One, PS4)
Frost, (PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion (Xbox One, PS4, Switch)
Hand of Fate 2 (Switch)
The Long Reach (Xbox One)
Nidhogg 2 (Xbox One)
NoReload Heroes (Switch)
Detached (PS4)
Spheroids (Switch)
Monday
The Proposal, ABC, 10 PM
Salvation, CBS, 10 PM
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler, AMC, 10 PM
Tuesday
89th Annual MLB All-Star Game, Fox, 7:30 PM
The 100, CW, 8 PM
The Bold Type, Freeform, 8 PM
WWE Smackdown, USA, 8 PM
America's Got Talent, NBC, 8 PM
We're the Campbells, TV One, 8 PM
Face Off, Syfy, 9 PM
Animal Kingdom, TNT, 9 PM
Deadliest Catch, Discovery, 9 PM
The Challenge, MTV, 9 PM
No Passport Required, PBS, 9 PM
The Outpost, CW, 9 PM
Drunk History, Comedy Central, 10 PM
The Last Defense, ABC, 10 PM
Teachers, TV Land, 10:30 PM
The Jim Jefferies Show, Comedy Central, 10:30 PM
Humans (season finale), AMC, 11 PM
Wednesday
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle, Netflix, 3 AM
Harlots, Hulu, 3 AM
Explained, Netflix, 3 AM
The 2018 Espys, ABC, 8 PM
Girl Got Game, CW, 8 PM
Young & Hungry, Freeform, 8 PM
Suits (season premiere), USA, 9 PM
Catfish: The TV Show, MTV, 9 PM
TKO, CBS, 9 PM
Code Black (season finale), CBS, 10 PM
Colony, USA, 10 PM
Reverie, NBC, 10 PM
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, TBS, 10:30 PM
Thursday
Office Uprising, Crackle, 3 AM
Strange Angel, CBS All Access, 3 AM
Doctor Who: The Lost Episode, BBC America, 8 PM
The Four, Fox, 8 PM
Marvel's Cloak & Dagger, Freeform, 8 PM
Take Two, ABC, 8 PM
Queen of the South, USA, 9 PM
Trial & Error (season premiere), NBC, 9 PM
Shooter, USA, 10 PM
The Grand Hustle (series premiere), BET, 10 PM
Snowfall (season premiere), FX, 10 PM
Detroiters, Comedy Central, 10:30 PM
Friday
Father of the Year, Netflix, 3 AM
Dark Tourist, Netflix, 3 AM
Jimmy: The Story of a True Idiot, Netflix, 3 AM
Ballet Now, Hulu, 3 AM
Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh (S4), Netflix, 3 AM
Zoe, Amazon Prime, 3 AM
Amazing Interiors, Netflix, 3 AM
Last Chance U: Part 1, Netflix, 3 AM
Comicstaan, Amazon Prime, 3 AM
Vice, HBO, 7:30 PM
Whistleblower, CBS, 8 PM
Masters of Illusion, CW, 8 PM
Quantico, ABC, 8 PM
Wynonna Earp (season premiere), Syfy, 9 PM
The Great British Baking Show, PBS, 9 PM
Killjoys (season premiere), Syfy, 10 PM
Outcast (season premiere), Cinemax, 10 PM
Saturday
Mr. Sunshine, Netflix, 3 AM
Me Myself & I (season finale), CBS, 8 PM
Sunday
The Break with Michelle Wolf, Netflix, 3 AM
A Father's Nightmare, Lifetime, 8 PM
Power, Starz, 8 PM
The Pacific War in Color, Smithsonian, 8 PM
Bear vs. Shark, Discover, 8 PM
Sharp Objects, HBO, 9 PM
The 2000s, CNN, 9 PM
Deep State, Epix, 9 PM
The Affair, Showtime, 9 PM
Endeavour, PBS, 9 PM
Claws, TNT, 9 PM
Pose (season finale), FX, 9 PM
Ghosted, Fox, 9:30 PM
The History of Comedy, CNN, 10 PM
Ronda Rousey Uncaged, Discovery, 10 PM
Preacher, AMC, 10 PM
To Tell the Truth, ABC, 10 PM
Shades of Blue, NBC, 10 PM
Our Cartoon President, Showtime, 10:30 PM
Robot Chicken (season finale), Cartoon Network, 11:30 PM
[All times listed are in ET]
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Brandon King century takes Guyana Amazon Warriors to CPL 2019 final
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King smashed 10 fours and 11 sixes in his scintillating knock © Getty
Guyana Amazon Warriors’ incredible run of results has now stretched to 11 wins, the last of which has helped them waltz into the final of CPL for the fifth time in seven seasons. The side in scintillating form pushed Barbados Tridents to the eliminator, where they will now face Trinbago Knight Riders for the second vacant spot in the summit clash on Saturday.
Warriors’ 24-year-old Jamaican opener Brandon King found a new level to attain after scoring three half-centuries in the season at the right moment as he graced the qualifier with an excellent century that powered them past the 200-run mark. Once Malik opted to bat first in the home game, King went after the Tridents bowlers from the get-go. An 18-run fourth over was expected to set the tone for what was to come, but the Tridents bowlers kept it tight in the first half of the fixture to keep the side to just 79 for 1 in 10 overs.
Captain Holder and Hayden Walsh, the league’s leading wicket-taker, punctured holes in Warriors’ batting effort, until Malik stepped onto the scene. He and King forged a 97-run partnership off just 47 deliveries. Malik’s contribution to the stand was 32 runs, 24 of which came in a single Shakib Al Hasan over (the 16th) where he smashed the left-arm spinner for four sixes. The 29-run over saw Malik go past 9000 T20 runs as well as set Warriors on the path to taking their team total as close to 200. From 149/3 in 16 overs, King injected another shot of blitzkrieg. He went from 95 off 58 balls to 132 off 72 balls, as the Warriors smashed 16, 19 and 26 in the last three overs to get to the highest-ever CPL total and well and truly tip the scales in their favour.
Tridents didn’t go down without a fight in chase, but that three out of the top-five wicket-takers in the league this season belong to the Warriors didn’t help their cause. One of them (Chris Green) was kept wicketless through his four overs, but Imran Tahir and Romario Shepherd shared five wickets between them to routinely drill holes into the Tridents’ endeavour to pull off something special.
Alex Hales gave them an encouraging start with a flurry of early boundaries. An 18-run sixth over took Tridents to 56 in their powerplay, keeping them almost on course in the chase. But the derailment happened right after as Tahir and Malik struck in successive overs. While Jonathan Carter kept the chase alive from one end, the support kept receding from the other as the Tridents lost their fourth wicket in the 12th over and fifth in the 14th.
He fell for a 26-ball 49 right at the end of a two-over frenzy that fetched 31 runs for the chasers. They reached the 17-over mark with 151 runs on the board, just six short of how much the Warriors at that stage. But even with Holder throwing his bat at nearly everything, they couldn’t conjure up the sort of magic that the Warriors did in the last three overs. In the end, Tridents finished with 188 for 8, falling short by 30 runs.
Brief Scores: Guyana Amazon Warriors 218/3 in 20 overs (Brandon King 132*; Hayden Walsh 2-42) beat Barbados Tridents 188/8 in 20 overs (Jonathan Carter 49, Alex Hales 36; Romano Sheperd 3-50, Imran Tahir 2-13) by 30 runs.
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My Five Best Summer Beauty Buys
Slipping in with my summer posts just before summer comes to an end – I’m nothing if not reliably tardy! I still haven’t done my 2019 sunscreens roundup and I remember setting aside time at the end of April to write that…
It’s fortunate that the majority of my summer best buys are actually even more useful throughout the rest of the year; a gradual tanner so foolproof you’ll never stop using it, a leg enhancer so perfect you’ll more than likely want to ditch the tights. These aren’t just top picks for when the sun’s out – the lightweight gels and invisible sunscreens are, for many, holy grail beauty items whatever the season.
A note on the gradual tanner that I’ve (always) picked out as my favourite, the Hylamide Glow from Deciem: it seems to have been discontinued. That’s a bit of a bummer when you’ve been harping on about something as much as I have. I’m endeavouring to find out what an earth has happened to it; in the meantime you can’t go wrong with the tan drops from Isle of Paradise, see links below. Clarins also do great gradual tan drops and I am a fan of both the Elemis and James Read overnight tanning masks, which don’t need mixing and are straightforward to apply.
You may also pick up on a glaring error in the video when I spray a load of Anthelios XL body sunscreen onto my face – I meant to use the facial mist. Obviously. It’s much lighter, I think, than the big can of XL SPF50 and it has a more matte finish.
So, go forth and examine my best beauty buy exhibits – there will be posts coming up on the Pixi Phenomenal Gel and the Kate Somerville SPF50 spray, both of which need a permanent home in my reviews section.
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Hylamide Glow Gradual Tanner for face, £17.99: oh NO! This says no longer available. I shall try and find out what’s going on, it’s the best one!
Isle of Paradise Self Tanning Drops, £19.95 at FeelUnique*
Vita Liberata Body Blur, £29.95 at FeelUnique*
Pixi PHenomenal Gel, £24 at M&S*
Clinique Moisture Surge Supercharged Concentrate, £37 at FeelUnique*
Elizabeth Arden Great 8 SPF35, £36 at Amazon Beauty*
Vichy Solar Waters, £19 at Look Fantastic*
Kate Somerville SPF 50 Makeup Setting Spray, £32 at SpaceNK*
La Roche-Posay Anthelios SPF50 mist – just realised I used the body one by accident! LOL – that’s here, £22 at Escentual*
The face mist from LRP is here*
Coola Sport Sunscreen Spray – they do loads for face and body, scented and unscented, see Cult Beauty here*
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Interviews with Entrepreneurs - Aneil Manhas
Tell me a bit about yourself, and your professional background.
So, I started my career in finance. I went to undergraduate business school at Richard Ivy, which is based out of Western [Uni]. Then, I basically started my career in finance. I started with Credit Suisse, working in Los Angeles with the investment banking division. From that point, I moved into private equity for a company in Toronto called Onyx. I was there for five years. After that, I made the entrepreneurial jump into what I do now, which is own and manage, to a varying degree, a number of different businesses.
What kind of services and products do you offer?
“So they’re diversified in the sense that they are four companies/projects that I am working on. One is GVA Brands, which is a manufacturer and distributors of powersport products in Canada. We have about 120 dealers across the country. That business is mostly focused on selling kids powersports products. By that, I mean kids ATVs, kids scooters, kids bikes, generators - generally just outdoor powersports and industrial products that you would see at a campsite or in the backyard, the farm. That business is Canadian only - we don’t sell anything to the US or anywhere abroad, and it’s solely dealer based in the sense that we don’t sell anything directly to the consumer.
So do you sell based on individual stores or one retailer?
Right, so it’s all done based on individual stores. At one point, we were dealing with some bix-box retailers, mostly CostCo and Walmart. But that business can be tough. The big challenge with dealing with those big box retailers when working with a product like mine is that - it is low margin to begin with - a lot of the sales through those stores are done through sales, such as big promo done during a long weekend or discount. And those kinds of sales would be where 80% of the volume moves. And what often happens is that you’ll go somewhat dry for a month then run a promo for a weekend. And then you’ll do more during that weekend than you did in in 6 weeks. (Overall, it doesn’t pan out.) You’re selling at a discount, and the margins are very slim. But the bigger issue is that a lot of these big box retailers, CostCo in particular, have very lenient return policies. However, from a vendor’s perspective, specifically when you’re selling somewhat of a seasonal product like an ATV or a generator, unfortunately what was happening was that we’d sell a bunch of them through the summer months but then in September or October, a lot of the products were coming back. So just from a financial perspective, given the low margin [of profit] and the returns, that business model just didn’t work for us.
That’s cool. I guess now, it’s more individual relations with each store or distributor as opposed to signing on the big client like Walmart
Exactly. So now, it’s just a 100 or so single dealer/single operation sports store. That’s the bulk of that business.
The next business would be Rosso Motors, which is an online seller of kids toys. It actually started as part of GVA. Just given that GVA was restricted to our dealer network, one thing I was trying to do was add an online component to the business as a growth engine. My firm belief is that, in this day and age, doesn’t matter what you’re selling - powersports products, soap, makeup, whatever - the online sales platform is where all the money and growth is. A lot of the traditional bix box or brick and mortar stores are facing a lot of challenges because they’re having to compete against all of the online focused retailers. And for me, to add that online component to GVA was important. Secondly, I wanted to develop a product that I could sell and distribute to the US, given that the population and market there is almost ten times our size.
It’s almost like you’re creating a middleman yourself by dealing with these dealers and stores, so now you can go straight from manufacturers to consumer.
Correct, that is definitely an appeal. What often happens is that how these online retailers can grow and scale so quickly is by offering prices that are so appealing, in the sense that a lot of the margin that is taken by the dealer or distributor in physical distribution business models are shared to the customer. What happens is that the customer is now getting access to products at a significantly cheaper price that if they walked into a local store. Secondly, you are able to scale at a pace that has never been done before. Before the online sales really took off, if you wanted to go and build a company that was $100M in revenue, the process was that you started a store, and the success from that one location is invested into the second. That would grow organically, increasing revenue and customer bases in a slow, steady growth. You’d start a company somewhere like in Vancouver and target the local community, and then grow adjacent slowly in your own area. However, with the internet, you can target a much larger market and now you’re looking at like 350 million people who are now your new potential customer base. This has allowed businesses to scale at a degree that was unprecedented. I’m a firm believer that the future of commerce is really in that online platform.
That’s pretty much how Rosso started. We started with one product - our main GVA product which was a kid’s pocket bike - that we could ship to the US. Since most of the GVA products are gas powered, there are a lot of regulations around the EPA which precludes us from selling to the States. Secondly, the products were larger - often ATVs and dirtbikes - which made shipping just not feasible from a pricing perspective. This pocket bike was electric, so we began shipping down, selling on the Amazon marketplace. Now, we have around 7 or 8 products. Online, we have our own website where we operate from, but the majority of sales continue to come from Amazon. We’ve expanded outside of the kids electric toys, now having a Rosso water division, sports mats. Still kids focused and toy like, but we’re not sticking to purely electric.
The third company is a company of Surface 604, which is a manufacturer and distributor of electric bikes. Unlike GVA [which is strictly dealer based] or Rosso [which operates only through online channels], this is a hybrid company. We have about 120 dealers spread across Canada and the US, but we also have an online presence where we can also sell our products. Right now, the majority of sales continue to occur through our physical sales but the online component is continuously growing.
The final company I deal with is a startup, pre-revenue stage. It’s gonna be a subscription based electric toothbrush business. I don’t know if you’ve heard of the Dollar Shave Club or Harry’s, and what they’ve done in the razor space. My initial intrigue there was the subscription based business model. It led me to think about what kind of products I could apply that same business model to. That’s what I was passionate about. It is an untapped market - and a huge one too. If you look at razors, you’re targeting every male. But with toothbrushes, we’re looking at every single person potentially.
The common theme with all of these businesses is the fact that I manufacture these products in China. I have a full time team that manages the businesses and processes in China, from the quality control to logistics. When I have new ideas, I have these proper channels in find and select the logical factory to partner with. These existing channels make a huge impact in the feasibility of our products.
What was your mission when you set out on this path? What were you trying to achieve?
That’s a good question. There wasn’t a specific goal in mind when I got started, but what sparked the switch to going down the typical finance, work-for-a-company route to doing something completely on my own was that to me, everyone has different things that excite and motivate them. For me, that was building and developing a whole business. I look at big organizations like Nike or Coca Cola or Dollar Shave Club, and all of them started with an idea. And to think that they went from an initial idea to being billion dollar corporations that are global, that journey is fascinating to me. As both an entrepreneur and a business, that journey and process is what keeps me excited.
So in other words, to see and build off your own ideas?
Yeah! I’m at a very early stage with this toothbrush company - I’m going from an idea to a product. I’m barely moving down the field from where I want it to go. But even then, just seeing that first step keeps you hungry to keep going and see ideas through.
What are your company’s values? What were you thinking of when you started these endeavours?
I wouldn’t say that I was thinking of this when i started these four businesses, but if you ask me now, what do I think is the key component here? Well, if you look at some of the companies today that have been able to achieve a tremendous amount of success in a short period of time, to me, the common trait between all of them is that they all solve real world problems. What does that mean? Let’s look at Dollar Shave Club, for example. Every guy can relate to how miserable the whole process of buying razors is. In Canada, [you can just pick up the razors from the shelves] - the [Gillette] Mach-3 refillables or whatever. It’s easy! But in the US, they are actually locked up. So you have to go and find somebody in the store that has the keys to unlock this, and they’re so expensive. What, 8 heads for $40? Every time I buy these razors, that’s the first concern that comes up. Everyone can relate to that, and this is the problem that Dollar Shave Club is trying to solve. To me, a lot of the good ideas, they solve real world problems exactly like that. Uber is another example. Who wouldn’t want to replace a taxi with a ride or car sharing service that charges you a fraction of the price? You’re solving a real world problem there. There’s a lot of appeal to that. I think a lot of the best ideas are born out of such problem solving, and for me now, that is the main focus when it comes to evaluating a new project or new business. Obviously, there are the typical business school aspects that you look at, right? The value proposition, the price, what the competition looks like - all the standard stuff you learn in business school. To me, the first thing I ask myself is what problem am I solving here? And if I can identify a real world problem that I am trying to solve and I can make someone’s life easier, that’s kind of the first step. Then I proceed to doing the other forms of due diligence.
What are your goals for your company? What would you like to see your business achieve and influence in the future whether it be through outreach, partnership, expansion?
Obviously, for any entrepreneur, you are always trying to grow your business. I would say that given that the businesses that I have are in very different stages of their life cycles, my goals definitely differ for each business. Take GVA for example - the powersports business. As I mentioned, that business is now more stagnant in terms of a lot of the dealers that we’re doing business with. There’s not a lot of growth in terms of adding more dealers or adding new products. So, how do you keep that revenue base growing and moving forward? I mean, the toothbrush business is pre-revenue, so my goal there is to just get that up there and running! That’s the first step. So I would say that depending on where the businesses are depending in their life cycles, the goals differ, but they all are based around growth.
What do you strive for when you start a business?
That’s a good question. I think what I’m trying to achieve is what I’ve already discussed a bit in terms of solving a problem. To me, if I take the toothbrush business, for an example, a high end Philips Sonicare toothbrush costs around $250 or something - north of $200! Whether you’re buying Oral B or Sonicare, they dominate that industry. That’s a lot of money. So for me, with my business model, the goal of that project is to be able to offer the consumer a product that may not be at the high end Philips level but still a high-end electric toothbrush model at a fraction of that price. I’m still figuring out pricing - it’ll be under a hundred bucks.
So in a sense, making that level of quality product more accessible? That’s the important part, right?
Yeah! Exactly. It’s kind of what we’ve talked about in the past, real world issues. It’s about trying to take that problem and making one that is more accessible. For the vast majority of people, $250 is not what they’ve budgeted for their toothbrushes. But for me - as I’ve mentioned, I’m still figuring out pricing - $80 is a quarter of the price and still pretty expensive, but it is definitely more accessible.
Who's your target client? Who are you aiming for?
That varies based on the business. For Surface 604, the target scope is two-pronged. We’re dealing with dealers and consumers. But if I look at the fact that these dealers, even though they’re our customers, are selling to our end consumers, who tend to be a lot more baby boomers. For the powersports business, it’s obviously based around parents. They’re often purchased as gifts, whether for birthdays or holiday seasons. The three weeks leading up to Christmas time is our busiest season by far. Definitely, that targets families there.
How do you network in your industry? How do you meet your contacts and expand your industry base?
I think that within an industry, you just naturally build your contact list by doing day-to-day things that you would do regardless of whether you’re trying to network or not. You know, attend trade shows, talk to other people in the industry whether it be on the manufacturing side or the sales side. [You should] really just interact with as many people in the industry as possible. I would say that is kind of on the company side. When you are an entrepreneur, what’s very important is to have very strong, professional relationships. Have a good lawyer, have a good accountant, have a good banker - those relationships are very important. I think networking on that side is also something that can help. Being strategic as your grow.
Who would you like to work with, partner or collaborate with in the future? Whether this is a company or cause or foundation?
I think that, if I look at the businesses, the first one that comes to mind would be Surface604. A couple of groups that have bought our electric bikes recently have been police departments. The Marquette Police Department did a test run with our bikes, and most recently, the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) bought a bunch. Given the use case for electric bikes, a fit with the police department, whether it be in beach patrol or wherever else, I can see the value in a bike that can travel at over 20 miles an hour. There can be a lot of benefit in having the ability to move at that speed versus a traditional bicycle where you’re stuck to just pedaling.
So you enjoy seeing your products slowly moving outside of the typical household setting to other real world settings.
Exactly! So to partner with some of these larger groups where they can get a tremendous amount of benefit. Another example is that we sold a bunch of our electric bikes to a fellow who owned 8 Domino’s Pizza franchises. So in a delivery service, especially in the downtown Vancouver area where traffic becomes a growing concern, that’s where the ability to go 20 miles an hour can make a lot of sense. With electric bikes and the accommodating road structures such as bike lanes, you can move with ease as opposed to being in a car. I think that the challenge there ultimately will be is how the legislation will affect riding electric bikes in those bike lanes. When you really look at it, electric biking in North America is at its infancy. When you look at Europe, whether it be Germany or Netherlands, you’re looking at one in four bikes sold being electric. In North America, less than 1% are electric - it’s a fraction. The industry here is growing but very much in its infancy. As it grows and becomes more popular, so will the legislation and the rules around it. A lot more people in Europe use bikes as a mode of transportation whereas here, it’s mostly recreation. Continued use would change the culture over time.
Given your long career and your time in the industry, what would you say are some keys to success for an entrepreneur starting out in the field?
I think that it is primarily in the idea itself. As we’ve talked about a number of times, the ideas that tend to be very successful are the ones that solve problems and are very applicable. I think that no matter how hard you work or how good of a team you may have or any of these other things you need to be successful, if the underlying idea is flawed, you’re dead from the get-go. Secondly, I think having the right team is critical. With a lot of startups and growing companies, you don’t have that team from day 1. But to grow and to become successful, a lot of entrepreneurs look at like they are building a team just as much as they are building an organization. As that team falls into place, so will the growth and the other benefits. For me, something I look at and pay a lot of attention to is scalability. I think that it is very important to identify and focus on opportunities that are scalable. At the end of the day, a lot of people work hard - the hard work tends to be a common trait when it comes to running your own business and see it be successful. But that ceiling for success is capped if that idea is limited in terms of scalability. When you look at that person who, tens years down the road, has the business that is large and successful, a lot of the time, that success is predicated on how scalable that idea and scope is. I think that if you talk to any entrepreneur, they’ll tell you that you can have the right product, work hard, do a lot of the right things and - for better or for worse - timing and luck can play a pretty big role in your success. You have to work hard and put yourself in a position to benefit from that timing and luck. Ultimately, that will dictate your success to some level.
How do you measure your own success? What makes this worth doing for you? What made you want to make this switch from your stable job in finance to going out on your own?
For me, I like being in control of my own destiny and ultimately being fully involved in my projects. I’m a firm believer in my team, and I’ve always had a solid group of guys working with me on these projects. Like any entrepreneurs, you put your whole heart and soul into this. I spend more time with these guys than I do with anyone else, whether it be my girlfriend or my dog or even my family. They really are a close, tight-knit bunch. The whole process of building these businesses up with this group of people is very motivating for me.
As an entrepreneur but also as a person, how have you seen yourself grow over the years?
I would say that I am much more selective on projects and things that I look at and dedicate my time to. As the saying goes, time is money. You only have so much time and as you get involved in more things, that time shrinks in a hurry. I’m not in a position where I can be wasting a lot of time, so I’m very selective when it comes to new projects or ideas or whatnot that I’m evaluating, being much more selective than when I first started. Now, I have a good sense of exactly the direction that I want to take things and the projects that I want to be involved in. I live within that bubble and if it doesn’t fit within that scope, I probably won’t be putting in too much time into them.
Less projects to look through, but more stronger investments, is that right?
Yes. That’s accurate in the sense that I’m a bit unique in the fact that I have a bunch of projects happening simultaneously. Most entrepreneurs are traditionally focused on one idea and spend all of their time and energy working on growing that one idea. To start a business and grow it continuously forward is kind of all-encompassing - it takes a lot of time, effort, energy, resources and human capital to drive those projects forward. I’m lucky to have great project managers to be on top of these separate companies to help me juggle these different ventures. Yet, it’s still very challenging. There’s no question that if I spent all of my time on one project, that company would be further along that me focusing on these four together. I have goals and objectives, and I see a growth path for all of my companies. They align with my goals and values, and this drives me.
What are your responsibilities as the business owner? What changes when working with a team versus working with your own team and chasing your own dream and idea?
I think the difference there is that I view my job and my role as making sure that my team has all the resources to be successful. First and foremost, you’re providing the direction. We’re at point A, and this is what point B looks like. Here are a clear set of objectives to get there. Next is to make sure that the team has all the resources and tools that they need to accomplish and get to point B.
Given the type of business you own where you have multiple products that you create, manufacture, and distribute, how would you summarize your strategy for realizing an idea from a thought for a solution that the world needs to an actual product that you can launch?
I think that for the existing business or the electric bike business, a lot of that feedback and research and development around launching new products is based off feedback that we’d received from our dealers and the market. We take this information and see if we can deliver a product that meets the demand for this particular notion that is not being served right now. I would say that for the existing businesses, a lot of that is in conjunction with our dealer network. For a startup, you have the idea in and of itself. For the toothbrush, it was to develop a high-end electric toothbrush that could be presented at a price point that was lower than the regular, dominant competitors.Then it turned to whether or not I can actually make the product, whether I can achieve this level of quality but also pricing. Once that’s complete, the next step is whether I can actually deliver this. Let’s say I can deliver this product, but what do production times look like? It’s great that I can make a product in demand, but if the lead time is looking at 12 months, that’s going to be a real challenge looking back at the scalability of this endeavour. The first step is having the idea, and then how you can feasibly deliver this.
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