🧨 “Banned in China” — Firework’s $100M broccoli. Bitcoin’s grounded. Zuck’s burn book.
You’re grounded: China just all-out banned crypto-anything in China… but that could be good for crypto in the US. Firework is TikTokifying Albertsons’ grocery app because of “The 3 Vs.” And the WSJ’s ...
27 Sep 202117min
🥖 “Limited Breadsticks” — Olive Garden’s new spice. Amazon’s dressing rooms. Redwood’s urban mining.
Olive Garden’s record high stock price explains the rift between Wall Street and Main Street. Amazon is whipping up its 1st department stores with a focus on the dressing room (#EndRetailGhosting). An...
24 Sep 202119min
🌝 “Oompa Loompa TV” — Princess Polly’s IPO. Netflix’s chocolate factory. Airbnb’s travel revolution.
Forget Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothing… Princess Polly and Culture Kings just IPO’d thanks to Real-Time Fashion (and micro-influencers). Netflix just made its biggest acquisition with “Charlie &...
23 Sep 202118min
👩🎤 “Gaga goes public” — Universal Music’s IPO. Sorare’s soccer NFT. Volkswagen+.
Universal Music popped on its IPO because your Insta stories are powering music. Sorare just landed the biggest deal in NFT history because it turned Lionel Messi into a game. And Volkswagen is Netfli...
22 Sep 202119min
🐳 “It’s the ripple, not the splash” — Evergrande’s crisis. Hotel Peloton. The Emmys’ real winner.
Stock markets had their worst day in months because China’s got a brewing real estate crisis (cue the Lehman Brothers vibes). We noticed that Peloton’s website has a curious “Hotels” tab, so we clicke...
21 Sep 202119min
🛥️ “Cool nuclear sub, brah” — Submarine stock-apalooza. Dutch Bros broistas. Microsoft’s $60B treat-yo-self.
We just got a peek into the nuclear submarine industry after subs experienced their biggest drama since the periscope. Dutch Bros coffee popped 60% since its IPO because it’s taking on Starbucks and D...
20 Sep 202119min
👩🚀 “Elon’s favorite child” — SpaceX vs Everyone. $Harvard vs $Yale. NYC vs Delivery apps.
SpaceX wasn’t the first to send regular humans to space, but this week’s launch is otherworldly. Harvard’s college endowment is bigger than ½ the countries in the world, and it’s making an unprecedent...
17 Sep 202117min
🍦 “Grab your McFlurry wrench” — Canva’s $40B tap-onomics. McDonald’s McFlurrygate. Rivian’s Ricky Bobby eTruck.
Canva just became the #5 most valuable startup, and the #1 most valuable female-founded startup ever. Rivian just hit the biggest milestone yet for electric cars: Actually selling the 1st electric tru...
16 Sep 202120min
