Airbnb launches (crazy) “Adventures,” Chewy.com’s 60% IPO surge, and Verizon’s new “never forget” dongle strategy

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

Business News, Tech, News, Finance, Business, Pop Culture

4.6 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Chewy.com’s IPO is based on the concept of “pet humanization,” but it’s showing how to beat Amazon. Airbnb’s insane new “Adventures” feature lets you book wild trips you probably didn’t realize were possible (because it’s facing competition in every direction). And Verizon launches a piece of hardware to help you not lose anything, but it’s all part of a “switching costs” strategy.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Nick, this is Jack.
0:02.8	This is Snacks Daily, it is Monday, June 17th.
0:06.1	We got the best one, yeah.
0:07.4	Straight up T-boy over here, markets, what happened, Jack?
0:09.6	Well, there were three crazy IPOs.
0:11.6	Who was an IPO?
0:12.4	You got five or crowd-strike Choui.
0:14.5	They all, like, blew up on the stock.
0:16.2	I guess we didn't IPO.
0:17.2	Investors are hungry for new business models and new stock.
0:19.8	So that's not as two or three stories
0:21.4	we've been creating all weekend for you.
0:22.6	Yes.
0:23.5	Choui.com, IPO Friday, the online focused pet store jumped
0:26.8	60% on IPO day, and we're gonna look at all the reasons why.
0:30.6	It's a case study in out Amazoning with Fido.
0:34.4	I gotta love that.
0:35.3	Second story is Airbnb.
0:36.3	It just launched a new service called Adventures
0:38.7	to get you deep in your most braggable trips.
0:41.2	Jack, apologies, I'm on my way to Nairobi
0:43.6	for my two-day training session with the Desert Warriors.
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