Economy & Markets
Launching a startup often feels like going to war against a giant monopoly. Jacques Benkoski proves that you do not need a bigger army to win. You just need to study how the Allies pulled off the D-Day invasion.
Economy & Markets
The European Union regulated tech to protect its citizens. In the process, they created a hyper-specialized workforce perfectly primed for AI replacement. Meanwhile, the chaotic US market built workers who adapt faster than machines can learn.
Economy & Markets
Traditional value investors are terrified by the current P/E ratio of the S&P 500. But the market isn't irrational. The underlying math of capitalism has fundamentally changed, rendering old valuation models completely obsolete.
Social Media Marketing
We blame the youth for having fried dopamine receptors and gambling addictions. But we are missing the macro-economic reality. The middle class of wealth, looks, and relationships is hollowing out. Today, the penalty for being average is invisibility.
Productivity
We thought Return-to-Office mandates were about "collaboration." They aren't. They are about security. Nation-state actors have weaponized remote hiring, forcing companies to retreat to the only place where identity is guaranteed: The Office.
Economy & Markets
Flying has been a luxury for 100 years. That era is ending. With VTOLs removing the airport and synthetic fuels removing the oil dependency, we are about to re-wire the global map.
Performance Marketing
OpenAI has the smartest chatbot. But Meta and Google have the smartest data. In the war for ad dollars, the company that knows who you are beats the company that just knows what you asked.
Artificial Intelligence
The AI hype is focused on chatbots. But the real super-cycle is in Robotics. Amazon has quietly built the world's largest autonomous fleet, and they are about to automate the entire planet's supply chain.
Economy & Markets
Andrew Ross Sorkin is the face of CNBC. But to sell his new book, he ignored cable news. He realized that to sell a complex history of the Great Depression, you don't need a 3-minute soundbite; you need a 3-hour conversation.
Economy & Markets
The CEO of Goldman Sachs is doing the podcast circuit. This isn't a vanity tour. It is a strategic signal to the market that the M&A window is open, and it’s time to start buying.
Artificial Intelligence
The market is obsessed with Nvidia. But history shows that hardware cycles always end. The money is about to flow from the chipmaker to the only company that owns the silicon, the software, and the search bar: Google.
Canada
Canada’s banking monopoly is about to break. Open Banking gives consumers ownership of their financial data. This is an existential threat to the Big Five and a rocket ship for Wealthsimple.