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Stanley’s Starbucks collab at Target caused a riot, selling out instantly — And inside that 40-ounce metal mug is a lesson on how status symbols: Exclusivity beats price.

The most inventive company in America? It’s… Qualcomm — This $150B company whipped up 3,854 patents last year, and we’ll tell you why. 

And Instagram just made its most parent-friendly move ever: A kids table — Zuck did the right thing… but because he was forced to.

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The #1 performing stock of 2023 was Abercrombie & Fitch — And it’s all thanks to women and “The Mullet Strategy.”

Over the weekend, a door fell blew off a Boeing airplane mid-flight — Boeing stock just fell 7% and we’re looking at how catastrophes change company culture.

And after 27 years, Nike and Tiger Woods are officially breaking up — But Nike’s greatest skill isn’t making shoes, it’s picking talent.

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#1. Robinhood should merge… with X — Democratize Finance For All with the first true super app.

#2. Trader Joe’s should launch a streaming service: TJTV — Because every company is now a media company.

#3. Taylor Swift should launch her own ticketing service — “SwifTix” is the best option to take down the TicketMaster monopoly. And she’ll do it as a nonprofit.

To kick off 2024, we whipped up our 5th annual “3 big business wishes” for the coming year. These aren’t just predictions, they’re wild wishes that if you think about it, make a ton of sense. Predictions sprinkled with razzle dazzle & sprinkle dinkle.

Hit us up @tboypod to let us know what you think of these predictions… and to let us know yours.

Hey 2024, if ya know ya know.

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For the first time in 30 years, your keyboard is getting a new key — Microsoft is adding an AI key (but it’s really an AI ad).

Peloton stock jumped 15% on its new partnership with TikTok — Prepare for Crissy Tiegen to lead your next yoga class… from Peloton… on TikTok.

And Walgreens is cutting its sacred dividend, which sank the stock to a 26-year low — Which is why we think Amazon could acquire Walgreens.

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Harry Potter’s Broadway show is the highest-grossing non-musical in history — But Harry’s coming TV series is even bigger… because it’s okay to reinvent the wheel.

The world’s biggest shipping company just made the biggest detour on Earth — Maersk is sailing 6K miles around Africa instead of through the Red Sea… and you’re gonna pay for it in your shopping cart.

And United Airlines is stealing an idea from Zuck: Targeted ads — Prepare for a personalized ad for you in seat 17A (plus, we’ve got a plan to rebrand the targeted ad).

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What comes after Gen Z? It’s Gen Alpha — Marketers are turning their attention to the children of Millennial parents, and we are too. 

Pop-Tart was the star of the College Football bowls season, thanks to their mascot — Because Kellogg’s new strategy is to give their snacks arms and legs. 

And Tesla has always been (by far) the king of electric cars… until now — Because China’s BYD is now outproducing the electric OG.

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To kick off 2024, we’re presenting our top 3 money stories of 2023. So whip out your wallet, Venmo your Cash App, and DM your broker, let’s hit our first ever money pod…

1) Rent or Buy, a story from September 21st: To Rent or To Buy - that is the question — If Shakespeare was alive today, should he rent a house or buy a house?

2) Aretha Franklin’s Will, from July 13th : When singer Aretha Franklin passed away, we learned something big — That the greatest gift you can give your family is a will

3) The Year of High Yield from April 26: This was the year your money could make 5% by doing nothing — It’s time to be interested in interest.

Tomorrow, we’ll be back with the news of the day — But today is the best one yet. 

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A bonus episode featuring 3 of our top pop-biz news stories from 2023 on the entertainment industry. So toss on some PJs, hit the couch, and grab the 7 different screens around you, let’s hit our entertainment pod…

1) The Lion King, from January 6th: Disney’s Lion King Musical set a Broadway Record — Because on Broadway you can’t make a living, but you can make a killing.

2) iMessi (7/18): Lionel Messi came to America to play soccer, but the real winner was Apple — We call it iMessi.

3) Spotify Songs (9/21): Have you noticed that songs are getting shorter? Cause they are — The average song is literally shorter, cause artists don’t just play for fans, they play for algos.

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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 innovation of the year.

3) Bumble, from Nov 7th: The founder of Bumble stepped down as CEO after disrupting dating — Bumble’s is the only business we know that turned a tiny feature into a big company.

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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 2nd: Porsche jumped industries, from cars to condos — Porsche’s luxury apartment building in Miami shows us the cure for a commodity.

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