Scott Galloway
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Back to me. So in the 90s, when I started Red Envelope and because I had a shaved head, I was white, had outdoor plumbing and a pretty good gab, I could raise tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars to my crazy commerce startups. And I'd raise so much fucking money for Red Envelope. And I was the brand guy, so I thought, oh, we got to build a brand.
Back to me. So in the 90s, when I started Red Envelope and because I had a shaved head, I was white, had outdoor plumbing and a pretty good gab, I could raise tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars to my crazy commerce startups. And I'd raise so much fucking money for Red Envelope. And I was the brand guy, so I thought, oh, we got to build a brand.
Back to me. So in the 90s, when I started Red Envelope and because I had a shaved head, I was white, had outdoor plumbing and a pretty good gab, I could raise tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars to my crazy commerce startups. And I'd raise so much fucking money for Red Envelope. And I was the brand guy, so I thought, oh, we got to build a brand.
So my college roommate, David Carey, who was the head of magazines, I think, at Condé Nast, he'd always been just a lovely guy. We were friends. But I used to fly to New York because I wanted to hang out in New York. and spend overspend on Vanity Fair and Vogue magazine, these ads for Red Envelope. And literally the weapon was the coolest place on the planet was the Vogue cafeteria.
So my college roommate, David Carey, who was the head of magazines, I think, at Condé Nast, he'd always been just a lovely guy. We were friends. But I used to fly to New York because I wanted to hang out in New York. and spend overspend on Vanity Fair and Vogue magazine, these ads for Red Envelope. And literally the weapon was the coolest place on the planet was the Vogue cafeteria.
So my college roommate, David Carey, who was the head of magazines, I think, at Condé Nast, he'd always been just a lovely guy. We were friends. But I used to fly to New York because I wanted to hang out in New York. and spend overspend on Vanity Fair and Vogue magazine, these ads for Red Envelope. And literally the weapon was the coolest place on the planet was the Vogue cafeteria.
Did you ever eat there?
Did you ever eat there?
Did you ever eat there?
And it was all these ridiculously beautiful women and hot gay men. And then Cy Newhouse and Anna Wintour would be sitting in the corner and you'd walk in. I remember thinking, I got to move to New York. And I would buy these $120,000 a page ads. I don't even know if they worked or not, but I just wanted to go to lunch with my friend David Carey.
And it was all these ridiculously beautiful women and hot gay men. And then Cy Newhouse and Anna Wintour would be sitting in the corner and you'd walk in. I remember thinking, I got to move to New York. And I would buy these $120,000 a page ads. I don't even know if they worked or not, but I just wanted to go to lunch with my friend David Carey.
And it was all these ridiculously beautiful women and hot gay men. And then Cy Newhouse and Anna Wintour would be sitting in the corner and you'd walk in. I remember thinking, I got to move to New York. And I would buy these $120,000 a page ads. I don't even know if they worked or not, but I just wanted to go to lunch with my friend David Carey.
I probably spent seven or eight million bucks of other people's money just so I could have lunch with David Carey.
I probably spent seven or eight million bucks of other people's money just so I could have lunch with David Carey.
I probably spent seven or eight million bucks of other people's money just so I could have lunch with David Carey.
Oh, yeah. Whenever there's a border skirmish with nuclear powers, you have to take it very seriously. And on a much less substantive level, India is a big trading partner with us on the economy. You could see oil prices and gold prices skyrocket with that kind of instability. But when two nuclear powers who border each other start arguing, it's very scary.
Oh, yeah. Whenever there's a border skirmish with nuclear powers, you have to take it very seriously. And on a much less substantive level, India is a big trading partner with us on the economy. You could see oil prices and gold prices skyrocket with that kind of instability. But when two nuclear powers who border each other start arguing, it's very scary.
Oh, yeah. Whenever there's a border skirmish with nuclear powers, you have to take it very seriously. And on a much less substantive level, India is a big trading partner with us on the economy. You could see oil prices and gold prices skyrocket with that kind of instability. But when two nuclear powers who border each other start arguing, it's very scary.
And it can all be sort of reverse engineered to, of course, the West's Specifically, the UK dividing up India into Pakistan in a very sloppy way that's created all sorts of religious and regional tensions and fights over Kashmir. China is a very strong ally. They describe themselves as an ironclad friend. Of Pakistan. India has very strong relationships with Japan and Israel and the UAE.
And it can all be sort of reverse engineered to, of course, the West's Specifically, the UK dividing up India into Pakistan in a very sloppy way that's created all sorts of religious and regional tensions and fights over Kashmir. China is a very strong ally. They describe themselves as an ironclad friend. Of Pakistan. India has very strong relationships with Japan and Israel and the UAE.