The Best One Yet
🥤 “Vending Machine-Gate” — Poppi vs Olipop. NY’s Texas Stock Exchange. Netflix’s podcast move.
14 Feb 2025
Poppi & Olipop’s rival sodas are the biggest drama in biz… because of $25K vending machines.Texas gets its 2nd new stock exchange in a year… The New York Stock Exchange is goin’ South-By-Southwest.Netflix is looking into launching podcasts… because there’s nothing hotter than a habit.Plus, Ikea just got into dating… it’s “Mattress Matchmaking.”$NFLX $SPOT $NYSEWant more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food ice cream 🍦. 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 Super 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.
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This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Friday, the real Friday. February 14th, Valentine's Day. And today's pod is the best one yet.
This is a T-boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today.
Celebrate the wins. What a week. But can we talk about that meal last night, man?
At Hand of the Wood? Oh, that was so good. I want two. I wanted three of everything. I got the Tagliatelle, which you should have ordered. I had huge regrets after that. Huge regrets. Anytime the restaurant says we have homemade pasta, order the pasta. Honestly, we should have worked on our menu strategy. In all seriousness, Nick, thank you for coming to Vermont. I feel incredibly loved.
You were my three-day doula. You gave me a great dose of friendship before my third baby's coming. I'm your doula dude, Jack. I got your back. I'm there. I was ready in case I had to cut an umbilical cord. Nick woke up at 3 a.m. Eastern time to catch a 5 a.m. flight to fly to San Francisco, and now he's recording the podcast. Anything... For the show, Jack. Anything for you, man.
Three stories for today's show. What do we got on the pod? For our first story, the biggest drama in business right now is Olipop versus Poppy. It's a prebiotic soda scuffle and it all comes down to a $25,000 vending machine. For our second story, guess who's about to get their second new stock exchange in the last year? Who is it? Texas is.
Texas, the New York Stock Exchange is about to go south by southwest. And our third and final story. The next big podcast platform is reportedly going to be Netflix. Netflix is looking into podcasts because there is nothing hotter than a hat. But yet is before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. Fantastic mix of stories. Love the mix, Jack.
Nothing says love on Valentine's Day like a bouquet of flowers, a box of chocolates, and spending three hours assembling a pinewood sofa together. Because the newest dating platform is actually being launched by Ikea. Ikea is the new Cupid. Get this. In England, Ikea stores are offering first date services this Valentine's Day.
That's right, IKEA partnered with a dating company to pair up singles at IKEA stores. Now, why would IKEA do dating? Here's the reason. People buy mattresses at IKEA. And the person you date is also your bedmate. So IKEA dating isn't matching you based on your personality, your occupation, or your horoscope. No, no, no, no, no. IKEA is matching you based on your mattress preferences.
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