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Mar 2025
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👿 “Don’t Pick Duke” — March Madness inv...

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Duke is the #1 pick to win March Madness
 but that’s a lesson in dumb investing.

Google is buying Wiz for $33B
 And every Wiz employee is getting $588,000.

Corporate Nicknames are actually a curse
 Chevy, Mickey D’s, & Bloomies are bad for biz.

Plus, time-poor millennials are paying time-rich gig workers $27/hr to wait in line. 


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