âThe only Will Smith stockâ â iRobotâs Cadillac vacuum. Shopify + Walmart vs. Amazon. Airbnbâs anti-racism algorithm.
iRobot is the only robot company thatâs WFH right now, but weâve got a bold idea for its next move: Sell yourself. Shopify shares surged on word it is partnering with Walmart for an unprecedented rebel alliance against the Amazon empire. And Airbnb just whipped up âProject Lighthouseâ to fix racism on its platform â We think the entire gig economy could use that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
16 Jun 202018min
âThrow cash in the $14B Instacartâ â Photoshop pulls a Snapchat. Travel stocks go big/go home. Instacart & Doordash raise funds.
Because youâre doing delivery for everything your body consumes, Instacart and Doordash just raised mega fundraising rounds (sorry, you canât invest in them yet). Adobe wants to make sure Gen Z uses âPhotoshopâ as a verb, so it just launched a freaky new photo-filtering app. And travel stocksâ latest plummet has made them 2020âs case study in risk/reward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
15 Jun 202016min
âWhy stocks plummeted 7%â â Chewyâs over-eagerness. Zoomâs China drama. The Dowâs 7% drop.
That recovery rally hit a hard Wall Street wall, so weâre looking at why the Dow plummeted 7% for its worst day in months. Chewy is enjoying the current puppy-palooza, but itâs more focused on its anti-Amazon tactic: customer service. And in 1 day we just saw 2 opposite approaches to doing biz in China â Zoomâs way (censor) and a scrappy podcast startupâs way (donât-censor). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
12 Jun 202016min
âSelling cannabis shovelsâ â Scotts Miracle-Groâs green rush. Grubhub gets acquired. Wave virtual concerts.
Scotts Miracle-Gro is enjoying the pimp yoâ lawn life, but weâre more focused on its other green side hustle. Grubhub was supposed to be acquired by Uber, but now itâs ditching for a European lover. And not-quite-Unicorn-of-the-Day Wave snags $30M to make virtual concerts a thing you take seriously. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
11 Jun 202015min
âGen T = Generation Tiktokâ â Restoration Hardware doubles-down. IBMâs anti-facial tech. TikTokâs business trifecta.
While youâre buying online, fancy furniture retailer Restoration Hardware is tripling-down on the physical world â itâs launching hotels. IBM is actually abandoning its entire facial recognition division on worries it could become a weapon of racial oppression. And put Millennials and Gen-Z aside for a sec â we just got data on what the little kids are watching (hint, weâre calling them Gen T now). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
10 Jun 202014min
âMake Winnebago-ing a verbâ â Thor Industriesâ resurgence. DocuSignâs fun funnel. Wahedâs Islami-Fintech
Thor Industriesâ sales of Winnebagos over the last month show how vacations have changed. DocuSign is thriving in the corona-conomy, but weâre focused on how e-signatures are just the top of the fun funnel of its true business. And Wahed raised a fresh $25M to scale its shariah-compliant investing product, taking Islami-Fintech to 130 more countries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
9 Jun 202017min
âThe Crocs of Ecommerceâ â eBayâs all-time high. Volkswagenâs e-investment. Mayâs shocking Jobs Report.
Remember eBay? Shares just hit an all-time high, but we think we know how they can keep the mojo going. Germanyâs support for electric cars like Volkwagenâs is showing what 21st century investment in infrastructure looks like. And the May Jobs Report pretty much shocked everyone who read it, so we jumped into the little black book of hiring/firing (congrats, dentists). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
8 Jun 202016min
Yup, itâs a cult stockâ â Nikola love/hates Tesla. ZoomInfo is the biggest tech IPO of 2020. American Airlinesâ normal data.
Donât call it Zoom â ZoomInfo is the biggest tech IPO of 2020, so weâre looking at why it jumped 70% on its first day of trading. Nikola is trying to take on Tesla, but itâs really a cult stock right now. And American Airlinesâ latest data encouraged investors big time, because they love forward-looking data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
5 Jun 202019min
