
đœ âXiâs surprise Iowan famâ â Chinaâs Presidentâs Midwestern history. Chipotleâs new robo-veggie chain. Windfarm Cityâs cancellation.
Chinaâs President Xi is visiting San Francisco this week to meet President Biden â But his old host family in Iowa from 1985 is the guest of honor, because deals are about relationships. The founder o...
14 Nov 202321min

đ« âHow KitKat won Japanâ â KitKatâs Omiyage strategy. Humaneâs iPhone killer. Hot Strike Summerâs sequel.
Tickets to TBOY Live in San Francisco here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shack15-live-the-best-one-yet-tickets-755859846147Why were $250K of Japanese KitKats just stolen? Because KitKat is a coveted c...
13 Nov 202322min

đââïž âGwyneth goes to Tarjayâ â Goopâs hot pivot. Netflixâs LA movie theater. Cruiseâs robotaxi brake.
Netflix spent $70M over 3-years to renovate the most historic movie theater in America â Because thereâs corporate *philanthropy* and then thereâs corporate *heroism*.Gwyneth Paltrowâs Goop is making ...
10 Nov 202321min

đ§ââïž âZelda does Hollywoodâ â Nintendoâs creativity hack. Peak Credit Cards debt. Stephen Colbertâs Google threat.
Following the success of the Mario movie, Nintendo confirmed itâs making a Zelda movie next â So we looked into how Mario scales creativity.Americansâ credit card debt just passed $1 Trillion â We exp...
9 Nov 202320min

đ âRIP Great Resignationâ â Quiet Quittingâs reversal. WeWorkâs Bankruptcy. Sheinâs ultra-fast IPO.
WeWork, the company that invented the âhot desk,â has declared bankruptcy â Adam Neumann injured the WeWork, but the real estate market killed it.Shein pioneered ultra-fast fashion and now reportedly ...
8 Nov 202321min

đ âChristmas Creepâ â Holiday sales already here. Bumbleâs founder moves on. Warren Buffettâs cash pile.
Noticed that holiday shopping promotions already replaced Halloween? âChristmas Creepâ is happening earlier than ever â Because Early Bird shoppers are the most valuable kind.Bumbleâs founder, Whitney...
7 Nov 202320min

đ âPSL won the fallâ â Starbucksâ record quarter. Sam Bankman-Friedâs lesson. Cloroxâs crippled quarter.
Starbucksâ surged 10% last week thanks to a Pumpkin Spice Latte-powered record quarter â But 20 years ago, the PSLâs creation almost didnât happen.Sam Bankman-Fried is guilty of âone of the biggest fi...
6 Nov 202321min

đ· âWould you pay $17 for Instagram?â â Instaâs ad-free subscription. EstĂ©e Lauderâs airport surprise. Six Flagsâ fun-cquisition.
Meta just launched ad-free Instagram in Europe â But we think Zuck doesnât want it to work because price ($17/mo) is a signal.EstĂ©e Lauderâs beauty stock just plummeted to its lowest level in 6 years ...
3 Nov 202322min





















