“Mango is #1 in fruit” — Mission Produce’s fragmentation. Squarespace’s $10B website. Uber’s UK “workers”.

The Best One Yet

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🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Avocado icon Mission Produce jumps into the mango game because “commodities only exist in the minds of the inept.” Squarespace hits a $10B valuation building websites, but the real story here is its “Comp”: Wix. And Uber’s huge switcheroo in London is an unprecedented precedent for the entire Gig Economy.$AVO $WIX $UBERGot a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYorkWant a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form:https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9Got a SnackFact for the pod? We got a form for that too:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe64VKtvMNDPGSncHDRF07W34cPMDO3N8Y4DpmNP_kweC58tw/viewformLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Nick, this is Jack, and this is Snacks Daily.
0:04.6	It is Thursday, the new Friday, finally March 18.
0:08.3	Before we start today's pod, we want to point out that the past year has been tough for
0:12.2	everyone, but it's been particularly tough for Asian Americans for a unique reason.
0:16.8	Yeah, Jack and I were just talking about this.
0:18.7	What we just saw happen in Atlanta, that was the culmination of everything Jack just described.
0:23.6	We don't need to say how horrible the hateful attacks were yesterday in Atlanta.
0:28.2	This is what we want to say, we're here for you.
0:31.0	This T-boy is for the Asian American Snackers.
0:33.7	This is the best one yet.
0:34.9	Jack, what's our first story today?
0:36.8	Squarespace helps people in businesses build websites, and now it's worth $10 billion.
0:42.3	But the real story here, it's its secret sibling, it's cop, it's comparable wicks, wicks.com,
0:47.9	baby.
0:48.9	For a second story, Mission Produce is a pure play avocado stock.
0:52.2	Oh yeah it is.
0:53.2	Not so pure play anymore, they're getting into mangoes.
0:55.2	Yeah, a little less pure.
0:56.6	Gwok still extra mango salsa, apparently also extra, is that still extra Jack?
1:01.4	For a third and final story, Uber is going to treat its drivers in London like humans,
1:05.7	I mean employees.
1:07.0	Yeah, we got an unprecedented switcheroo for the entire gig economy.
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