💀 “Scary Good” — Halloween’s Skelly economy. Detroit’s minivan miss. Ramp’s money musical. +Celeb Beauty Bubble
12-foot skeleton decorations make Halloween corporate America’s favorite holiday.Ramp, the FinTech company, made a Broadway musical inspired by Hamilton.Detroit’s 3 big car companies had 2 huge misses...
6 Okt 23min
🥹 “Adorrrrrable” — AI agent’s cute-washing. Arcteryx vs. Patagonia. Skydance’s megastudio. +Publicly traded poetry
Why is every tech brand launching a cute AI mascot?… It’s the Labubufication of AI.Arcteryx has become an accidental luxury brand… just like Patagonia before it.Paramount + Warner Bros closes tomorrow...
5 Okt 22min
⛹️♀️ “Pink Tax Break” — Nike’s Caitlin Clark shoes. Chasin’ Texas record. AI Panic-Maxxing. +Hire-a-Hawk
Nike launched the Caitlin 1s, and men are already superfans… “Shrink it and pink it” is over.Ella Langley broke Mariah Carey’s Billboard Hot 100 record… but you’ve never heard the song?Accenture just ...
2 Okt 23min
🏝️ “Bread, shelter, caribbean” — Carnival’s sacrosanct cruises. Google’s space data center. Carnegie Mellon Miami’s $3B. +No-Phone-Zones
Carnival Cruises is setting record after record… because vacations are now sacrosanct.Google is launching a test data center on a SpaceX rocket… But will it work in space?Ken Griffin donated $3B to Ca...
1 Okt 22min
⛷️ “Wipeout” — Vail’s ski recession. Anthropic’s IPO leak. Man City’s soccer sham. +Probiotic Undies
Vail Resorts reported a 12% drop in season pass sales… so they’re using a trick from baseball. Anthropic’s IPO paperwork leaked… it sells something worth $3 for just $1.Man City soccer is guilty of 11...
30 Sep 21min
🍔 "Ball Pit Bailout" — McDonald’s PlayPlace plan. The Pitt’s Figs fashion. Nvidia’s Jurassic Park AI. +Handwritten Resumes
McDonald’s has lost its reputation for low prices… so it’s bringing back the PlayPlace.Figs makes the scrubs in HBO’s The Pitt… and its stock has doubled in the past year.Nvidia says it can contain al...
29 Sep 20min
🩻 “Hospitality Healthcare” — Neko’s viral bodyscanner. Zuck’s AI tax. Le Labo’s city scents. +French Butter Smuggle
Neko’s $7B bodyscanner launched in NYC to analyze every mole… and 25K are on the waitlist.Meta’s Muse AI now has an adorable physical form… And Zuck found a new business model.Le Labo’s fragrances hit...
28 Sep 22min
🦸 “Superhero Money” — Interview with Tim Draper: The Godfather of VC
Live from San Francisco, we sit down with Tim Draper, the venture capitalist who wrote early checks into Tesla, SpaceX, Skype, Coinbase, Twitch and more than 20 unicorns. He was the first investor to ...
25 Sep 47min
