It is the second annual Golden Compass Awards where we recognize awesome products, influential people, and big missteps. Was 2021 a repeat of 2020? Will any person, product, or company win in back-to-back years? Who broke through the noise? Tune in to find out.

Recorded Date: Sunday, December 26, 2021

Time Stamps

• 00:00:25: Breakout Award
• 00:03:55: Trend of the Year
• 00:06:09: Fail of the Year
• 00:08:54: Product of the Year
• 00:10:10: Person of the Year
• 00:12:51: Company of the Year

Highlights

• Nubank is banking without assault rifles
• Rivian is further proof of the hotness of the EV market
• Africa startups had a banger year with several new unicorns
• Crypto has gone mainstream after over a decade
• Didi alone has brought down Chinese tech stocks
• Covid vaccines have helped us come back to some level of normalcy
• It was the retail investors' year
• We have both contributed to Apple's bottom line
• 2021 is 2020's sequel
• 2021 was our deep dive into FinTech

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