đŸ„± “Boring Biz” — The Boring Entrepreneurship Trend. 5HourEnergy’s Monopoly. Pokemon’s $3.8B Acquisition.
The Best One Yet17 Mar 2025

đŸ„± “Boring Biz” — The Boring Entrepreneurship Trend. 5HourEnergy’s Monopoly. Pokemon’s $3.8B Acquisition.

5 Hour Energy owns 90% of the market
 which is why this energy shot got sued.

The company behind Pokemon Go got bought by Saudi Arabia
 because tech is more valuable than content.

The hottest trend in entrepreneurship? Mature, boring industries
 we explain why boring is booming.

Plus, on St. Paddy’s Day, Wall Street tends to get lucky.


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đŸ„Ź “Organic Doritos?” — Whole Foods’ amazonification. Palantir’s anti-college recruiting. AI’s unpopularity problem. +Nvidia’s chicken stock

đŸ„Ź “Organic Doritos?” — Whole Foods’ amazonification. Palantir’s anti-college recruiting. AI’s unpopularity problem. +Nvidia’s chicken stock

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 so it’s hiring 18-year-olds for full-time jobs.Did you notice Doritos at Whole Foods?... Because the organic grocer has been “Amazonified.”AI has a PR problem...

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đŸ“ș “Nobody Wants This
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đŸ“ș “Nobody Wants This
 Product placement” — Netflix's ad drama. Earnings Season’s exception. Neo’s home robot. +DoorDash’s cuffing szn

Netflix’s #1 show is full of conspicuous Dunkin logos
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đŸ‘» “Paranormal profits” — Horror’s box office record. Starbucks’ delivery biz. Gov Shutdown’s 2nd month. +KPop (Lehman) Hunters

đŸ‘» “Paranormal profits” — Horror’s box office record. Starbucks’ delivery biz. Gov Shutdown’s 2nd month. +KPop (Lehman) Hunters

Horror took 17% of the US box office this year, a record high
 it’s the divisive dividend.Starbucks sales grew last Q for the first time in 7 quarters 
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🩈 “I’m out” — Shark Tank’s China trade deal. Nvidia’s $5T flowers. Fruitist’s $1B blueberry. +Candy Salad Trick-or-Treat

🩈 “I’m out” — Shark Tank’s China trade deal. Nvidia’s $5T flowers. Fruitist’s $1B blueberry. +Candy Salad Trick-or-Treat

Nvidia became the 1st biz to hit $5T
 because its chips are actually perishable like flowers.Fruitist carefully bred blueberries to be the size of golf balls
 and now it’s worth $1 billion.Trump is me...

30 Okt 202519min

â˜č “AI Party Police — Airbnb’s Halloween plan. Wikipedia vs Grokipedia. The Great Hiring Freeze. +Stock Market’s #1 Day

â˜č “AI Party Police — Airbnb’s Halloween plan. Wikipedia vs Grokipedia. The Great Hiring Freeze. +Stock Market’s #1 Day

Airbnb is using AI to block parties this Halloween
 It’s their new Party Pooper with a Purpose.Wikipedia visits are falling for the 1st time
 and Elon Musk launched “Grokipedia”.Amazon is laying off 1...

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đŸ„ “Unplugged on Sunday” — Chick-fil-A’s vending machine. College Football’s $50M firings. CreedTok’s viral hit. +Exclamation Inflation!!!!

đŸ„ “Unplugged on Sunday” — Chick-fil-A’s vending machine. College Football’s $50M firings. CreedTok’s viral hit. +Exclamation Inflation!!!!

College football coaches are getting fired
 but then paid millions #GoldenJockstrapsChick-fil-A’s 1st vending machine opened in Georgia
 Because we live in a Kiosk Economy.The boxing movie “Creed” has...

28 Okt 202522min

🩿 “Self-Running Sneaks” — Nike’s moonshot merch. Carbone’s AI restaurant. The Scariest Stock Chart. +H’ween Biz Costumes

🩿 “Self-Running Sneaks” — Nike’s moonshot merch. Carbone’s AI restaurant. The Scariest Stock Chart. +H’ween Biz Costumes

Nike’s dropped $1B on research for a motorized shoe
 It’s betting on 3 wild moonshots.Carbone’s fancy restaurant invests in Magic AI
 to customize your whole restaurant experience.The scariest stock m...

27 Okt 202522min

đŸƒâ€â™€ïž “Doing Things” — Ty Haney, Founder of Outdoor Voices

đŸƒâ€â™€ïž “Doing Things” — Ty Haney, Founder of Outdoor Voices

The Rise, fall, and resurrection of the coolest athleisure brand of the 20-teens, Outdoor Voices.No one does things like Ty Haney - She’s the Anna Wintour of Athleisure, creating the Nike-devouring ap...

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