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#044 Brainstorming Bologna with Matt Ferrel and Ben Bator

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I've Got a Hair Problem, but I'm Not Sure if It's a Good Idea.

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We're three guys talking about hair. And by the way, good hair across the forehead. For listeners at home that can't see in this audio base medium, we're talking to three gu s nice hair. Just an hour and a half, that's all you need. But swy thi we we've solved charging interest structure. I think we've alved movie theatres yn. Honest.

Topics:

(5:14) - Matt & Ben’s friendship origin

(8:42) - Starting Texts From Last Night

(18:17) - Matt’s early career with Google, Coachella & Lafayette American

(43:33) - Mille Mitten

(58:34) - Tik Tok, Ads and Algorithms

(1:06:55) - Elon Musk & Twitter

(1:15:38) - Fixing Movie Theaters & car charging infrastructure

(1:38:07) - Fixing conferences

(1:50:50) - Exercise: Rebranding the podcast

Links:

Texts from Last Night

Lafayette American

Mil-Spec Automotive

Alamo Drafthouse

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