The Best One Yet

If it feels like your rent is rising more than it should, it may have something to do with the startup Yieldstar. Krispy Kreme is now making donuts for McDonald’s — and it reveals a delicious quirk of Krispy’s business model. And what’s better: The Netflix episode deluge or the HBO episode drip?$DNUT $NFLX $ZFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeWant a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this formGot the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that tooLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The #1 app in the App Store over the weekend? It’s Gas, an app to give you constant compliments. Airbnb’s newest investment fund is for building insane houses shaped like potatoes, the Flintstones, and Pink Floyd albums. And we’ve identified a new variant of Inflation: Celeb-flation… when Tide hires rapper Vanilla Ice to make you pay more for laundry detergent.$ABNB $PG $METAFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeWant a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this formGot the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that tooLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Subway, the world’s largest sandwich chain, was sinking on a fake tuna controversy — So it threw the kitchen sink at the problem. After getting his Twitter account frozen, Kanye is now acquiring Parler… so now 5 men control our 5 speech platforms. And China just re-upped President Xi for another 5 years, so we’re looking at whether its economy will beat America’s. $TWTR $META $MCDFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeWant a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this formGot the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that tooLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 1st tech company to release a car will *not* be Apple — It’s Sony. Cathie Wood’s legendary ARK fund just hit a major milestone that screams “Do Less.” And Kroger and Albertsons are merging into a mega grocery store for $25B, but the real story here is Walmart.$SONY $HMC $KR $WMT $ARKKFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeWant a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this formGot the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that tooLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Brady. Brené Brown. A multi-billion-dollar hedge fund. They all have bought professional Pickleball teams — but we’re getting FOMO vibes. TripActions just hit a $9B valuation because business travel is getting regulated. And the Monthly Inflation Report just told us that nobody is listening to the Fed’s screaming.$SPY $DAL $XOM $GISFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeWant a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this formGot the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that tooLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hollister just fixed the #1 barrier to Kid-commerce: How to get mom’s credit card. Puttshack just raised $150M to keep growing its mini-golf / restaurant/night club. And Meta just unveiled its Virtual Reality goggles, but the real surprise was who joined Zuck on-stage.$ANF $BOWL $MODG $METAFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeWant a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this formGot the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that tooLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re jumping in TBOY style to the most important chain in the country right now: Spirit Halloween — they make $600M in 2 months (scary). Delta just invested millions in a flying airport taxi called Joby, because first impressions are worth it. And TikTok’s job website reveals that they’re about to take on… Amazon.$TGT $HD $DAL $JOBY $AMZNFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeWant a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this formGot the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that tooLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 72 hours, Kanye West said enough stuff to get blocked by social media — but the Ye drama really reveals Elon’s future for Twitter. Netflix just announced their biggest movie of the year will debut… in theaters? (*checks notes*) Physical movie theaters. And the award for Nobel Prize in Economics goes to: Ben Bernanke and his beard — For an essay in 1983 that saved us in 2008.$NFLX $AMC $META $TWTR $SPOT $AAPLFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeWant a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this formGot the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that tooLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Weed stocks just had their best day in 3 years because President Biden loosened the financial handcuffs. Handbags are the hottest alternative investment, because the marketplace for secondhand Gucci is easy and online. And YouTube legend MrBeast revealed the secret to YouTube: The Thumbnail.$CGC $TLRY $GOOG $REAL $LVMUYFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeWant a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this formGot the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that tooLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our first TBOY interview, we chat with the Founder and CEO of Buzzfeed, Jonah Peretti. Buzzfeed was the first media company built on virality, harnessing the power of the internet to scale humor, joy, news… and a listicle on which Disney princess you are. But before Buzzfeed went public for $1.5B in 2021, Buzzfeed really began when Jonah was a student and turned a sneaker email with Nike into the 1st viral sensation. So we’re whipping up the Takeaways with Jonah on why something goes viral, what it says about our own psychology, the meaning of humor, Millennials vs Gen Z, what would surprise us about Buzzfeed, how the media industry is like a musical concert — and how he’d host a dinner sitting between Mark Zuckerberg and Rupert Murdoch.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.