The Best One Yet

Take this week’s TBOY Quiz: https://go.tboypod.comThe Super Bowl this weekend is going to look a lot different than last year: Crypto is benched, Cognac is in. Taco Bell is betting their entire breakfast strategy on Kim Kardashian’s ex — Because breakfast is a Repeat Rabbit. And Disney just dropped the Ursula of earnings reports, and Mickey has become politically sticky. Got the Best Fact Yet? We...

We just got leaked numbers on Beyonce’s Ivy Park apparel line with Adidas — So can Bey sell clothes? Uber just announced its best quarter ever and we’re crediting their success to “The Dara Doctrine.” And we think the most disrupted product in your home is… your TV. So we’re comparing the price of TVs to the innovation of TVs.$ADDYY $UBER $LYFTFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tik...

DoorDash and Roku just launched streaming food delivery because binging requires binging. JPMorgan (the bank) just bought 200K of trees (a forest) because money does grow on trees. And in the last 48 hours, three different companies have launched ChatGPT copycats — It’s not a Zucking, it’s a “Zuck du Jour.”$DASH $ROKU $BIDU $GOOG $JPMFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboy...

The most exciting real estate right now? Storage Units — and the #1 company just declared war on Wall Street. The co-founders of Instagram just launched their first app together since Instagram… and it’s the opposite of Instagram. And if you notice the same Chevy car show up in your Netflix shows, it’s not a coincidence: It’s Netflix’s new product placement biz.$PSA $LSI $NFLX $GM $METAFollow The...

Trader Joe’s just unveiled its Hall of Fame of food because great brands have fans… and fans need nurturing. Forget Alexa — Amazon’s most exciting business is advertising, but too much ads erase customer love. And Sony just enjoyed $9B in annual profit thanks to PlayStation 5 and Larry David. $SONY $AMZNFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeW...

First, he was in finance. Then he got rejected by 100 investors. But now he’s raised $175M… and opened breweries on both coasts. We just popped open cans from the largest non-alcoholic brewery in the US. CEO Bill Shufelt and his co-founder pioneered a non-alcoholic beer you’d actually want to drink — and it now controls over 50% of the alcohol-free craft beer market. Bill sat down with us, over a...

Warner Bros Discovery just unveiled its new strategy for DC Comics — because Batman’s jealous of Spiderman’s money. Peloton stock surged nearly 30% yesterday because it’s no longer a fitness company, it’s a math company. And Meta stock had its best day in a year after Zuck adopted a new role: Schmoozer-In-Chief. $PTON $WBD $METAFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd...

Colossal Biosciences is trying to bring back extinct species like the Wholly Mammoth — and that wild startup just hit a $1.5B valuation. Starwood is launching a glamping hotel brand because glampers tip well. And Johnson & Johnson tried to pull off the ol’ “Texas Two-Step”... but it failed.$MAR $JNJFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeWant a...

The latest celeb hookup? It’s Tiffany jewelry and Nike sneakers… and Wall Street looooves it. Hasbro just gave us an update on the Toy Economy: We’re suffering from a Toy Hangover. And TravelCenters of America is the largest truck stop in America, but it’s about to become the largest electric car station in America.$NKE $HAS $TA $LVMUYFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tbo...

BuzzFeed’s stock has quadrupled in two days on word it’s hiring robot writers… and that has us dreaming of a Facebook acquisition. American Express has a new strategy for its credit cards: Double-down on lounges — not just in airports. And we just got a hat trick of economic data for America - the soft landing could be in our future.$BZFD $META $AMEXFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, a...

Tequila is about to pass vodka as America’s #1 liquor — Because Patron turned shots into sips. Universal is opening a theme park in Las Vegas just for adults, because it’s a Jekyll-and-Hyde company. And if you have a checking account, you're going to want to hear this story: Bank of America lost $100B in deposits because of an interest rate. Take this week’s TBOY Quiz: https://go.tboypod.com$BF $B...

Justin Bieber just sold all of his music for $200M to a Pure-Play Playlist Stock. ChatGPT just passed its biggest test yet: A Wharton MBA final exam. And Tesla’s most important earnings in years reveal it’s about to go into reverse — From profit mode to growth mode.$SONG $BX $TSLA $MSFTFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeWant a Shoutout on...

Remember that Taylor Swift ticket fiasco? Welp, the US Senate just summoned Ticketmaster’s President to Washington for a grilling about the future of concert tickets. Amazon just launched a $5/month unlimited generic medication subscription — first they hook us, then they book us. And the presidents of Brazil and Argentina just announced plans for a joint currency - but Wall Street doesn’t believe...

Chocolate is the newest addition to our recession-proof products list — because you’re addicted to it (literally). Away Luggage was crushed during the pandemic but is now living its best life thanks to Revenge Travel. And Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and now Spotify have all announced layoffs, but 1 Big Tech company hasn’t: Apple. So we found out why…$SPOT $AAPL $WRBY $HCHOFFollow The Best One...

The #1 app in America right now? It’s Temu — Because it’s pioneered the new trend of group shopping, or what we call “Flocking”. Uber is working with carmakers to design the first-ever ride-hail car. And P&G’s earnings show a potential inflection point in the fight against inflation: Us consumers are saying “no” to higher prices. $PDD $UBER $PGFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tik...

This week’s TBOY Quiz: https://go.tboypod.comNetflix’s co-founder is unlike every other tech founder — and yesterday the self-disrupting legend of a CEO stepped down. Millennials killed canned tuna fish, but now canned tuna startups are thriving. And we just saw the biggest flip in finance in years: Morgan Stanley is gold, Goldman Sachs is silver. $NFLX $MS $GSFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram,...

If you go to college at the University of Texas or Auburn University, then you can’t TikTok – because it just got banned on campus wifi. Party City is filing for bankruptcy because balloons are its Keystone Product (but Helium is the Keystone Crusher). And you’re going to see a lot of chatter about the Debt Ceiling Drama today… because the Debt Ceiling Expires… today.$PRTY $META $SPYFollow The Bes...

Match has a dating app problem: Half of its core Millennial users are married — So its solution is $500/month for Tinder++. For the first time in 60 years, China’s population fell last year, which transforms its economy from inevitable to unenviable. And Mill launched the newest Silicon Valley-backed smart home product… but it’s your trash.$MTCH $GOOGFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter,...

California’s In-N-Out burger is finally expanding East of the Mississippi, so we jumped into the strategy behind the most-profitable patty in the big burger biz. Everyone’s talking TikTok and Instagram, but the real social media success story? It’s LinkedIn. And JPMorgan Chase embarrassingly spent $175M… on a fake startup.$JPM $MCD $CMG $MSFTFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tikto...

Of the top 100 TV programs of last year, 82 were NFL football games. There’s something strange going on at the largest luxury company on earth: LVMH’s CEO has made all 5 of his kids fashion house executives. And Climeworks just launched an earth-saving startup — A giant vacuum that sucks your carbon out of the air. Take this week’s TBOY Quiz: https://go.tboypod.comHow well do you know this week’s...

Apple’s biggest new thing since the iPhone is reportedly launching this spring: Get ready for… iHeadset. Sephora is ending its Influencer makeup brand with Addison Rae because TikTok is magnificent for discovery but miserable for loyalty. And Goldman Sachs is cutting 3,200 employees, but that explains why your banker buddy Brad got such a big bonus. $AAPL $GS $LVMUYFollow The Best One Yet on Insta...

Noma was crowned #1 restaurant in the world 5 times, but shockingly just announced it’s shutting because the fine dining business model is broken. For the first time ever, the average Rolls-Royce car sold for over $500K — because they’re not selling cars… they’re selling art. And Microsoft is going all-in on ChatGPT if it turns Bing into a Google-killer.$BMWYY $MSFT $GOOGFollow The Best One Yet on...

For the 1st time in a decade, Barnes & Noble is adding stores… and doing it by taking over shuttered Amazon stores. Lululemon plummeted 10% because its fanny packs on sale — which means it’s facing the Discounting Death Spiral of Death. And the entire gig economy from DoorDash to Uber just got upgraded because they’re all Downturn Divas.$LULU $DASH $UBER $LYFTFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram,...

Millennials are killing soda, except for one brand: Dr Pepper. Delta just launched free high-speed wifi in the air — it’s not a perk, it’s a signal. And when you got hired, we bet you signed a Non-Compete Agreement even if you didn’t realize it — Now the FTC is trying to kill noncompetes. $KDP $DAL $YUMFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeWa...

The Lion King Musical just had the best week of ticket sales in the history of Broadway — So we’re looking at the economics of the Broadway show. Craft Beer is the only area of alcohol whose sales shrank last year because you’ve got IPA flavor fatigue. And Bed Bath & Beyond stock just plummeted to under $2… so you better use that gift card fast. Take the TBOY Quiz: go.tboypod.comHow well do you kn...