A bonus episode featuring 3 of our top pop-biz news stories about the She-conomy. The #1 force in the economy this year? It’s women. So we whipped up the 3 most interesting stories on the year that she ran the financial world… 1) The She-conomy, from July 28th — We found the 3 female forces that turned the economy into the she-conomy. 2) Natural Cycles, from Sept 20th: Our most commented-on story of the year? It was this one, “iOvulation” — The 1st ever hands-free birth control was a tech innova...
Dec 21, 2023•16 min•Ep. 1107
A bonus episode featuring 3 of our top pop-biz news stories on the car industry from 2023. So fill up that tank, charge that battery, and wax that chassis. Let’s jump into our 3 car stories… 1) Mercedes from June 20th: Mercedes created the first ever AI car with ChatGPT — Mercedes just gave birth to The Companionship Economy. 2) Jeep from August 1st: Jeep’s got a surprise new enemy: The Ford Bronco — So we jumped into the numbers behind the car industry’s zero sum game. 3) Porsche from October 2...
Dec 20, 2023•17 min•Ep. 1106
A bonus episode featuring 3 of our top pop-biz news stories on the fashion industry from 2023. So toss on a cute top and iron those jeggings, let’s jump into our 3 Fashion stories… 1) Lulelemon, from May 9th: Lululemon showed us the rise of Dupes — In fashion, Dupes aren’t a scarlet letter - they’re a badge of honor. 2) Aldi, a story from March 29th: The German grocery chain, moved from food into fashion — The fastest growing grocery chain in america is selling apparel, because merch is the new ...
Dec 19, 2023•18 min•Ep. 1105
A bonus episode featuring 3 of our top pop-biz news stories on the food industry from 2023. Grab a napkin and pull up a chair, let’s jump into the 3 stories spork-first (or is it fpoon?) 🤤… 1) The Grimace Milkshake, from July 5th: How McDonald’s made a drink go viral — The Grimace Shake makes the marketing case for chaos. 2) Goldfish Crackers, from April 24th: How Goldfish became a billion-dollar brand — Because even crackers need a wingman. 3) South Korea’s Gastrodiplomacy, from May 30th: How ...
Dec 18, 2023•20 min•Ep. 1104
Get our 25 Best Takeaways yet by subscribing at tboypod.com/newsletter . We got the Annual Report from “Klaus Industries” (yeah, Santa’s company), so we jumped into the business — Santa’s got a strong supply chain, diverse market of 2 billion customers, and an $11 trillion opportunity. The stock market began the year with Recession-worries, but it’s ending with all-time highs — We’re looking at the one force driving Wall Street to record highs for the holidays. And do you know about Dating Wrapp...
Dec 15, 2023•22 min•Ep. 1103
TBOY Merch Drop : Get The Best Gifts Yet at www.tboypod.com Build-A-Bear is having its best year ever, despite its friction-full buying experience — Because soft is security. Nearly 200 countries just pledged to “transition away from fossil fuels” to conclude the big UN climate conference — So why did Exxon Mobil’s stock rise? And Netflix just became the 1st streaming company to share all the data on what you’re watching — Their transparency is their competitive advantage (fyi, link to the sprea...
Dec 14, 2023•21 min•Ep. 1102
The Hallmark Channel produced *40* new movies for this holiday season — And Hallmark’s movie biz has the greatest ROI in all of Hollywood. Google was just told by a jury that its App Store fees are illegal — And we calculated that Google’s App Taxes bring in more profits than all but 15 companies in America. And the Excel Spreadsheet Championships just ended in Las Vegas — So we’re looking at how Excel became the wheel of finance. $AAPL $GOOG $MSFT $LVMUY Subscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com...
Dec 13, 2023•21 min•Ep. 1101
SmileDirectClub hit a $9B valuation by cutting out the dentalman… but it just shut down — The lesson? Some industries simply aren’t tech. And prob never will be. Pinterest uses data to predict next years trends, and they’re right 80% of the time — The 2024 predictions say we’re not waiting for milestones, we’re celebrating inch-stones. And Shohei Otani’s spot in the Dodgers lineup costs a record $700M — But the true value of Shohei Otani isn’t on the field, it’s in tourism. And Japan. $PINS $SDC...
Dec 12, 2023•24 min•Ep. 1100
Pantone named Peach Fuzz the color of the year… for 2024 — So we’re looking at the strategy of PreTRENDing: If you predict a trend, does that make it more likely to become a trend? Elon Musk’s SpaceX just hit at a $175B valuation — So we’re looking at how America’s most valuable startup found a space with zero competition (literally). And Rent The Runway was just eclipsed by Urban Outfitters’ clothing rental brand: Nuuly — Because Nuuly turned an outfit test drive into its entire business. $DHR ...
Dec 11, 2023•23 min•Ep. 1099
The newest restaurant chain in America is “CosMc,” a McDonald’s spin off — It’s taking on Starbucks… and it looks like McDonald’s cousin. GameStop just authorized their CEO to use company money to buy stocks — They turned their CEO into their Chief Investment Officer (and gave him a whole lotta cash). And the # of job applications with take-home assignments is up 87% since 2019 — More companies are making you work… before you start work. $GME $SBUX $MCD Subscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/n...
Dec 08, 2023•21 min•Ep. 1098
Taylor Swift just became the 1st entertainer to win Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” — So we’re looking at “T-Swift, Inc.” and why Taylor could IPO. Red Lobster offered endless shrimp for $20… and lost a ton of money because of it — So we jumped into the psychology of the Freebie. And the biggest climate conference of the year, COP28, just highlighted a critical number — We have the ratio that saves the world. $SWFT $ERAS $1989 Subscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletter Want merch, ...
Dec 07, 2023•23 min•Ep. 1097
Walmart has produced a 23-episode TV show for the holidays — But this Rom-Com is really Rom-Commerce, because every product on the set is for sale. Grand Theft Auto finally published the trailer for GTA 6 — But modern video games don’t make money, they collect taxes. And how much money do you need to be happy? Millennials say $500K/year… which is 3x more than any other generation — So we jumped in TBOY-style to find out why. $WMT $TTWO Subscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletter Want mer...
Dec 06, 2023•21 min•Ep. 1096
**Merch Drop Alert** Get your holiday TBOY merch today at www.tboypod.com/shop (it’s our best drop yet). The band KISS is launching holograms of themselves to star in future concerts — But ABBA is already doing this… and it’s sold $150M worth of tickets already. Alaska Airlines is acquiring Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9B — To get to Hawaii, you’ll have to go through Alaska. And Bitcoin has surged 150% this year past $42k — Because after a crypto extinction event, Bitcoin is enjoying a “Mosquito Ral...
Dec 05, 2023•22 min•Ep. 1095
McDonald’s just announced 50 changes to the iconic Big Mac — It’s a huge risk… and it reminds us of a quote in an old Sicilian novel. Rover, the dog-walking app, was just acquired for a shocking $2.3B (that’s ½ a Lyft) — Because Rover pivoted to puppy sleepovers… and away from Mitt Romney. And one of the world’s greatest investors passed away at 99: Charlie Munger, the architect of Berkshire Hathaway — So we whipped up Charlie’s Greatest Hits. $MCD $QSR $BX $BRK.A Subscribe to our newsletter: tb...
Dec 04, 2023•23 min•Ep. 1094
There’s a shocking new rival facing dating apps: Non-dating apps — Tinder, Match, and Bumble are out, Yelp, Strava, and Duolingo are in. After a 4-year wait, Tesla delivers the very first Cybertrucks today — But Tesla’s Cybertruck was designed like high fashion, not like a pickup truck. And Mark Cuban is selling the Mavericks… and quitting Shark Tank — Because Mark Cuban is whipping open “The Las Vegas Playbook” for Dallas. $TSLA $MTCH $BMBL Subscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletter Wa...
Nov 30, 2023•28 min•Ep. 1093
Tickets for tonight’s TBOY Live Show in San Francisco: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shack15-live-the-best-one-yet-tickets-755859846147?aff=oddtdtcreator The newest Influncer trend? Blue Collar workers on TikTok — Because the more digital our lives, the more physical our desires. Sports Illustrated got caught publishing an article written by a fake journalist — So we whipped up Rule #47 for Artificial Intelligence: Robots are fine, Faux-bots aren’t. And Amazon’s newest product replaces building k...
Nov 29, 2023•22 min•Ep. 1092
Shopify won Black Friday and probably Cyber Monday too, even though you never saw them — Shopify shows the value and the drawbacks of white labeling. The new trend in the workplace is fabulous instagrammable offices — When HR strategies change, so do our office designs. And Indefy is the VC-like finance firm investing in emerging musicians — It’s the new biz model of music: It’s never been bigger, to be smaller. $SHOP $SPOT Subscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletter Want merch, a shouto...
Nov 28, 2023•22 min•Ep. 1091
This Thanksgiving you might have noticed the miracle weight loss drugs for the first time — So we looked at what a post-Ozempic world might look like. The most popular promo this Cyber Monday? Buy One Get One Free (BOGO) — But watch out for the terms and conditions on BOGO (they’re sneaky). And UNC just won the national championship in Field Hockey with a 23-year old coach — There’s a management lesson about experience we all need to know. $NVO $DPZ $SHAK Subscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com...
Nov 27, 2023•19 min•Ep. 1090
Amazon is about to host Black Friday NFL football on Prime — This is the Holy Grail of American Capitalism. The most controversial dish at your Thanksgiving table? It’s cranberries, specifically canned cranberries — So we have to tell you about Ocean Spray’s wild (and surprisingly legal) cranberry monopoly. And the latest twist in the OpenAI drama? The coup has turned into a mutiny — 97% of OpenAI employees have threatened to quit, which reveals the real winner (Microsoft). $MSFT $AMZN $WMT Subs...
Nov 22, 2023•23 min•Ep. 1089
Remember last week when Snoop Dogg announced he’d given up smoking? — Turns out it was a wild marketing move that just pumped one stock up 15%. 1K acres of Napa wine country just sold for $400M — Because Chardonnay isn’t just a grape, it’s also an insurance policy. And there’s a strange trend this corporate earnings season: A drop in compliments — CEOs are getting fewer kudos, kindness, and compliments than ever right now. $NAPA $BF $DTC $SPY Subscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletter W...
Nov 21, 2023•22 min•Ep. 1088
OpenAI shockingly fired the man responsible for its $90B valuation: Sam Altman — But 48 hours later, it’s scrambling to rehire him, because AI requires real intelligence. The winner of the big Formula 1 race in Las Vegas wasn’t a car, it was a drink — Red Bull’s racing team turned a cost center into a profit center. And The Gap’s stock just had its best day in its entire history, jumping 30% on Friday — And it’s all thanks to Old Navy (and their new Barbie CEO). $MSFT $MNST $GPS $NFLX Subscribe ...
Nov 20, 2023•25 min•Ep. 1087
The US Post Office just revealed that it lost $6.5B this year — So we’re going to tell you the story, the history, and business model of the mail service… that we all own. For the 1st time ever, you can now buy cars on Amazon.com — Amazon will sell Hyundai cars, but only because Hyundai will put Amazon in its cars. And the creator of “Anchorman” just launched a TV show on TikTok — Because TikTok is now TVtok. $FDX $UPS $AMZN Subscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletter Want merch, a shout...
Nov 17, 2023•22 min•Ep. 1086
The biggest show on TV? It’s crime drama NCIS — The $8B TV show doesn’t win awards, but it gets rewards. Today is Starbucks’ most profitable day of the year: “Red Cup Day” — But also today, Starbucks’ barista union is staging a “Red Cup Rebellion.” And the startup making the biggest moves so far this fall: It’s Marc Lore’s Wonder – Wonder has pioneered a new category in food, “Fast Fine Dining,” by taking a Gap Year. $PARA $WBD $SBUX Subscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletter Want merch...
Nov 16, 2023•23 min•Ep. 1085
ESPN launched its first sports betting app yesterday to crack the dominance of DraftKings and FanDuel — It just might work, media and tech can be teammates. Diamond prices have plummeted 40% this year, so De Beers it’s stockpiling them to prop up prices — Diamonds are forever… but they’re also not forever. Google just accidentally shared an embarrassing number: 36% — That’s the awkward cut Google pays Apple for any revenue made while you surf a Safari browser. $AAPL $GOOG $DIS $PANDY Subscribe t...
Nov 15, 2023•21 min•Ep. 1084
China’s President Xi is visiting San Francisco this week to meet President Biden — But his old host family in Iowa from 1985 is the guest of honor, because deals are about relationships. The founder of Chipotle just launched a new vegetarian restaurant chain run by robots: Kernel — But behind the scenes, it’s really a hybrid (like everything else). New Jersey was going to build the biggest offshore wind farm in the US, but Windfarm City just got canceled — Because interest rates are kryptonite f...
Nov 14, 2023•22 min•Ep. 1083
Tickets to TBOY Live in San Francisco here : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shack15-live-the-best-one-yet-tickets-755859846147 Why were $250K of Japanese KitKats just stolen? Because KitKat is a coveted collectible in Japan — KitKat makes over 300 unique flavors that you can only get in specific Japanese towns. Inspired by a Buddhist monk, Humane just unveiled its iPhone killer — Can this hands-free smart device be the post-phone future? And every strike we can think of is now over — But after Hot...
Nov 13, 2023•22 min•Ep. 1082
Netflix spent $70M over 3-years to renovate the most historic movie theater in America — Because there’s corporate *philanthropy* and then there’s corporate *heroism*. Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop is making a risky move: Launching in Target – She’s trying to stretch the brand from aspirational to accessible. And Cruise robotaxis, the self-driving startup owned by GM, just had its worst month yet — It’s not the mistake they made, it’s how they handled it. $NFLX $TGT $GM Subscribe to our newsletter: tbo...
Nov 10, 2023•22 min•Ep. 1081
Following the success of the Mario movie, Nintendo confirmed it’s making a Zelda movie next — So we looked into how Mario scales creativity. Americans’ credit card debt just passed $1 Trillion — We explain why credit card debt is the worst kind of debt. And a random line on Stephen Colbert’s Late Show was actually a threat to Google — Because Gen Z doesn’t “google” for something, they “tiktok” it. $NTDOY $GOOG $AMEX $MC $V Subscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletter Want merch, a shoutou...
Nov 09, 2023•21 min•Ep. 1080
WeWork, the company that invented the “hot desk,” has declared bankruptcy — Adam Neumann injured the WeWork, but the real estate market killed it. Shein pioneered ultra-fast fashion and now reportedly wants to IPO at a $90B valuation — To explain Shein’s fashion, we’re going to quote philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. And the Great Resignation is over. Nobody is quitting anymore — Quiet Quitting has become Loud Lingering. $WE Subscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletter Want merch, a shouto...
Nov 08, 2023•22 min•Ep. 1079
Noticed that holiday shopping promotions already replaced Halloween? “Christmas Creep” is happening earlier than ever — Because Early Bird shoppers are the most valuable kind. Bumble’s founder, Whitney Wolfe Herd, is stepping down as CEO — She’s the youngest ever woman to IPO a company… and she did it while defying a law of business. And Warren Buffett just shared one shocking number: $157 Billion — That’s how much cash he’s sitting on right now, because cash has gone from fool to cool. $BMBL $M...
Nov 07, 2023•21 min•Ep. 1078
