The Taser CEO gets $246M in stock comp, Beyond Meat surges 163%, and Wayfair drops 7% because you’re expensive

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

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

4.6 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Axon Enterprises is the company behind the taser, and it just awarded its CEO $246M in compensation — So we look in to how it’s set up to incentivize him. Beyond Meat surged 163% on its IPO day. And Wayfair is the biggest online furniture platform whose stock fell 7%, but it’s got a fascinating relationship with 80 “house brands.”Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Nick, this is Jack, this is Nick, daily is Friday, May 3rd and this is the best one yet.
0:06.9	Markets fell but this is still a table.
0:08.6	Why did they fall?
0:09.6	Oil prices.
0:10.6	Oil prices fell, markets were sensitive.
0:12.6	Very, it's like they take it personal.
0:14.1	Yeah, oil companies in Houston weren't happy yesterday.
0:16.3	We're a little tougher than that.
0:17.3	Three fantastic stories we found for you guys.
0:19.6	You want to hear the first one?
0:20.6	This is a wild mix.
0:21.6	The inventor of taser.
0:22.6	Yes.
0:23.6	It's a publicly traded company.
0:24.6	It's awesome.
0:25.6	It announced that it's CEO, got the best compensation package we have ever seen.
0:29.7	I was still trying to count this thing.
0:30.9	It is a long number.
0:31.9	Two, four, six and then a lot of zeroes.
0:34.3	We're looking at incentives built into this thing and the body camera trend.
0:38.1	Second story is Boston based WAFAM.
0:40.0	This is the largest furniture only e-commerce company in the US.
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