Greg Bae is a NYC-based team member at Comcast Ventures, the VC arm of Comcast and NBCUniversal.
He attended the University of Oregon, studying Economics, Applied Mathematics and Political Science and currently completing Executive Education from Villanova's School of Business.
After working in finance and operations for small and large companies in the Pacific Northwest, he moved to Philadelphia to join Comcast's Cable Networks HQ, where he oversaw financials and assisted in Comcast's acquisition of NBCUniversal. He is a current participant of Comcast NBCUniversal's Financial Mangement Leadership Program and has completed year-long rotations in Corporate Internal Audit and Corporate Strategic & Financial Planning.
Now a resident of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, he works to to stay on top of emerging tech trends and business models, while acting as a bridge between the NYC tech community and Comcast NBCUniversal.
- global smartphone penetration at 17%
- 90% of smartphone shipment Android or iOS
It’s an elusive concept. There’s a certain sharpness, an ability to absorb new facts. To walk into a situation, have something explained to you and immediately say, “Well, what about this?” To ask an insightful question. To absorb it in real time. A capacity to remember. To relate to domains that may not seem connected at first. A certain creativity that allows people to be effective.
Five million iPhone 5s sold its opening weekend, making it the fastest-selling iPhone of all time.
The stock will open tomorrow well above $700 (it’s $702 right now in after-hours). The market cap is at $655 billion — it’s now nearly $400 billion ahead of Microsoft.
It was only May 26, 2010 that Microsoft was still ahead in that regard. Since then, Microsoft has gained around $35 billion in value. Apple has gained $430 billion.
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Apple sold more iOS devices in 2011 than all the Macs sold it in 28 years
Tim Cook on the 55 million iPads sold to date:
This 55 is something no one would have guessed. Including us. To put it in context, it took us 22 years to sell 55 million Macs. It took us about 5 years to sell 22 million iPods, and it took us about 3 years to sell that many iPhones. And so, this thing is, as you said, it’s on a trajectory that’s off the charts.
Glistening Hong Kong in the Rain
Katie Hosmer, mymodernmet.comAs the rest of us run for cover in rainy or snowy weather, French photographer Christophe Jacrot deliberately goes out in the storm. “I see these elements as a fabulous ground for photography,” he says, “an under-used visual universe…