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May 2020
18m 32s

“Step on the scale! Step off the scale.”...

Nick & Jack Studios
About this episode
Walk on in to the Ford Factory! Actually, don’t — it just closed down right after reopening because a worker tested positive, making it a metaphor for our economic reopening. MakeSpace snagged $55M of VC funding to try to *not* be “the Uber for storage.” And we just finished the biggest week of retail earnings, so we whipped up a 7-question test to determine if companies are winning or losing in the corona-conomy.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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