🕵️ “Top Secret $$$” — The CIA’s Venture firm. Walmart’s in-house meteorologist. SecondHand clothing’s slump.
The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.6 • 9.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The CIA has a Venture Capital arm… and it’s one of the top-performing VCs in America.
Second-hand clothing sites DePop & Poshmark are struggling… because they over-innovated.
Walmart, Ford, and Paramount all hired meteorologists… and it’s a lesson on winning at work.
Plus, United Airlines just announced 13 wild flights to beat Delta… Soooo Spring Break in Mongolia?
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| 0:00.0 | This is Jack. |
| 0:02.0 | Welcome back. |
| 0:04.0 | It is Monday, October 14th. |
| 0:06.0 | And today's pod is the best one yet. |
| 0:09.0 | This is a T-boy. |
| 0:10.0 | The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. |
| 0:13.2 | Jack, there were so many wins to celebrate. |
| 0:15.0 | Should we just get into this key boy? |
| 0:17.0 | You want to hit the pod? |
| 0:18.0 | You want to hit the show? |
| 0:19.0 | What do we got on the show today, Jack? |
| 0:20.0 | For our first story, the most successful venture capital firm in America may actually be the CIA. |
| 0:26.0 | Get this, the CIA has invested in 750 startups. |
| 0:31.0 | And the returns are so good. I don't think we're allowed to disclose |
| 0:35.0 | them. For our second story, secondhand retail sites like Poshmark, The |
| 0:40.3 | Real Real and Threat Up are all struggling right now. |
| 0:43.0 | It's a second handbag slump, |
| 0:45.0 | but Jack and I found a solution. |
| 0:47.5 | And our third and final story is Walmart. |
| 0:50.0 | Walmart. |
| 0:51.0 | Walmart just hired a meteorologist, and so did Ford, Paramount, and Delta. |
| 0:55.1 | Yetis, the corporate meteorologist is a lesson for everyone on winning at work. |
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