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1. “Robotaxis got Promoted”: Waymo, Tesla, and Zoox. Next up? Redeye robo rides.2. “IPO-palooza”: SpaceX, OpenAI, and Kim’s Skims IPOs3. “Welcome to Nike Hotel”: To save the brand, Nike should “just do” a resort.4. “Dupe-partment Stores”: A department store full of just dupes.5. ...  Show more

Yetis, the 3 biggest forces in business in 2025? Trump, AI, & Affordability. For more on that? Look at every other newsletter, podcast, and social media post of every day this year.But instead, we found the 3 biggest “pop-biz” themes of 2025: Maxxing, robots, & kale collar worker ...  Show more

Episode 404: Neal and Toby preview the upcoming jobs report that could shed some light on the direction of employment in the US, and the size of the Fed’s rate cut. Then, the Trump and Harris campaigns are focusing on corporate America with plans that have different strategies. N ...  Show more

Episode 671: Neal and Toby chat about the US and China reaching a framework deal on TikTok. Then, President Trump wants quarterly earnings reports to go away. Also, Alphabet surpasses the $3T market cap milestone. Elon Musk buys back $1B of Tesla stock. Convenience stores are ste ...  Show more

Episode 651: Neal and Toby chat about MSNBC’s changing of their logo and their name, now MS NOW, part of Comcast’s spin-off of cable channels. And, Soho House, the members-only private club goes…private. Next, non-degree job certifications were very popular during the pandemic ye ...  Show more

Episode 130: On today’s episode, I talk about refinding purpose post-exit and launching my new business storyarb. I share the full details on storyarb with no details spared including, ideation, customer acquisition, early challenges, pivots, finding my co-founder, and our bigges ...  Show more