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Feb 2025
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🏀 “3-Pointer Economics” — NBA’s shot pr...

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Venmo & Cash App are getting crushed by Zelle… The boringest app disrupted the disruptors.

The NBA has a problem: Too many 3-pointers… but there’s an economic reason for them.

Jamie Dimon just went on an expletive-laced rant about Work From Home… and we got the tapes.

Plus, the untold origin story of… The Patagonia Fleece.


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