Twilio's Layoffs, Spotify's Strategy

Why do the most credentialed people on earth — the ones who checked every box, Stanford, Goldman, KKR, Harvard Business School — end up making the safest, most probable choices of their lives? In Part 2 of his conversation with Motley Fool's Rachel Warren, Reza Satchu breaks down ...  Show more

We all want to eventually get to the point when work is optional. But some people make it a goal to get there much sooner – perhaps even by their 30s or 40s. One fellow who knows a lot about how to do it is Brad Barrett, the co-founder of the ChooseFI website and the co-host of t ...  Show more

Audio streaming juggernaut Spotify laid off 17% of its workforce today after a large uptick in users and its first profitable quarter since 2021. What are constant layoffs like this doing to the psyche of workers? Plus: KISS lives on as the first US digital avatar band and Alaska ...  Show more

Episode 206: Neal and Toby explain why Spotify is planning to lay off 17% of their staff following the successful release of Spotify Wrapped. Plus, Bitcoin has never been hotter and why Tesla's cheapest model might be losing its tax credit. Also, Venezuela has approved a referend ...  Show more

Episode 214: Neal and Toby look at the recent layoffs from Cruise, Hasbro and Etsy and explain why companies announce layoffs just before the holidays. Plus, there's a board battle brewing at Disney and Starbucks doesn't run the coffee show in China anymore. The guys share their ...  Show more

(0:00) Jason's new brand deal (1:18) Bestie updates (9:12) "Ligma/Johnson" blunder outside of Twitter HQ (15:38) Surge of tech layoffs at Twitter, Stripe, Lyft, Opendoor, Chime and others; preparing for a longer downturn than originally anticipated (35:28) Macro trends, big tech ...  Show more