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The Best One Yet - đŸ„Ż “Shmear Me” — PopUp Bagel’s boom. Zuck’s Smart Oakleys. Stargate’s $500B Hollywood name.

Zuck’s reportedly launching smart Oakleys this year
 and a smart watch and airpods next year.

PopUp Bagels is the fastest-growing bagel chain in America
 and they prioritize inconvenience.

“Stargate” is Sam Altman’s new $500B AI project
 it would be the most expensive thing we’d ever build.

Plus, the medals handed out at the Paris Olympics? They’re losing their gold. 


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The Best One Yet - đŸ«° “Andreessen-In-Chief” — Trump’s Venture Cabinet. Netflix’s Live Adele Quarter. Trump’s Executive Orders.

The theme of Trump’s cabinet? Venture Capital guys
 so we put together a LinkedIn on it.

Netflix’s biggest pivot in a decade is to live sports
 and we just got the results.

The White House issued a record number of executive orders
 Energy stocks explain ‘em all.

Plus, the “5-Second Rule” of food was just proven wrong (no fallen sandwich is safe).


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The Best One Yet - đŸ‡ș🇾 “47’s Favorite Number” — Trump’s Report Card. Bumble’s Boomerang CEO. Gmail’s AI Clippy.

On Trump’s 1st day back in the White House
 We’ll tell you his most important economic number.

Bumble’s founder is returning as CEO
 So we found the stock performance of Boomerang CEOs.

Gmail and Microsoft are forcing everyone to buy their AI
 because AI has an innovator problem.

Plus, Jimi Hendrix once lit a guitar on fire
 and it became the best-selling guitar of all-time: The Fender Stratocaster.


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The Best One Yet - đŸ«Ą “TikTok Refugee” — TikTok’s final countdown. Jack Daniels’ bourbon bust. Anduril’s new language of business.

TikTok is scheduled to shut down Sunday morning
 but there are still 3 possible outcomes.

The Bourbon Bubble just burst, so we have a solution for Jack Daniels
 Whiskey World.

For the next 4 years, business leaders will speak different
 and we see it in Anduril, a drone startup.

Plus, Chick-fil-A just built an entire factory of robots with one purpose
 Lemonade.


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The Best One Yet - 🍒 “Pop-Tart Problem” — Red dye’s food ban. JPMorgan’s overdraft idea. Job Referrals as-a-Service.

From Pop-Tarts to Peeps, Red #3 artificial food coloring is now banned
 40 years too late.

JPMorgan just had its best quarter in 200 years
 so it’s time to kill the most hated fee in banking.

There’s a hot new side-hustle that can make you $30k/year
 Job Referrals as a service.

Plus, male and female Instacart shoppers pick out food differently
 so should you be able to choose the gender?


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The Best One Yet - đŸšœ “Lattes & Lavatories” — Starbucks’ policy pivot. LA’s greedy landlords. Planet Fitness’s biggest risk.

Starbucks’ is trying to save “the 3rd place”... by ending their open doors bathroom policy.

Greedy LA landlords are jacking up rents 100%... but there could be a housing market silver lining.

Planet Fitness stock hit an all-time high
 but its greatest risk is “a run on the gym”.

Plus, Philadelphia Eagles WR AJ Brown read a book during a playoff game
 now it’s #1 on Amazon.


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The Best One Yet - đŸ“č “The Next TikTok” — Whatnot’s $5B shop app. Nvidia’s uranium problem. Sonos’ CEO oopsie.

TikTok will be banned in 5 days
 but its replacement is Whatnot: It’s Instagram + eBay + MTV.

Sonos is known for its fancy sounds systems
 but the CEO just quit because of 1 big mistake.

Nvidia chips have export restrictions
 because in the AI arms race, chips are the new uranium.

Plus, the #1 candy in America was invented by a frog salesman
 It’s Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, and it’s the next episode of our weekly deepdive show The Best Idea Yet đŸ„œ


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The Best One Yet - 🧀 “Return of the Rat” — Chuck E. Cheese’s $1B comeback. Hotelification of offices. Disney’s sports streamer airballs.

Chuck E. Cheese is back from bankruptcy
 with a brand new babysitter strategy.

Pools, massages, bars
 Offices are getting “hotelified” for the 2025 Return-to-Office push.

Disney, Fox, and Warner’s joint sports app, Venu, just shut down
 and the NBA tells us why.

Plus, it’s Planuary
 Our New Year’s resolution is to plan the whole year this month (we’ll tell ya how).


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The Best One Yet - đŸ”„ “LA’s Fire Hero” — Watch Duty’s #1 fire app. Rolls-Royce’s Picasso car. $1T of Gift Returns.

The #1 in the whole App Store is Watch Duty
 a hero saving lives in LA’s wildfires.

Rolls-Royce now sells 100% top-to-bottom custom cars
 it’s commissioned art, like Picasso.

17% of Christmas gifts get returned
 so we invented a solution: “Reverse Logistics”

This Sunday is the biggest day of the year for dating apps
 Swiping is about to surge 70%.


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The Best One Yet - ⛰ “51st State” — USA’s Greenland deal. Starface’s pimple patch. John Deere’s robo-tractor.

Trump proposed buying Greenland
 so we looked into how/if/when it’s possible.

John Deere’s big tech update at CES?... a robo-self-driving tractor to cut your grocery bill.

Starface has become a $100M startup
 by putting star stickers on pimples.

Plus, we’re living in the Panda-conomy
 because when Pandas are out, sales surge.


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