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Apr 2019
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đŸ€  “Yellowstone Tax” — NYC’s Pied-a-Terre Fee. Goop’s $9M ghost kitchen. Gatorade’s unathletic pivot. +Deal-Blind Dudes
NYC’s pied-a-terre tax, NJ Transit’s World Cup surge pricing
 Both inspired by John Dutton.The most successful ghost kitchen? It’s Goop
 Gwyneth’s miso bowls make $9M/store.Gatorade is pivoting from athletes to anyone, Michael Jordan to Michael Scott
 cause LiquidIV stole their m ... Show More
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Apr 17
⛳ “FOOOORE” — LIV’s golf miss. Storage Unit Millionaires. QVC’s final deal. +Pro Coffee Snobs
LIV Golf is reportedly shutting down
 sportswashing failed, so Saudi Arabia’s pivoting.Storage Units are America’s hottest real estate
 but are getting banned by NIMBYs #StorageShamingQVC invented “shoppertainment” but is declaring bankruptcy
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Apr 16
🐣 “Shoes to GPUs” — Allbirds 800% AI surge. Bad News Bull Market. Alex vs. Alix. +BieberChella
Stocks hit All-Time-Highs in the middle of a war... Because of stock market gravity.Allbirds announced a pivot to artificial intelligence
 and shares surged 800%.Alix Earle is beefing with Alex Cooper online
 but the real battle is over their business models.Plus at coachella you ... Show More
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