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Jan 2025
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📹 “The Next TikTok” — Whatnot’s $5B sho...

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TikTok will be banned in 5 days… but its replacement is Whatnot: It’s Instagram + eBay + MTV.

Sonos is known for its fancy sounds systems… but the CEO just quit because of 1 big mistake.

Nvidia chips have export restrictions… because in the AI arms race, chips are the new uranium.

Plus, the #1 candy in America was invented by a frog salesman… It’s Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, and it’s the next episode of our weekly deepdive show The Best Idea Yet 🥜


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