The Best One Yet
👿 “Don’t Pick Duke” — March Madness investing advice. Google’s biggest acquisition. Corporate Nickname Curse.
Wed, 19 Mar 2025
Duke is the #1 pick to win March Madness… but that’s a lesson in dumb investing.Google is buying Wiz for $33B… And every Wiz employee is getting $588,000.Corporate Nicknames are actually a curse… Chevy, Mickey D’s, & Bloomies are bad for biz.Plus, time-poor millennials are paying time-rich gig workers $27/hr to wait in line. $GOOG $JWN $MCD $GMWant more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… MTV 📺 “How Video Killed the Radio Star” Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks to listen.“The Best Idea Yet”: The untold origin stories of the products you’re obsessed with — From the McDonald’s Happy Meal to Birkenstock’s sandal to Nintendo’s Susper Mario Brothers to Sriracha. New 45-minute episodes drop weekly.—-----------------------------------------------------Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinksEpisodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet.GET ON THE POD: Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts FOR MORE NICK & JACK: Newsletter: https://tboypod.com/newsletter Connect with Nick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-martell/ Connect with Jack: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-crivici-kramer/ SOCIALS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod Anything else: https://tboypod.com/ Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinksEpisodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
How do corporate nicknames affect businesses?
I think it means, Jack, on your Tinder profile, you're supposed to say, I'm five foot 10 on earth, but I'm six foot up in space.
That's true. And if the other person swiping is a science nerd, they'll be very turned on by that remark.
I think we just made a few happy couples, Jack.
Yetis, you look fantastic over there. Jack-O-Lantern, you're looking great over there, man.
Please don't make this a thing.
Besties, if you are waiting on a line right now, leave us a comment about the line wait economy.
Should we be paying people to wait on line? I've never done it. I'm actually thinking about getting paid to wait in line. As long as we know where to draw the line, Jack. And as long as you remember to bring a book. Leave a comment and remember to give us five stars, a rating and review. That helps grow the show. And Jack and I will see you tomorrow.
And before we go, a happy birthday to Yeti Allie Harrington in Smyrna, Georgia, and a happy National Athletic Training Month to all the wonderful hard-working athletic trainers out there. Thank you, Allie. And a shout-out to the boring business owner, Kevin Erickson, who runs a blanket business, a wool blanket business, called Arcturus. And Ashley Day's also got a boring business to share.
She's running a bookkeeping company and she's crushing it. And Kyle McQueen's sisters, they got a boring business that sounds amazing. They send packages, care packages to the military. And a special shout out to Dylan Steinfeld, a Yeti who picked Duke in his bracket to win it all. And if you want to get a shout out on this show for yourself or anyone else, just fill out the form.
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