**Merch Drop Alert**Get your holiday TBOY merch today at www.tboypod.com/shop (it’s our best drop yet).The band KISS is launching holograms of themselves to star in future concerts — But ABBA is already doing this… and it’s sold $150M worth of tickets already.Alaska Airlines is acquiring Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9B — To get to Hawaii, you’ll have to go through Alaska.And Bitcoin has surged 150% this year past $42k — Because after a crypto extinction event, Bitcoin is enjoying a “Mosquito Rally”.$BTC $ALK $HA $SPYSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

🪩 “Mamma Mia, here we go again” — ABBA/KISS hologram concerts. Alaska’s Hawaiian airplane. Bitcoin’s mosquito rally.

McDonald’s just announced 50 changes to the iconic Big Mac — It’s a huge risk… and it reminds us of a quote in an old Sicilian novel.Rover, the dog-walking app, was just acquired for a shocking $2.3B (that’s ½ a Lyft) — Because Rover pivoted to puppy sleepovers… and away from Mitt Romney.And one of the world’s greatest investors passed away at 99: Charlie Munger, the architect of Berkshire Hathaway — So we whipped up Charlie’s Greatest Hits.$MCD $QSR $BX $BRK.ASubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

🍔🚧 “New Big Mac” — McDonald’s Big Renovation. Rover’s puppy sleepover. Charlie Munger’s greatest hits.

There’s a shocking new rival facing dating apps: Non-dating apps — Tinder, Match, and Bumble are out, Yelp, Strava, and Duolingo are in.After a 4-year wait, Tesla delivers the very first Cybertrucks today — But Tesla’s Cybertruck was designed like high fashion, not like a pickup truck. And Mark Cuban is selling the Mavericks… and quitting Shark Tank — Because Mark Cuban is whipping open “The Las Vegas Playbook” for Dallas.$TSLA $MTCH $BMBLSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

🚨🎙️🚨 “Our 1st LIVE Show” — Tesla’s Cybertruck delivery. Yelp’s accidental dating app. Mark Cuban’s Las Vegas playbook.

Tickets for tonight’s TBOY Live Show in San Francisco: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shack15-live-the-best-one-yet-tickets-755859846147?aff=oddtdtcreatorThe newest Influncer trend? Blue Collar workers on TikTok — Because the more digital our lives, the more physical our desires.Sports Illustrated got caught publishing an article written by a fake journalist — So we whipped up Rule #47 for Artificial Intelligence: Robots are fine, Faux-bots aren’t.And Amazon’s newest product replaces building keycards with palm-scanners — Because Amazon’s builds the product first and finds the market second.$AMZN $METASubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

🦞 “The Lobsterman is an Influencer” — Blue Collar TikTok. Sports Illustrated’s faux-bot. Amazon’s palm-reader.

Shopify won Black Friday and probably Cyber Monday too, even though you never saw them — Shopify shows the value and the drawbacks of white labeling.The new trend in the workplace is fabulous instagrammable offices — When HR strategies change, so do our office designs.And Indefy is the VC-like finance firm investing in emerging musicians — It’s the new biz model of music: It’s never been bigger, to be smaller.$SHOP $SPOTSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

📷😜 “My office feels like a hotel” — Rise of Envy Offices. Billie Eilish’s VC secret. Shopify’s holiday win.

This Thanksgiving you might have noticed the miracle weight loss drugs for the first time — So we looked at what a post-Ozempic world might look like.The most popular promo this Cyber Monday? Buy One Get One Free (BOGO) — But watch out for the terms and conditions on BOGO (they’re sneaky).And UNC just won the national championship in Field Hockey with a 23-year old coach — There’s a management lesson about experience we all need to know.$NVO $DPZ $SHAKSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

🥡 “1st Ozempic Thanksgiving” — Weight Loss leftovers. BOGO’s cyber monday surprise. UNC’s field hockey winner.

Amazon is about to host Black Friday NFL football on Prime — This is the Holy Grail of American Capitalism.The most controversial dish at your Thanksgiving table? It’s cranberries, specifically canned cranberries — So we have to tell you about Ocean Spray’s wild (and surprisingly legal) cranberry monopoly.And the latest twist in the OpenAI drama? The coup has turned into a mutiny — 97% of OpenAI employees have threatened to quit, which reveals the real winner (Microsoft).$MSFT $AMZN $WMTSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

🛍️ “Black Friday Football” — Amazon’s TNF trick play. Ocean Spray’s cran-opoly. Microsoft’s OpenAI victory.

Remember last week when Snoop Dogg announced he’d given up smoking? — Turns out it was a wild marketing move that just pumped one stock up 15%.1K acres of Napa wine country just sold for $400M — Because Chardonnay isn’t just a grape, it’s also an insurance policy.And there’s a strange trend this corporate earnings season: A drop in compliments — CEOs are getting fewer kudos, kindness, and compliments than ever right now.$NAPA $BF $DTC $SPYSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

🌬️ “Giving up smoke” — Snoop Dogg’s head-fake. Chardonnay’s top-selling grape. Wall Street’s kindness counter.

OpenAI shockingly fired the man responsible for its $90B valuation: Sam Altman — But 48 hours later, it’s scrambling to rehire him, because AI requires real intelligence.The winner of the big Formula 1 race in Las Vegas wasn’t a car, it was a drink — Red Bull’s racing team turned a cost center into a profit center.And The Gap’s stock just had its best day in its entire history, jumping 30% on Friday — And it’s all thanks to Old Navy (and their new Barbie CEO).$MSFT $MNST $GPS $NFLXSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

🔥 “The Biggest Firing Since Steve Jobs” — Sam Altman’s shock firing. Red Bull’s F1 win. Old Navy’s resurrection.

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The US Post Office just revealed that it lost $6.5B this year — So we’re going to tell you the story, the history, and business model of the mail service… that we all own.For the 1st time ever, you can now buy cars on Amazon.com — Amazon will sell Hyundai cars, but only because Hyundai will put Amazon in its cars.And the creator of “Anchorman” just launched a TV show on TikTok — Because TikTok is now TVtok.$FDX $UPS $AMZNSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

📭 “The business of mail” — USPS’ $6.5B surprise. Amazon’s 1st car sale. TikTok’s TV show.

The biggest show on TV? It’s crime drama NCIS — The $8B TV show doesn’t win awards, but it gets rewards.Today is Starbucks’ most profitable day of the year: “Red Cup Day” — But also today, Starbucks’ barista union is staging a “Red Cup Rebellion.”And the startup making the biggest moves so far this fall: It’s Marc Lore’s Wonder – Wonder has pioneered a new category in food, “Fast Fine Dining,” by taking a Gap Year.$PARA $WBD $SBUXSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

🔎 “TV’s surprise #1 show” — NCIS’s Emmy-less glory. Starbucks’ Red Cup Rebellion. Wonder’s new food category.

ESPN launched its first sports betting app yesterday to crack the dominance of DraftKings and FanDuel — It just might work, media and tech can be teammates.Diamond prices have plummeted 40% this year, so De Beers it’s stockpiling them to prop up prices — Diamonds are forever… but they’re also not forever.Google just accidentally shared an embarrassing number: 36% — That’s the awkward cut Google pays Apple for any revenue made while you surf a Safari browser.$AAPL $GOOG $DIS $PANDYSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

🎲 “SportsCenter Casino” — ESPN’s new betting app. De Beers’ diamond vault. Apple’s Google bribe.

China’s President Xi is visiting San Francisco this week to meet President Biden — But his old host family in Iowa from 1985 is the guest of honor, because deals are about relationships. The founder of Chipotle just launched a new vegetarian restaurant chain run by robots: Kernel — But behind the scenes, it’s really a hybrid (like everything else).New Jersey was going to build the biggest offshore wind farm in the US, but Windfarm City just got canceled — Because interest rates are kryptonite for long-term projects.We have a few more tickets to TBOY Live in San Francisco here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shack15-live-the-best-one-yet-tickets-755859846147$CMG $GESubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

🌽 “Xi’s surprise Iowan fam” — China’s President’s Midwestern history. Chipotle’s new robo-veggie chain. Windfarm City’s cancellation.

Tickets to TBOY Live in San Francisco here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shack15-live-the-best-one-yet-tickets-755859846147Why were $250K of Japanese KitKats just stolen? Because KitKat is a coveted collectible in Japan — KitKat makes over 300 unique flavors that you can only get in specific Japanese towns.Inspired by a Buddhist monk, Humane just unveiled its iPhone killer — Can this hands-free smart device be the post-phone future?And every strike we can think of is now over — But after Hot Strike Summer, comes the sequel: Jealous Job January.$HSY $NSRGY $AAPL $UPS $DISSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

🍫 “How KitKat won Japan” — KitKat’s Omiyage strategy. Humane’s iPhone killer. Hot Strike Summer’s sequel.

Netflix spent $70M over 3-years to renovate the most historic movie theater in America — Because there’s corporate *philanthropy* and then there’s corporate *heroism*.Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop is making a risky move: Launching in Target – She’s trying to stretch the brand from aspirational to accessible.And Cruise robotaxis, the self-driving startup owned by GM, just had its worst month yet — It’s not the mistake they made, it’s how they handled it.$NFLX $TGT $GMSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

💁‍♀️ “Gwyneth goes to Tarjay” — Goop’s hot pivot. Netflix’s LA movie theater. Cruise’s robotaxi brake.

Following the success of the Mario movie, Nintendo confirmed it’s making a Zelda movie next — So we looked into how Mario scales creativity.Americans’ credit card debt just passed $1 Trillion — We explain why credit card debt is the worst kind of debt.And a random line on Stephen Colbert’s Late Show was actually a threat to Google — Because Gen Z doesn’t “google” for something, they “tiktok” it.$NTDOY $GOOG $AMEX $MC $VSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

🧝‍♀️ “Zelda does Hollywood” — Nintendo’s creativity hack. Peak Credit Cards debt. Stephen Colbert’s Google threat.

WeWork, the company that invented the “hot desk,” has declared bankruptcy — Adam Neumann injured the WeWork, but the real estate market killed it.Shein pioneered ultra-fast fashion and now reportedly wants to IPO at a $90B valuation — To explain Shein’s fashion, we’re going to quote philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.And the Great Resignation is over. Nobody is quitting anymore — Quiet Quitting has become Loud Lingering.$WE Subscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

💀 “RIP Great Resignation” — Quiet Quitting’s reversal. WeWork’s Bankruptcy. Shein’s ultra-fast IPO.

Noticed that holiday shopping promotions already replaced Halloween? “Christmas Creep” is happening earlier than ever — Because Early Bird shoppers are the most valuable kind.Bumble’s founder, Whitney Wolfe Herd, is stepping down as CEO — She’s the youngest ever woman to IPO a company… and she did it while defying a law of business.And Warren Buffett just shared one shocking number: $157 Billion — That’s how much cash he’s sitting on right now, because cash has gone from fool to cool.$BMBL $MTCH $BRK.A $TGT $WMTSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

🎄 “Christmas Creep” — Holiday sales already here. Bumble’s founder moves on. Warren Buffett’s cash pile.

Starbucks’ surged 10% last week thanks to a Pumpkin Spice Latte-powered record quarter — But 20 years ago, the PSL’s creation almost didn’t happen.Sam Bankman-Fried is guilty of “one of the biggest financial crimes in history” — But we noticed the newest red flag in startups… is founder fashion.And a cyberattack on Clorox resulted in massive product shortages last quarter — Because cyberattacks have become like natural disasters.$SBUX $CLXSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee 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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