Steven's week 216: News about the Facebook outage, Netflix gaming and more!

Welcome! This week I talk about Facebook's outage and the dependency questions it raised, TikTok owner ByteDance is building an e-commerce platform and Netflix looks ready to enter the gaming world. Enjoy, and see you next week!

Content:
00:23 Facebook outage
02:01 ByteDance entering e-commerce
03:15 Netflix gaming

Sources:
Facebook down: https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/10/04/facebook-instagram-and-whatsapp-outage-what-we-know-so-far
ByteDance e-commerce move: https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-owner-bytedance-is-building-an-international-shopping-platform-2021-10?r=US&IR=T
Netflix enters gaming world: https://www.cbr.com/netflix-oxenfree-night-school/

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Steven Van Belleghem is an international keynote speaker. Over the past years Steven has given more than 1,000 presentations at events in over 40 countries. His core expertise is the future of customer centricity and customer experience. The combination between customer-centric thinking, the latest technologies and the human touch is the guiding principle in Steven’s stories.


Steven is an entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of inspiration agency Nexxworks and social media agency Snackbytes. As an investor he is also involved in the fast-growing digital agency Intracto and AI scale-up Hello Customer. Finally, Steven is also on the board of directors of Plan International. In addition to his entrepreneurial activities Steven is a part-time marketing professor at the Vlerick Business School and a guest lecturer at London Business School. His opinion is often shared in media like Forbes, Warc, The Guardian,…


Steven has authored four international bestsellers and has sold more than 130,000 books. His work has been translated into seven languages and he is the recipient of a variety of awards (most innovative marketing book, best marketing book, best international business book).