besides the founder being arianna huffington?k for is evidence of product market fit in hypergrowth. what is amazing as we looked at fries -- we look at the rise compared to other companies. thrive's first year is out of the gate in terms of customer adoption, revenue growth, which was phenomenal. that, we look for evidence that land expand, they were refurb , lending big customers with sizable contracts before they had a fully fledged salesforce. they are renewing those contracts before the contracts are due. they were expanding into different departments. in the best part we really look for is a customer referring this product, this service over to other people in the industry? people in human capital know each other very well. it is a small, closely community. emily: arianna, you are trying to change behavior, which is difficult. what kind of change are you seeing, and how much work is there to be done? arianna: emily, there is a lot of work to be done. but what is exciting is that we are at a tipping point. more and more indi

huffington was joined by others. arianna and the multiple clients around the world, refining our ip, our behavior change, pathways, micro steps, and now with this new funding, we can create digital, science-based behavioral change offerings for corporations around the world, and for consumers to help them reduce the stress and burnout and there life while improving the productivity. at the heart is this fact, which is entirely science-based that our well-being and performance are tied together. they rise and fall together. among companies realize that, they will continue to accelerate their investment in human capital because that has immediate and verifiable impact on the bottom line. emily: what do you see in a company like thrive? besides the founder being arianna huffington? >> the big thing we look for is evidence of product market fit in hypergrowth. what is amazing as we looked at fries -- we look at the rise compared to other companies. thrive's first year is out of the gate in terms of customer adoption, revenue gro

. >>> still ahead this morning, arianna huffington going to join us post 9 cnbc exclusive we'll get here on everything from uber to net neutrality t stanley drunkenmiller. and a new ypcuencrtorrcy initiative the company's founder will join us when "squawk" comes right back >>> apple announceing a maj investment in the lei laser company, stocks surging on the news we sat down with coo of apple and finisar. he joins us now. >> apple's steve cook came on cnbc and first announced $1 million advanced manufacturing fund apple made a first investment, $200 million to corning. this morning a second investment, $390 million apple will be investing in finisar you mentioned the stock the. check it out, it's surging on the news finisar will use the money to build out this facility in sherman, texas, where they will ramp up production of chips that help power a range of popular apple technologies from face id to emoji to ar kit i did have a chance to speak with apple ceo jeff williams interestingly jeff williams said that apple could very well spend even more on high-tech american firms, that we sho

emily: coming up, we will hear from arianna huffington, her harassment,n sexual from silicon valley toashington. plus, cyber monday sales, we begin to the numbers. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: the chairman of the fcc is going on the offensive, defending net neutrality protections. since january has issued everyone from web companies to celebrities to lambaste his plan to dismantle the obama era protection. he took particular aim at twitter saying "when it comes to open internet, twitter is part of the problem. the use their boot -- their viewpoint to discriminate. " amazon said cyber monday was the biggest shopping day ever in the company's history. according to adobe analog most -- analytics, a rate -- there were $6.5 billion in online sales for all online companies. numbers are still rolling in. the things you mentioned, adobe systems there. they have come out with their prediction. they are expecting the most ever in the u.s.. they are seeing half of that. web traffict wed -- was up, and that there would raise today, with traffic growing, 31% and counting for more than 50% of all v

i think it's good to bring awareness to the issue as arianna huffington was saying there. >> as crazyay sound. maybe tech has something product-wise, ways to anonymously report you talk about uses for block chain and the ledger allow people to report incidents that concern them anonymously and be alerted when other people report on the same person. i know, give power into the hands of the people being harassed here. get honest, silicon valley. >> "squawk alley" will be back in a minute. dow is up 223. they came out of nowhere, sir! how many of 'em? we don't know. dozens. all right! let's teach these freaks some manners! good luck out there, captain! thanks! but i don't need luck, i have skills... i don't have my keys. (on intercom) all hands. we are looking for the captain's keys again. they are on a silver carabiner. oh, this is bad. as long as people misplace their keys, you can count on geico saving folks money. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> major indices up, obviously not as high as they were earlier today. tow is up 223, but what's i

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. >>> senator jim scott, tim scott, i'm sorry, highlighted there, arianna huffington post writer calledident trump. senator scott responded. we'll tell you what he said. ♪ stuart: the tax bill will be signed in just about an hour from now, earlier we spoke with senator john kennedy who calls it a win for every one. roll tape. >> this bill is going to cut taxes for just about every american. when you double the standard deduction, when you double the child tax credit, when you lower the marginal rates, people are going to have more take-home pay. they deserve it because they can spend the money they earn better than government can and businesses are going to see tax cuts. and, their employees are going to notice it right away because they're going to have more coemployees as new people are hired. and as new things like software are purchased and new plants and machinery and equipment, those employees, new and old will be made more productive and their wages will go up. shorten colds with a snap, and reduce symptom severity by 45%. shorten your cold with a snap, with zicam. ...from godadd

for example he was very good , friends with arianna thefington and helped start " huffington post."ost: how friendly was he with the drudge report? wil: while he worked with them for a time. host: let me show you some video of alex marlowe, the editor in chief of the breitbart site. here he was on our call in show. >> people in american life right now have a huge distain for washington. this is a liberal and conservative thing. people do not like the -- permanent political class in washington. breitbart does not identify with a party. we hold republicans just as accountable as democrats. host: that was march 5, 2016. how much time did you spend around alex? wil: tons of time. i still talk to him regularly. i spoke to him late last night. he is a fascinating guy. he is very young. he was brought into the world of media and politics. he was interested in high school, but right out of college he and andrew breitbart met. breitbart put him to work doing things like moderate to rating -- moderating the comments on various websites. breitbart died and websites were merging, and this new t