The 2 Best The Best One Yet Podcast Episodes
1) Sweetgreen hits fresh $1B valuation, Goldman/JP Morgan end sophomore interviews, and tech had a weird day
Aggressively local salad chain Sweetgreen snagged $200M in funding to hit a $1B valuation -- and it thinks it’s a tech company. Goldman and JPMorgan decided to end sophomore winter internship intervie...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) “Casper is the Peloton of Slumber, not the Nike of Sleep” — Casper’s IPO. 23andMe’s transition. Primo Water’s acquisition.
We slept on the Casper IPO documents released over the weekend, then realized they spent $80M just dealing with mattress returns last year. 23andMe hits a new corporate milestone — treating diseases w...Show More
3) 👠 “D(ad)dy Gang” — Alex Cooper’s ad agency. Lamborghini’s $6K stroller. CBS’ radical moderate. +Knitting Economy.
Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy launched an ad agency… It’s vertical integration, daddy-style. Lamborghini & Aston-Martin now sell $5k baby strollers… and fertility explains the trend. CBS News named B...Show More
4) 🤡 “Brain RotTok” — Sora’s AI Hollywood app. Heinz’s sauce maxxing. Best Buddy Stock Accounts. +Nick’s Waymo ticket
OpenAI’s Sora hit #1 in the app store with AI-only vids… Artificial intelligence is going the way of Artificial Ingredients. The financial “trend du jour” is opening a joint bank account with your be...Show More
5) 🌮 “Choco Taco 2.0” — Salt & Straw’s Taco Bell collab. Electric Cars’ last call. Interview with Friend AI’s CEO. +AOL RIP
The founder of Friend joins the pod for an interview… And announces he’s making a Friend AI movie. Taco Bell and Salt & Straw resurrected the Choco Taco… It’s a new playbook for collabs. Electric ca...Show More
6) 🏴 “Bank It Like Beckham” — David Beckham’s biz empire. Dirty Soda’s surge. McKinsey’s CEO secret. +Co-CEO Olsen Twins.
Swig started the Dirty Soda trend that’s taking over America… and now it’s overtaking alcohol. David Beckham’s financials leaked… He makes more $$$ today than as a star soccer player. McKinsey breed...Show More
7) 🐶 “Cute > Compute” — DoorDash’s delivery bot. Etsy’s ChatGPT website-killer. America’s 15th Shutdown. +Ford Poetry.
DoorDash’s 1st food delivery robot has as a strategic feature… Cuteness. Etsy stock jumped 16% on a shopping deal with ChatGPT… but AI agents are also a website-killer. The impact of the Government ...Show More
8) 🎩 “Boardwalk McEmpire” — McDonald’s Monopoly psychology. Friend AI’s viral subway ad. EA’s Saudi Sale. +The Best Idea Yet nomination.
Vote for The Best Idea Yet to win “Best Business Podcast”: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2025/shows/genre/business McDonald’s Monopoly is back after 10 years… It broke the rules of ...Show More
9) 🥃 “Negroni Hotel” — Death & Co’s hotel chain. Costco’s 9am DINK hour. Apple acquires Intel? +Ad-supported Toilet Paper
Death & Co. started the craft cocktail movement… and now it’s becoming a hotel chain. Apple’s surprise Made in America power move?... Buy Intel (the whole company). Costco opened 1 hour early for ex...Show More
10) 🚛 “Sloppy Soundtracks” — Spotify’s AI purge. NFL’s 3 huge sales. Starbucks’ McDonald moment. + Anthropologie’s $1K rock.
Starbucks is decaffeinating itself, closing 400 stores… but there’s hope for Starbs at McDonald’s. 3 NFL teams just sold at record prices... They sold to Private Equity, but what about fan shares? S...Show More