The Best One Yet

Amex just jacked up the fee for its Platinum card to $895… so we used AI to optimize the points. Did Nike just collab with Costco on a shoe?... Could be a deepfake - or an intentional Nike leak. Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show just got canceled… but you can follow the money to a $6B acquisition. Plus, NBA star Kevin Durant forgot his Coinbase password… so it’s now worth Bitcoin millions. $NKE $COST...

Landline phones are making a comeback, led by the brand Tin Can… and it’s because of Millennial parents. SharkNinja sells gadgets in 35 categories… and pays influencers $700M to promote them.. The Federal Reserve announced an interest rate cut… and declared independence. Plus, Nike just launched a Sushi Club?... Welcome to the Nobu Sneaker era. $SN $TMUS $SPY Want more business storytelling from u...

Meta leaked that they’re launching new smart glasses today… with a screen on the lens.  Kodak is back with a camera that sold out… thanks to Labubu dolls. Trump wants to end quarterly earnings… So we’ll explain the psychology of long-term thinking. Plus, there is 1 fitness fad that is un-disruptable… The Treadmill. $KODK $META $SPY Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest...

ChatGPT revealed the 1st study on who actually uses it… The power user? High school girls. Shake Shack invented a French Onion Burger… it’s the same affordable luxury strategy as Michael Kors. Robinhood is launching a Venture Capital fund for everyone… but the devil’s in the deals. Plus, the untold origin story of… The Sony Walkman $SHAK $HOOD $MSFT Want more business storytelling from us? Check o...

Alo launched a $3,600 bag, while Aldi launched a free bag… and that explains the economy. The #1 issue this week is stagflation… The Fed has to decide to put out the fire or fix the flood. Pinterest is celebrating the rise of the “Pin Dude”… but in social media and tech, nice guys finish last. $PINS $SPY $LULU Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly...

FIFA began selling tickets to the 2026 World Cup in USA yesterday… and it’s messing with StubHub. The Winklevoss twins didn’t get Facebook… but their crypto company Gemini just IPO’d. The 5th biggest pizza chain in America is actually a gas station… Casey’s General Store. Plus, your zodiac sign is wrong… Find out your zodiac through NY Times here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/upshot/zo...

Oracle stock jumped 40% yesterday… making Larry Ellison is now the world’s richest person.  Ralph Lauren stock is at an all-time high… Because the founder’s son got tech done. Got Milk is now 30 years old… and the world’s most successful ad is making a comeback. Plus, Pokemon Cards are beating the stock market… up 3,000%. $ORCL $RL $SPY Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the l...

Apple just unveiled the iPhone Air… for Apple, it’s survival by a thousand features. Wizard of Oz at the Sphere is basically the metaverse… and the blockbuster of 2025. Ben & Jerry are calling for their namesake brand to be freed from Unilever. Plus, the hot new startup trend… is no shoes allowed in the office. $UL $AAPL $SPHR Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episo...

Sam Altman’s newest idea?... OpenAI makes an animated movie to win the Cannes Film Fest. Black Rock Coffee is going public as anti-Starbucks… It’s not “disruption,” it’s “erosion.” One of the 3 top stocks of the year is Numont Mining… because gold just hit an all-time-high. Plus, the New York Yankees aren’t a baseball team… they’re a fashion brand. $NEM $MSFT $BRCB Want more business storytelling...

The real winner of the US Open? Cadillac… It used “The Great Gatsby Strategy.” J.Crew just caused the biggest fashion drama of the year… It used AI to knockoff *itself*. Elon may get the biggest pay package in history… The 1st ever $1 Trillion paycheck. Plus, Nick and Molly's second IBO (Initial Baby Offering) has arrived and is trading on the sock market. J Crew’s AI campaign: 1) https://www.inst...

What do I do with my money? And why? And how? And ????????  We hung out with influencer couple Lauren Riihimaki (aka LaurDIY) & Jeremy Lewis to answer those questions. As a couple ex-finance guys turned pop-biz podcasters, we shared everything we know. So while we’re on vacation, we’re playing this interview from the Wild ‘Til 9 podcast. What is a stock? It’s how you can be like a rich pe...

Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ When Jane Birkin's boyfriend ran over her beloved wicker basket, she was stuck lugging a messy tote onto a flight to London. As her Hermès planner exploded across the first-class cabin, her mortified seatmate suggested she needed a bag with pockets. "Hermès doesn't make one with pockets," Jane sighed. He replied: "Bu...

Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ When Jane Birkin's boyfriend ran over her beloved wicker basket, she was stuck lugging a messy tote onto a flight to London. As her Hermès planner exploded across the first-class cabin, her mortified seatmate suggested she needed a bag with pockets. "Hermès doesn't make one with pockets," Jane sighed. He replied: "Bu...

In his twenties, he founded RXBAR and sold it to Kellogg for $600M. In his thirties, he launched David Protein, which competes with RXBAR, and it’s already worth $725M. Peter Rahal tells the secrets on how he launched two companies in the same category all before he turned 35. And he shares his latest numbers. In this interview episode, you’ll hear… What the RX Bar founder learned from dealing dru...

Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ Who wouldn’t want to visit the happiest place on Earth? Well — at the start of the 1950s, it seemed like no one did, at least not when Walt Disney pitched the idea. Sure, Walt had revolutionized animation with Steamboat Willie. And he'd had critical successes with classics like Snow White and Bambi. But his studio wa...

Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ Who wouldn’t want to visit the happiest place on Earth? Well — at the start of the 1950s, it seemed like no one did, at least not when Walt Disney pitched the idea. Sure, Walt had revolutionized animation with Steamboat Willie. And he'd had critical successes with classics like Snow White and Bambi. But his studio wa...

Burning Man is the biggest event for billionaires in the world… so why is it losing millions? The US Gov’t is getting 10% of Intel in exchange for taxpayer $$… Uncle Sam CEO? Pleasure reading is down 40% in 20 years #ReadingRecession… But Warren Buffett reads 182 books/year. Plus, the new restaurant trend… is a pregnancy-inducing hamburger. **And we’re going on vacation and Nick’s having a baby (I...

Equinox is adding AI robot masseuses to 60 of their gym locations… and it’s actually good for the job market. Robinhood launched football betting predictions… It’s a sports betting QB sneak. Millennials are dropping up to $147K for 5 years of daycare… It’s the Childcare Tax. Plus, trying the “9-9-9 Challenge” this weekend?… 9 beers, 9 hotdogs, in 9 baseball innings. $HOOD $SBUX $JPM Want more busi...

Taco Bell is launching a new thing every month… because instant gratification is a recipe. Hertz is the 2nd biggest car-seller in America… and now it’s on Amazon. Bilt does credit cards, but also a comedy series? … Roomies is an example of Espionage Advertising. Plus, there is no “Song of the Summer” for 2025… and we got the numbers to prove it. $YUM $AMEX $HTZ $AMZN Want more business storytellin...

Apple’s next big product is codenamed “Bubble”... And it’s inspired by the Pixar lamp logo. Italian Marble has never been more in demand… and never more of a family biz. 8 Sleep just raised $100M for a smart mattress cover… but can you capitalize sleep? Plus, the 1st ever Robot Olympics has a winner… Gold Medal for Bedmaking. $AAPL $SPY $TSLA Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the...

Nick is back! And he recaps his health ordeal in the intro. Our 3 stories:  A $200 posture-correcting bra?... It’s gone viral, and could be Apple’s next acquisition target. Why are Millennials buying crypto instead of homes?... Because nest eggs are stuck in Bitcoin.  Chipotle, Cava, & Sweetgreen aren’t fast casual anymore, they’re slow… And the solution lies in the Olive Garden. Plu...

Allison Ellsworth ditched the oil industry to fix her gut problems. After getting a check from Shark Tank, she launched Poppi with her husband and co-founder on Mar 3, 2020. 5 years later, she sold Poppi for $2B to Pepsi. In this episode, Allison will tell us… How a Texas oil gal pivoted to healthy soda  Going on shark tank 9 months pregnant Why they sold on amazon instead of DTC Why Alix Ear...

Follow the Demoted podcast here: https://direct.me/demoted   “Workplace shenanigans with a side of career advice” — that’s the tagline for the Demoted Pod, which Nick and Jack were interviewed on this spring. We had an epic time exchanging banter with two of the finest office satirists on the internet. Ross and Natalie shower Nick and Jack with praise Nick & Jack’s biz origin story Tariff...

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod   We’re publishing the Q2 earnings presentation and Q&A of this show, The Best One Yet. It was the best part of our live show in Chicago, and it’s the perfect way to cap earnings season. Update on Nick The TBOY brand strategy Celebrating the wins Our numbers Our audience demographics Our marketing moves Beyond Q&A from live audience W...

The 1st school with AI doing the teaching is here… We looked at Alpha School’s curriculum. Ford is disrupting its best invention… Going from “Assembly Line” to “Assembly Tree.” Chanel just published a 250-page arts & culture magazine… Because legends never meme. How are college kids staying organized?... By scheduling everything on Google Calendar (including hookups). $F $GOOG $SPY Want more b...