Konnor Griffin's TV Debut Beats Skenes, Sets Streaming Record
For TV, @KonnorGriffin22 > @Paul_Skenes? @SNPittsburgh drew 6.15 local rating for the rookie's debut Saturday. That topped Skenes' 2025 debut (Skenes starts would go on to be 20% better than other Pirates games in 2025). Sat/Sun games also streaming records for SNP 360 platform https://t.co/rGYceWCRQ4
Effective Leaders Adapt, Prioritize Empathy Over Personal Style
I used to believe leaders should always show up as their authentic, natural selves. I don’t believe that anymore. As a leader, you need to be a chameleon at times, changing your approach depending on what the situation needs. For a long time,...
AI Empowers Solo Creators, Sparking Long‑Tail Product Boom
We're now seeing legitimately useful products launched almost daily by individuals or small teams using AI, not venture funded startups. Some recent examples: @MattHartman's Ghost Pepper @bensig and @MillaJovovich's MemPalace @garrytan's Gstack The explosion of the long tail feels imminent...
Iowa Proposal Could Double Gambling Revenue with Prediction Market Tax
An Iowa bill under consideration in the House Ways & Means committee could tax 20% of the total value of all prediction market event contract trades, generating more than $130 million in annual revenue by 2032, per financial analysis released...
Iran Strikes Saudi Petrochemical Plant, U.S. Media Silent
Whoa I missed this: Saudi Arabian petrochemical plant struck by Iran at Jubail Industrial City Not reported in mainstream U.S. press but from sources generally accurate (AFP, by way of Times of Israel) https://t.co/5PXGglvqpg
Hiring Red Flags Reveal Hidden Discrimination and Bias
Red flags when hiring: - Job hopper. 3 jobs in 5 years? They’ll leave you too. - Resume gap. If nobody else wanted them, why would you? - Has kids. They’ll end up taking all of their PTO instead of working. - Has...
Today's Brent Mirrors 2014 Levels After Inflation Adjustments
Dated Brent was at ~$105 in April 2014, before the BIG shale-induced rout in crude prices. Adjusting for inflation, that's roughly where we are today. And the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. (Also the lapsed appropriations note at the bottom of the BLS'...
College Football Title Games Worth $50‑75 Million Each
Important price to remember as CFP expansion discussion comes up, with talk of eliminating title games. Overall, sources have indicated football title games for Big Ten, SEC can each be worth $75+ million annually. Maybe closer to $50+ million for ACC, Big...
Write to Think, Read to Write: Bezos' Meeting Hack
Read to improve your writing. Write to improve your thinking. Jeff Bezos on how to run effective meetings by adopting a writing culture. https://t.co/D4cOCgUMtY
Proprietary Data Becomes Your Ultimate Sales Moat
From Efficiency to Alpha: Why Your Proprietary Data is the New Sales Moat by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/vogMKQPsv8 @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Salesforce #Marketing #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Innovation #Tech #TechNews
Let Your EA Own Your Calendar, Reclaim Hours
My EA runs my entire day… NOT me. I used to burn 2 hours a day just trying to figure out where I needed to be next. Now? She owns the calendar. Completely. I follow it. I don’t create it. This freaked me out...
Maine Bans Credit Cards for Online Betting, Following Industry Trend
Maine last week became the latest state to pass a law banning credit cards to fund online sportsbook accounts. Many of the nation's leading sportsbooks no longer accept credit cards in any state.
Efficient Land Use: Hidden Deflator Amid Inflation Talk
I was just at the Dallas Fed, and the conversation was dominated by one question: How long is inflation going to remain a problem? While the main focus is energy and AI, there is a major deflator hiding in plain...
Paramount to Grant 10-Year Warrants to PSKY B Shareholders
⚡️ Clearing Up the Paramount Equity Syndication for WBD Confusion ⚡️ $PSKY $WBD Concurrent with closing, Paramount will issue a 10-year warrant to all existing public PSKY Class B shareholders representing... https://t.co/xBIFsn2ogd
Army Secretary Driscoll Stays, Despite Tensions with Hegseth
SCOOP: Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has no plans to resign or otherwise leave his role at the Pentagon, he said in a statement on Tuesday, after a series of internal clashes with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have caused other U.S....
Iran Deal Won’t Reverse Permanent Economic Damage
Even a quick Iran deal won't undo the damage already done. Stock losses, years of elevated oil prices, and a $350B defense budget increase that quietly translates to $3–4K in added taxes per household. The economy doesn't just snap back. Some of...
Why NBA Fans Still Pay for Regular Season Games
I don’t understand how people still buy tickets to regular season NBA games, and what it would take to ever get them to stop
Oil Benchmark Hits Record, Reflecting Iran War Shortages
A key benchmark for physical oil has surged to its highest level on record, showing that global crude markets are increasingly pricing in supply shortages caused by the Iran war. https://t.co/OCII5LIP6Z https://t.co/V7iFSd47Gu
Founder Charisma: Powerful Tool, Yet Fatal Governance Risk
Just finished reading the @RonanFarrow piece in @NewYorker . My Takeaway: Reality distortion fields are not a bug in entrepreneurship, they are a feature. Albeit a Faustian one. And Farrow captures that paradox beautifully. These reality distortion fields can operate...
Iran Deal Won’t Reverse Last Years’ Economic Damage
Even a quick Iran deal won't undo the damage already done. Stock losses, years of elevated oil prices, and a $350B defense budget increase that quietly translates to $3–4K in added taxes per household. The economy doesn't just snap back. Some of...
Fed Hawkishness, Weak Wages, Energy Surge Push Yields Higher
Trifecta of a hawkish Fed, slowing wage growth and surging energy prices seems like a bad combo at a time when household debt delinquencies were already mounting. The 10-year Treasury yield hasn't been this high relative to the growth rate...
ESPN Faces Layoffs Amid Cord‑cutting and Spin‑off Uncertainty
The Varsity * Murdoch vs. the NFL * How UCLA's win benefits the whole Big Ten * What NBA Europe investors should know, per @jamalmashburn Plus, layoffs are coming to ESPN as the sports network deals with cord-cutting, the YouTube TV blackout, and uncertainty...
Pakistan Urges Iran to Reopen Hormuz, Pause Fighting
🚨 Pakistan requesting Iran: ➡️ Open straight of Hormuz for 2 weeks ➡️ Ceasefire for two weeks ➡️ Trump to extend deadline for 2 weeks ➡️ Meanwhile, Iranian official tells Reuters: exchanges via mediators still ongoing (😇 this morning it was cutoff?)
Track Patient Reach and Revenue with Precision Marketing
What if you knew exactly which patients your marketing reached—and what revenue it generated? Ty Allen explains how that’s becoming possible in this interview 👉 https://t.co/R55iwoMmnJ @socialclimb_1 #PrecisionMarketing #hcmktg
China’s Reported Exports to US Dwarf Imports Post‑301 Tariffs
Indeed, an important question -- Ever since the 301 tariffs were introduced, the exports that China reports to the US have far exceeded US imports -- and now the gap is exceptionally big 1/3 https://t.co/b1eDSKKtRz
Lawmakers Push FCC to Block Sports Media Consolidation
In a letter Monday to @BrendanCarrFCC about the cost and inconvenience of TV sports and streaming deals between @Disney’s @ESPN and @NFL and @MLB, @SenWarren and @RepPatRyanNY said, “To promote competition in sports media in support of the public interest,...
Firms Use Legal and Illegal Tactics to Dodge US Tariffs
In today's thrilling episode of "least surprising tariff news ever", the NYT reports that firms have reacted to historically high and complex US tariffs by engaging in lawful and unlawful ways to avoid paying them. Shocked, shocked, etc etc. https://t.co/f7tZuI7dgo
Leadership Tested: Rise Above Chaos or Survival Mode
You’re on the shop floor, the pressure is mounting, a budget gets slashed, or a critical project hits a snag. In those moments of chaos, does your leadership level up, or do you default to survival mode? Stream now: 🔗 https://t.co/JgtHAvt0Jg 📽️ https://t.co/sJpGj9whnf...
Iran's Oil Revenues Soar Amid War-Driven Price Spikes
My view on Iran's surge in revenues since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran with @CoffeeandaMike: "Since the war started, the Iranians have been shipping a lot more crude out of the Strait of Hormuz, they've been selling at...
Obsession, Not Discipline, Drives the Best Founders
Never built through discipline. Built through obsession. The best founders I know aren't more disciplined than everyone else. They just found the thing they can't stop thinking about.
Oil Shock Dampened: Prices Below Peaks, Economy Decouples
So far this oil shock is not quite at the level of previous shocks. 1. Inflation adjusted, prices still aren't at their highest 2. The world's economy is less coupled to oil than in years past.
Cultural Stunts Drive Media Buzz Over Direct Sales
📣 This Week's PR Campaigns & Opportunities [April 7, 2026] from #TrendingCampaigns 👇 🔥 Top PR Campaigns of the Week 1. @KITKAT Heist Tracker This is a smart, culturally reactive stunt: it turns a viral news moment into an accessible consumer interaction, inviting...
Google's AI Will Reshape
What I learned about the future of Search and AI from Sundar Pichai's latest interview - Marie Haynes https://buff.ly/685HUTo
Backstop Ads Outshine Players, Should They Be Dimmed?
Does this level of backstop ad bother other people, too? The ad shouldn't be brighter (or bigger) than the players...
MLB's Obscene Push to Recover Lost TV Revenue
I know MLB teams need to make up lost local TV dollars, but this is a bit obscene, no? https://t.co/wN5ZxySBN7
Love Daily Content Creation? Essential for DTC Success
If you don't enjoy making, buying, and iterating on content like this every day Don't launch or buy a DTC / consumer brand It's table stakes if you want to win
Trump Admin Warned of $200 Oil, Brent Hits $144
Two weeks ago, we scooped that the Trump administration was modeling the impact of oil prices reaching as high as $200 a barrel due to the #IranWar. Dated Brent oil just hit a record about $144...
YC Alum Pranav Poised for Defining Tech‑Enabled PE Play
I think Pranav is one YC alum I have been tracking for a long time who is about to make the defining tech enabled PE play of our generation
Predators Secure Scripps Sports Broadcast Deal Post
Latest development on local game delivery @PredsNHL ink broadcast deal with @ScrippsSports following Main Street demise More with @AlexMSilverman https://t.co/C7s6V9EKvY
Predators Secure New Local Broadcast Deal with Scripps
New at @SBJ: The @PredsNHL have signed a local broadcast deal with Scripps beginning next season following the demise of Main Street Sports Group (owner of FanDuel Sports Network). https://t.co/GmhKmMo5yr
Inflation‑Adjusted Six‑Month Futures Spread Near Record
"After adjusting for inflation, the six-month futures spread is on course to exceed the previous record set in October 1990, after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and as the United States and its allies massed forces in the Gulf." @JKempEnergy https://t.co/26TVbx2H9d
Treat AI as OS, Launch in 30 Minutes
I’ve seen solopreneurs go from “no plan” to a 7‑day launch + content calendar in under 30 minutes when they stop treating AI like a chatbot. The shift: use it like an operating system. One place that knows: - your offers - your revenue...
Good SEO Drives Success in AI Search Studies
Every time I read a correlation study about what works well in AI search it always just ends up being “good SEO.” 🤔
Get a Top-Tier Website for $25k in One Month
I remember at my first startup we spent $150,000+ and 12 months building a brand new website that got scrapped 6 months later for another costly and lengthy rebuild. Now, you pay $25k and you get a top tier website in...
Amazon's $8B Bet Yields 7x Return in Two Years
AMZN invested $8 billion in Anthropic late 2023. That stake is now valued at $60.6 billion, roughly 3x their quarterly net income and a 7x return in just two years.
EoS Fitness Valued at $1.5B Amid Rapid Growth
May 2025 - "TSG Consumer Partners has struck a deal for EoS Fitness. The deal values EoS at ~$1.5 billion, including debt... EoS recently surpassed 1.5 million members, 500,000 of which joined in just the last two years." https://t.co/IytMCiRpjr
Global QSRs Should Cross‑sell Hit Items Abroad
Hot take: big, global #QSR chains should do more cross-selling of their popular menu items in other countries. A couple of chains are starting to catch on, and I bet this limited time Butter Chicken Taco is going to be...
Biglaw Lawyer Battles 12‑partner Team over $3M Park
POV: You're a former biglaw attorney representing the seller of a $3 million trampoline park opposite of KKR and a Sidley Austin team of 12 lawyers who don't sleep
1:1s Build Trust, Not Problem Updates
So many people miss this point. The purpose of 1:1s is ❌ not to hear problems ❌ not to get updates The purpose of 1:1s is to build a relationship with the direct report so that the manager can depend less and less...
Jack Emmert Returns, Unveils Veteran Leadership and MMO Vision
Our interview with Jack Emmert on his return to Cryptic Studios, his new veteran leaders and his plans for MMOs. https://t.co/BC7LMpCrMN