The Best One Yet

Taylor Swift is turning her concert into a movie and it already broke a pre-sale ticket record — But every medium requires a different methodology. Airbnb was just effectively banned in NYC — We’ll tell you why New York is enforcing its Anti-Airbnb position. And credit card companies are about to raise a secret fee charged every time you swipe — Technically the stores pay it, but in reality we all...

Football & baseball legend Deion Sanders is turning around one college football team — And his coaching style is really a business lesson. Burger King has been sued for its (allegedly) shrinking Whopper — The big trend in Fast Food right now isn’t Pumpkin Spice, it’s False Advertising. And the stock market theme of this fall? It’s the Return of the IPO — Instacart, Arm, and more are bringing b...

In May, we jumped on the mics for an interview on Adweek’s podcast, Young Influentials. In this 30 minute episode, you’ll jump-in TBOY-style… to The Best One Yet.  - When we met in a freshman year dorm. - How we spun out TBOY from Robinhood Snacks, and how we rebranded. - How we create this podcast everyday. - Why we launched a newsletter, The Best Newsletter Yet. - But also wh...

We’re dropping something vacation-themed: The Best Books Yet. Here are 3 of our favorite pop-biz books we’re bringing to the beach — they contain incredible stories with insights we’ve weaved into Takeaways before. These are our 3 Beach Biz Reads: Jack’s pick: “Creativity Inc.” — The founding of Pixar, the animation studio behind Toy Story. Creativity can be a one-off hit. But creativity&nbsp...

It’s our last pod until Tuesday, September 5th as we take our annual vacation… but we whipped up 3 fantastic stories for ya: There are 17K ice cream parlors in the US, but 1 cone company dominates the market — Joy Cones proves that in some markets, boring is better. Skechers just signed England’s #1 soccer player to a lifetime deal to wear Skechers cleats — But its goal isn’t to be #1, it’s to be...

Brazilian steakhouse Fogo de Chao just sold for $1B – We found out how it makes twice as much money per restaurant as The Olive Garden. TJ Maxx stock just hit an all-time high and is now worth $100B — Because TJ’s hand-me-down strategy is paying off. And back in 2008, legendary investor Michael Burry (from “The Big Short”) made a billion-dollar bet against the housing market, and he was right — He...

The Atlanta Braves just became the first publicly-traded baseball stock — So we jumped into their roster… which is their earnings report. Ever heard of a Croc-Tart? It’s a Crocs and Pop-Tart collab — Because collabs are affordable noise. And China just canceled its Youth Unemployment Report — Because 2023 China is starting to look like 1993 Japan. $CROX $K $BATRA Want merch, a shoutout, or got The...

TikTok trend with 40M views? #GirlMath — So we’re looking at Girl Math, Guy Math, and the financial savviness hidden in those videos. Dunkin’s just launched spiked iced coffee in a can even though two alcohol companies already tried that and failed — So we found the one reason why Dunkin’ may work. And searches for UPS truck driver jobs are up 50% since the CEO announced $170K salaries – Now we th...

The WSJ examined 20 years of collegiate (over)spending — but the buck stops with the boards. Target added Starbucks to curbside pickup at 1,700 locations — turning a weekly shopping habit into a daily coffee habit. And Brightline, the first private Amtrak competitor, is breaking ground on rails from LA to Vegas — and it didn’t set a deadline, it set a finish line. $TGT $SBUX Want merch, a sho...

Lyft is trying to end Surge Pricing — But for every business Yin there is a business Yang. Coach is buying Michael Kors for $8.5B — But it’s really about American fashion vs European fashion. And Disney just jacked up the price of Disney+ by 27% — So we whipped up a new thing… Subscription Arithmetic. $LYFT $UBER $CPRI $TPR $DIS Want merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypo...

Dave Portnoy sold Barstool Sports to a gambling company for $550M, but just allegedly got it back for free — Because pirates don’t wear ties. WeWork just warned Wall Street that it might go bankrupt — So we did the math, and WeWork is actually worth $0. And Tilray, the $2B cannabis giant, just randomly bought 8 has-been beer brands from Budweiser — Shocktoberfest came early because weed legal...

The maker of trending weight loss drug Wegovy just discovered it reduces heart disease too — It’s a miracle drug, but only if your insurance approves it. MrBeast isn’t just the biggest YouTuber on earth, he also runs a $100M fast food chain — But he just got sued for $100M because of an “inedible” burger. And Siemens powers 1/6th of all electricity on earth, but there’s one problem with its wind t...

The legendary Pac-12 college athletic conference is on the verge of collapse, so we have a crazy solution to propose – Partner with Apple to turn the “Pac-12” into the “Mac-12.” Zoom just announced the most ironic news of the year — Zoom is bringing employees back to the office because Hybrid Work ate Remote Work. And Warren Buffett is 92 years old, but just delivered the best financial quarter of...

Elf Beauty is a top 10 stock of the past 5 years — Because Elf has legitimized the Dupe. There’s 1 part of travel that’s actually cheaper right now: Domestic Flights — Thanks to a surge in travel to Europe, JetBlue and Southwest have put US travel on the sale rack. And Cruise is the 1st self-driving car to sponsor a professional sports team (the SF Giants) — Because emerging innovations need mains...

Amazon just announced stellar earnings, sending the stock to a 1-year high — But Amazon’s Achilles Heel is your grocery order. Bank of America will stop saying “Recession” because the economy is far from it — But certain parts of the economy can still feel recession-ish. And Starbucks’ biggest growth market is China… which is a tea country — So Starbucks turned into a caffeine missionary, converti...

Pokemon Sleep is soaring to the top of the App Store by gamifying your slumber — But its growth hack is the humblebrag. KFC sales surged 19% last quarter thanks to the debut of their chicken nugget — But we noticed chicken’s been eating beef for 50 years. And Strip Malls were once the armpit of American retail, but now are the #1 play in commercial real estate — Because some things are just u...

Birkenstock just enjoyed a Barbie bump and is reportedly planning to IPO as soon as September — Because Birkenstock is a Cinderella story… literally. Big Oil is quietly making a major pivot — From oil to EVs (meet the new boss, same as the old boss). And Bed Bath & Beyond has been resurrected — Overstock.com just relaunched Bed Bath & Beyond thanks to a trick we call “Brand Arbitrage.” Sub...

NASA is joining the streaming wars with NASA+ — Because to win wallets & dimes, you’ve first got to win hearts & minds. Jeep sales have dropped for 8-straight quarters — Because what SUV to buy is a zero sum game. And the top-performing FinTech stock of the year so far? It’s SoFi — Because SoFi’s CEO is Jon Snow.$SOFI $NFLX $GM $F Want merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to:&...

Sign up at news.tboypod.com for The Best Newsletter Yet Maxwell House coffee just unveiled instant iced latte technology — Because Iced Coffee is 75% of coffee ordered away from home, but only 7% at home. Meta’s Threads was the fastest app ever to hit 100M downloads as it took on Twitter — But we just got the numbers on how things have gone since (not well). And this July has been t...

The defining moments for the economy so far this year are all feminine — We found the 3 reasons the “economy” is actually the “She-conomy.” McDonald’s stock is at an all-time high, thanks to Grimace — Aaaand it’s launching a new restaurant chain. And TikTok isn’t banned, so it’s going on the offensive — by copying Amazon, Spotify, and Twitter all in one month. $MAT $AMZN $SPOT Want merch, a shouto...

The Snoo is selling $100M of smart baby bassinets every year — But this baby startup borrowed a lesson from BMW. Google Maps and Apple Maps are a navigation duopoly — But Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft just teamed up for a 3rd map app. The Fed just raised interest rates to their highest level in 22 years — Because the Fed’s thinking like Smokey Bear. $GOOG $AAPL $META $AMZN $MSFT $BMWYY Want merch, a...

Spotify’s just announced its best user growth ever, but the stock fall 14% — Because sometimes a user can be a loser. UPS just reached an agreement with the workers’ union, it won’t go on strike — But 2023 is still the “Year of the Strike.” And Sam Altman’s WorldCoin just launched the craziest crypto we’ve seen — Scan your eyeballs into a crypto orb to save the world from AI robots. $SPOT $UPS $BT...

Barbie & Oppenheimer enjoyed the 4th best Box Office weekend ever — Because “Barbenheimer” reveals the power of the Positive Sum Game. Elon just erased Twitter from Twitter, it’s now called “X” — Because when you make a mistake, you X it out… literally. And the hottest-selling personal care product right now? It’s deodorant (because it’s hot) — Deodorant is taking more body share (anyone...

Is it just us, or does every celebrity have their own tequila brand — But when you drink a celebrity liquor, you’re drinking hip hop history. Amex Platinum *was* the only credit card with its own lounge, until now — Chase launched one, because vanity is the most seductive sin. And Amazon just bought an old NASA facility in Florida to build the other AWS — Amazon Web Satellites, because A...

Everyone’s talking about the Barbie movie, but we want to talk about the Barbie doll — Because Barbie isn’t just a doll, she was an early disruptor. Zillennial 1st-time homebuyers aren’t buying “Starter Homes,” they’re buying “Forever Homes” — The solution to our housing problem is “build baby build”. And Netflix is the best-positioned entertainment company to weather the Writers’ and Actors’...