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Consumer electronics is one of the most competitive markets in the world with its unforgiving business model, heavy funding requirements, and endless disruption. It’s a fast-moving landscape where winners don’t stay on top long, new markets emerge as fast as they disappear, and disruption comes from all sides. But when you nail timing, hardware, and software - the impact is revolutionary. You can create a new market like Apple did with smartphones, Bose with noise cancellation headphones, HP with home printers, and Dell with direct-to-consumer PCs.

Through the 2000s, point-and-shoot cameras were a booming category led by Japanese giants like Canon and Nikon—until smartphones. Cameras today have become every smartphone’s greatest selling point. By the mid-2010s, the notion that there could be a new, standalone camera company was unthinkable - until GoPro. But as we covered a year ago, GoPro is nearing extinction. As GoPro collapsed, analysts and experts around the world wrote off action cameras. It was a dying market - a niche that was so small that not even the company that created it could survive. Even if you create the market, you are not entitled to its future.

But Insta360 has done the impossible in what many presumed to be a dead market. Today, they’re the youngest, most profitable, and fastest growing camera maker in the world, surpassing GoPro, Nikon, and Canon. In 10 years, Insta360 has grown from a dorm room idea into a $10B powerhouse as the category leader in 360 cameras. Insta360 in the past 5 years has built a powerful moat between smartphones and professional cameras, earning acclaim from WIRED, CES, New York Times, and Japan’s Good Design Award. Their cameras are sold at Apple Stores, Best Buys, and Costcos all around the world, endorsed by Internet stars like Casey Neistat, and support use-cases that extend far beyond extreme sports. In the past 40 years, there have only been 2 camera manufacturers to have IPO’d - and one of them is Insta360.

While startups today chase headlines, Insta360 has stayed quietly product-first with soft-spoken founders who have done less than a handful of media appearances. They were not the first nor the most well-funded. How did they succeed where others failed? What did they bring to the table and how did they create opportunity when everyone else saw none? We go boots on the ground to understand the rise of Insta360, how startups can topple giants, and how product can only be a moat with humility.

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You are welcome!

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Arooj Abbas, 21, and Aneesa Abbas, 23, were allegedly killed for refusing to bring their husbands — cousins from forced marriages — to Spain.

Incest and familicide..

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Surprised Pikachu

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I think that videos like this are great for showing the human side and personality of actors and actresses!

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The short answer is that you would heat up water in a different pot and then use an Yixing teapot for steeping and serving. Here are two good videos that go more in-depth on how to properly use an Yixing teapot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkCRS_3E9eA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OP0NPyWMwo

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You're right that this isn't a new video that was just uploaded but it's still a really great video. I'm sharing it so that the people who haven't haven't seen it can watch it while they have a meal if they want. I enjoyed this video a lot over breakfast LOL.

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This is not my YouTube channel or video but I thought people here would appreciate this quality video.

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You're welcome! I watched this while eating a meal and thought it would be good to share LOL

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Maybe it's out of date. This video was uploaded on March 27, 2019 and the speaker is a professor at the London School of Economics. I assume she knows her stuff.

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A unicorn is a privately held startup company valued at over $1 billion. You can read this Wikipedia article for more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn_(finance)

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Hollywood has been the overwhelmingly most visible player in the global film industry that it's not surprising that you've never heard of this film. I thought that it was an interesting discussion too and it will be interesting to see how the global film industry evolves as new players increasingly make their marks.

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Sunday brunch can last a while LOL

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To watch the video click the title link and watch it on YouTube. The channel has blocked it from being played on Reddit so you have to watch it on YouTube instead.

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LOL no to that too obviously... 🙄

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No it's literally an American YouTuber vlogging about her travels in China...

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I've never heard that but I don't think that's really relevant to Shin Lim or this video. There are tons of videos and articles where people break down and show how Shin Lim pulls off his tricks like this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm5QSovXYYI

I am sure that Shin Lim isn't faking anything but don't know about AGT.

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Click the video and watch it on YouTube. The channel blocked it from being played on Reddit but it works if you watch it on YouTube.

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It's a fun and quirky movie! Give it a try! I liked it.

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I thought it was a great little video and was happy to share it. I'm glad that you loved it!

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Jimmy Chin is an impressive Chinese American professional climber, mountaineer, skier, director and photographer. His recent documentary "Free Solo" with his wife Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi has received a 2019 Oscar nomination. We should really be celebrating this more! If you haven't seen it yet go out and see it!

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Lol I forgot that movie existed!

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I agree. I hope it wins! It is easily the best documentary that I watched this year.

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Glad you enjoyed it! It's one of the most non-stop fun and entertaining films that I've seen in a long time.