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Oct 2024
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🧩 “Learn from the Worst” — The White So...

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The Chicago White Sox had more losses than any team in baseball history
 we found a lesson about turnarounds.

The US Port Strike will affect half of our imports by sea 
 but don’t call it a Port-pocalypse.

DirecTV just acquired its rival Dish Networks for just $1
 we’ll tell ya how that’s possible.

Plus, the laundromat industry is making a fun/strategic pivot
 into bars, arcades, & cafes.


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