Moving On Up

Greetings TIKI tribe! A lot has happened since our crowdfunding campagin closed in late October. The biggest news for us is our move to Nashville, Tennessee! We’re settling in quite nicely (more on that below).

We’ve also moved our content here to Substack, where we’ll be sharing news from the data ownership world, as well as keeping you all apprised of the progress we’re making with the TIKI app.

You’re getting this newsletter today because you signed up on mytiki.com to get access to the beta app and stay apprised of TIKI’s progress. If you’re no longer interested, we won’t take offense. You can unsubscribe below.

If, on the other hand, you found us on Substack and want to subscribe, you can do that, too!

Our 100-Day Plan

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The TIKI 100-Day Plan

Note: Our 100 day plan kicked off Dec. 1. It took us a bit of time to get it all put together into a single succinct medium. With our crowdfunding raise and move to Nashville complete, we met as a team to flesh out the next 100 days from a tech, business, and user standpoint. Our mission has been and will continue to be a lofty one, though we are now pos…

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a year ago · Shane Faria, Mike Audi, and Barry O'Connor

TIKI Talk ep. 1

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TIKI Talk Ep. 1 12/22/21

Listen now (53 min) | Join Shane & Mike on the inaugural edition of the TIKI talk podcasts. Topics include reflections on their move to Nashville as well as what’s been happening and what to expect from a technology and user stand-point…

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a year ago · Shane Faria and Mike Audi

Hello, Nashville!

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Cowboy Up: TIKI Moves to Nashville

Have you ever seen a pineapple in cowboy boots? Well, neither have I, but I just contacted an artist on Etsy to commission something of the sort. This is all a part of a crazy past few weeks that has resulted in TIKI going from a remote company with a business address in central Massachusetts to real brick-and-mortar (th…

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a year ago · 1 like

Thanks to the Nashville Post for writing about our move!

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5,000 square feet in Midtown! We're glad to be in Nashville and grateful for the welcome. Thanks for the story, @NashvillePost! nashvillepost.com/business/techn… #nashville #startup #tech #business #mytiki #app

nashvillepost.comBoston tech company relocates to NashvilleData startup Tiki has leased 5,000 square feet in Midtown

6:01 PM ∙ Dec 21, 2021

What’s Happening with Your Data

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Your private life made public

I don’t mind smartphone apps that track my whereabouts. That valuable geographic information might be the basis for my alibi should I ever be falsely accused of knocking off a bank. Ha. That’s the wisecrack I used whenever conversations among friends turned towards data privacy (which, to be fair, wasn’t often). I was …

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a year ago · Shannon Bryan

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I see it now: A layperson’s eye opening to the current state of personal data

A few years ago, a friend of mine gifted me a palm-sized Betty White refrigerator magnet. It wasn’t my birthday or a holiday — she’d just seen it in a small bookstore and knew I’d like it. I did. I’ve fancied Betty White for years. And I love gifts like this, the kind that show that your friend really knows you…

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a year ago · 1 like · Shannon Bryan

Data Ownership in the News

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"2022 is going to be the start of us having real tools to work with people’s data while preserving their privacy" predicts Eric Rescorla, CTO of Firefox. fastcompany.com/90704618/the-b… #predictions #bigtech #data #dataownership

fastcompany.comThe biggest tech trends of 2022, according to over 40 expertsStartup founders, Big Tech execs, VCs, and tech scholars offer their predictions on how Web3, the metaverse, and other emerging ideas will shape the next year.

8:40 PM ∙ Jan 4, 2022

TIKI @my_tiki_

Who's tracking your kids? Life360 is selling data on kids’ and families’ whereabouts to approximately a dozen data brokers who have sold data to virtually anyone who wants to buy it. themarkup.org/privacy/2021/1… #dataprivacy #data #Life360

themarkup.orgThe Popular Family Safety App Life360 Is Selling Precise Location Data on Its Tens of Millions of Users – The MarkupThe app is a major source of raw location data for a multibillion-dollar industry that buys, packages, and sells people’s movements

7:00 PM ∙ Dec 7, 2021

TIKI @my_tiki_

Who owns your #healthdata? Not you. Medical providers own your #medicalrecords - & those apps & wearables that track your food, fitness & more? It's probable those apps own that data, too. - via @statnews statnews.com/2021/11/15/its… #dataownership #fitness #app #tech

statnews.comIt’s time for individuals — not doctors or companies — to own their health dataOwning a copy of your health data does not change property law, medical record requirements, or hinder the advancement of science. But it does build health equity by giving everyone equal access to their lifetime medical data.

10:06 PM ∙ Dec 16, 2021