The Best One Yet

What will be the drink of the summer? We predict it will be BeatBox’s boxed punch wine — And we used 3 trendspotting strategies to make the forecast. What if your car honked at you every time you drove over 80mph? A new California law may make that happen — Drivers are surprised, but we think it’ll be standard soon… in every car in America. And Nvidia’s blockbuster earnings report was fueled by sa...

The ScarJo/ChatGPT drama just got juicer — It turns out OpenAI asked actress Scarlett Johansen last year about using her voice for their chatbot, but she said no… and that’s just the start. Target is slashing the prices on 5,000 products this summer, just as McDonald’s and Wendy’s dropped prices too — Because we’re about to enter Hot Value Summer. And Sonos just launched its 1st ever over-ear head...

Coca-Cola, Lockheed Martin, & Burger King are all pursuing the same marketing strategy: Pay your tuition — Companies are dishing out scholarships because brands are the new institutions. Ozempic is facing its first ever dupe, a version that costs 85% less — Hims & Hers found a loophole, and are launching a weight-loss business line off it. And The Red Lobster filed for bankruptcy yesterday...

Raising Cane’s has become the fastest growing chicken chain in the country, it’s 10x bigger than Sweetgreen — But their secret sauce is actually an app… that you can’t use. A Mercedes’ factory voted against unionizing last week, dealing the UAW a blow — But the real story here involves Alabama Football Coach Nick Saban and the “Alabama Discount”. And Copper prices are beating gold, crypto, and the...

Job satisfaction just hit a record high 62.7% in America, but it also revealed a strange paradox — More Americans prefer company culture than a promotion or pay raise. Netflix just gave itself the biggest Christmas gift of all: NFL football games for the next 3 Christmases — But Netflix isn’t buying NFL games, they’re renting them. And Wayfair, the online-only furniture store, is opening their fir...

Elmo, Big Bird, and Mr. Snuffleupagus are trending on social media because of Sesame Street’s new strategy — Sometimes you’ve got to do things that don’t scale. Uber just launched its newest form of transportation: A bus — Because public transportation can’t take you to a 10pm concert or a 6am Costco run. And Google’s new artificial intelligence announcement is actually going to kill Google Search...

Kim Kardashian’s Skims just announced a WNBA partnership — Because Skims is competing where Victoria’s Secret and Spanx won’t play. Pizza Hut is launching its first… hamburger — But 30 years ago, McDonald’s tried launching a pizza. And it’s a case study in getting out of your comfort zone. And the White House just quadrupled tariffs on EVs, batteries, solar panels, and chips from China — Because “...

With the Knicks and Rangers deep in the playoffs for the first time in decades, MSG Sports stock is winning right now — But it suffers from the Diva Discount (we’re talking James Dolan). Sam Altman and OpenAI just announced their newest AI breakthrough: GPT4o — But this isn’t about how smart it is, it’s about how easy it is to use. And GameStop’s stock ended the day 74% higher because Roaring Kitt...

The world’s most-northern piece of real estate just hit the market for $300M — We predict who will buy Svalbard, and what kind of wild polar park it will become. Warby Parker’s stock surged 18% last week because of a wild retention stat — 100% of Warby-wearers buy a 2nd pair within 4 years. And General Motors just announced it’s killing the Chevrolet Malibu, which was GM’s last sedan — turns out,...

Victorinox’s legendary Swiss Army Knife faces an existential challenge: knife bans — So it’s offering a knife-less swiss army knife that’s actually more like a steak knife. Disney and Warner Brothers Discovery are launching a streaming bundle this summer that includes Disney+, Hulu, and Max — People say this is like a cable TV all over again, we show how it’s not.  And Del Monte Foods ha...

Neutrogena has lost its crown as the #1 dermatologist-recommended skincare… and #1 in sales — Because CeraVe did 3 things Neutrogena was too afraid to do. The New York Times just passed a wild milestone — The NYT has more gaming & cooking subscribers than news subscribers. And FTX just announced the perfect bankruptcy — All FTX customers are will be repaid in full, despite Sam Bankman-Fried’s...

The new trend in fees? The Flake Fee — From restaurants to salons to spin classes, more Americans are getting charged for canceling last second. We’re in the middle of Netflix is a Joke, the 12 day comedy fest in LA that’s streamed live on Netflix — Netflix is betting on a live streamed comedy fest, because First Movers keep moving. And Uber & Instacart are rivals, but just moved into each oth...

Disney just became the 1st US theme park to receive a restaurant Michelin star — Because Disney is turning into Vegas… and Vegas is turning into Disney. We call it “Blendertainment”. Duolingo stock just hit an all-time high because it’s using AI to converse with you in French — Duolingo is making AI an asset, not an adversary. And Warren Buffett just hosted the “Coachella for Capitalism,” but the...

Bubble Tea stocks are IPO’ing minting boba tea billionaires — But bubble tea is actually the perfect case study on a financial bubble… The Bubble Tea Bubble. Apple just announced its worst earnings report we’ve ever seen — And we think we discovered its secret numbers on the Apple Vision Pro. Norway banned smartphones in schools and we just got the experiment’s results — Turns out iPhones should b...

Audible is reproducing all Harry Potter books into audiobooks (again), but this time with a full ensemble voice cast (hollywood style) — Because the buckets of media have spilled into each other. Barry’s Bootcamp is trying to sell itself for at least $700M — Because nothing drives cash flow like a cult. And T-Mobile has gone from the joke #3 wireless company to the clear #1 — So we whipped up a ca...

Vaulted Deep is removing carbon by burying waste deep underground, and it’s stealing a trick from fracking — Yup, underground Poop could help us fight climate change.  Airbnb just unveiled a new class of listings: “Icons”: You can stay at the X-Men Mansion or the house from Up — And Airbnb got the idea from Lego. And some Cannabis stocks doubled Tuesday on word the US government is changing h...

Bumble is ending its biggest differentiator now that guys can make the 1st move — But Bumble followed the scientific method of launching. Walmart just launched its own version of Costco’s Kirkland brand — “Bettergoods” is Walmart’s 1st new brand in 20 years and it’s all about the DINK. And Detroit was stuck in a brutal 70 year Doom Loop, but it’s reversed into a Boom Loop – We tell the story of De...

Viking River Cruises is about to IPO at a $10B valuation — It’s not just a pure-play cruise stock, it’s a pure-player Boomer stock. Blade isn’t just a private helicopter that takes you to the Hamptons anymore — Blade’s new business is organ transport, and it’s moved more kidneys than any business ever. And the Non-Compete Agreement is officially dead — The FTC will no longer let your boss be your...

We won the Webby Award for “Best Business Podcast”! And we can’t thank you enough. 🎊 Tractor Supply, the publicly-traded farm store, sells live chickens and is enjoying a record high stock price — And it’s winning because Millennials are migrating from the city to the country (still). Google and Microsoft are $2 trillion and $3 trillion companies because they’re winning in Artificial Intelligence...

We brought up a surprise guest for our Live TBOY show in NYC: Marc Lore, the founder of the most iconic ecommerce brands of all time — and the most energetic entrepreneur we’ve ever met… Marc sold Diapers.com to Amazon for $550M, he sold Jet.com to Walmart for $3.3B, he owns an NBA team, he’s building a tech city in the desert, and he just raised nearly $1B for Wonder to disrupt the restaurant ind...

Live… from New York… it’s The Best One Yet! We performed a live podcast in front of a live studio audience of 400 Besties and Yetis in New York City. So today’s episode has some extra razzle dazzle and sprinkle dinkle… Watch it on Youtube ! For our 1st story, Tesla’s worst earnings report ever — But we think Tesla may be going through the same moment as Netflix. For our 2nd story, it’s Handbag War...

The miracle weight loss drugs (Ozempic, Wegovy, etc) appear to have a shocking side-effect: Increased fertility in women — Ozempic may be accidentally causing a little Baby Boom. Apple is reportedly in talks to buy the exclusive global streaming rights to the new FIFA soccer tournament —  It’s the Super World Cup of Soccer Clubs… only on Apple+. And Verizon’s stock has barely budged in 20 yea...

Nike’s stock has fallen by nearly half since 2021 and we found 3 reasons why — One is that Nike failed to learn a valuable lesson from The Beatles. Volkswagen’s factory in Chattanooga Tennessee just became the first non-Detroit car company to form a workers union — But this story isn’t just about VW, it’s about the American South. And in the last two weeks, 2 online therapy companies have raised o...

Amazon’s newest business is actually a secret spy business — And Amazon used it to infiltrate Walmart and other competitors. Korea’s K-Pop bands don’t just play songs, they play stocks — The Big 4 Korean music groups are publicly-traded on Wall Street because K-Pop’s biz is popping. Meta just put an AI Chatbot into the searchbar of all their apps, including Instagram — Mark Zuckerberg’s advantage...

It’s finally here… Bitcoin’s biggest day in 4 years: “The Halvening.” So we whipped up a special episode to explain what the Halvening is: 3 stories from the past 4 years that illustrate the promise, potential, and pitfalls of Bitcoin. We look at 1. Bitcoin as cash money 2. Bitcoin as borderless international currency 3. Bitcoin as investable asset By the time you’re done with this pod, you’ll und...