![]() She is also a non-executive director on the board of Barclays Bank UK. Recent travels have included visits to the rising-sea-level-threatened Pacific nation of Kiribati, Reactor 4 at Chernobyl 30 years after its meltdown and a reprise of his Hippie Trail adventures along the Silk Road, now part of China’s major One Belt One Road development.Īvid is Chief Operating Officer at Kobalt Music Group, the leading music and technology company built for artists, songwriters publishers and labels as an alternative to the traditional music business model. The Planet Wheeler Foundation, with more than 50 health and education projects in the developing world, the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing & Ideas in Melbourne, Australia, the recent launch of the Wheeler Institute of Business & Development at the London Business School and his position on the board of the California-based archaeological organization Global Heritage Fund also keep him busy. ![]() ![]() Despite the completion of the sale of the company in 2011 Tony still contributes to their publications, most recently Epic Drives and the new edition of The Cities Book. The company grew to become the world’s largest independent guidebook publisher and today has close to 150 million books in print in English as well as digital versions and a busy website. Tony and Maureen Wheeler’s six-month trip along the ‘Hippie Trail’ in 1972 led to Across Asia on the Cheap, the very first Lonely Planet guidebook. When he isn’t basking in the glow of a laptop, you can find him either reading or out running, trekking, surfing, and climbing up or skiing down a mountain. Prior to co-founding Blockchain, Peter lived, studied, and worked in the US, Europe, MENA, East Africa, and Asia. Peter is a 2016 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer and noted thought leader in the FinTech space, having been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business, TechCrunch, and spoken at conferences around the world including Techcrunch Disrupt, Money 20/20, Web Summit, Collision, Wired Money, among many others. By 2016, Blockchain’s software has powered over 100M transactions around the world. Under his leadership, Blockchain has become the market leader in digital currency and distributed ledger technology. That’s a great list of perks that will surely make the purchase of a new flagship even sweeter.Peter Smith is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Blockchain, a financial technology and data company that has empowered millions of users across the globe to store and transact digital value quickly and without costly intermediaries. Evernote - 3-12 month free subscription (dependent on country).EasilyDo Pro - 6 months free premium service.Box - Free 50GB for 6 months and $60 value.Flick Dat - Free download of $2 paid credit.LinkedIn - 3 months free premium service.Bloomberg Businessweek+ - Free 12-month subscription.Wall Street Journal - Free 6-month subscription.PayPal - $50 voucher on PayPal merchants.Skimble - 6 months free premium service.MapMyFitness - 6 months free premium service.RunKeeper - 1 year free premium service.While you probably won’t use all of these things, some of them will be useful for everyone - such as the $50 PayPal voucher. But Samsung’s $600 “Galaxy Gifts Package” that comes bundled with its new Galaxy S5 is worth talking about. Getting free apps and services with a new smartphone isn’t rare handset makers often use freebies to encourage consumers to adopt their latest product. ![]()
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