I did say a candid shot of ‘you right now’… and Mike Murphy (@mcwm) delivered. While British-born, Mike resides in the US and now graces Protocol with his words/mind. Protocol - published by Politico - focuses on ‘the people, power and politics of tech’ and speaks with the movers, shakers and policy makers. Chicken/baseball-loving Mike is known for prolific tweets (+100k!), his love/hate relationship with Apple and a long stint at Quartz. Now Transformation Editor at Protocol, Mike is looking at the big picture and likes a very tailored pitch to mike[at]protocol[dot]com. Don’t DM (they’re a mess) or phone (he never answers) - show him your robot. A source of truth and sense, I snagged Mike to talk about Tech, COVID-19’s impact and where the titans will be going next.

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How will COVID-19 affect the tech industry in the next 12-months? 24-months? What's definitely going to happen and not happen? Will the nerds get their CES?!

MM: I think over the short term, we're going to see a retraction in a lot of investments, and more longer-term, …

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