🔧“Blue Collar U”— Zuck’s free college. Starbucks’ afternoon delight. College Football’s QB gambler. +Sleep Divorce

About this episode

The episode discusses Starbucks' new product launch, Meta's investment in blue collar job training, college football gambling controversies, and the trend of sleep divorce among Millennials.

Starbucks launched Blended Refreshers… because it’s obsessed with 4pm sales. Meta’s spending $115M on a blue collar job training school… Plumbers & Welders wanted. Texas Tech’s QB was allowed to gamble on his own games… Hello, Casino-conomy. Plus, Millennials are getting divorced in record numbers… Sleep Divorced #Snooooooore $SBUX $META $SNBR Grab your Tickets to the IPO Tour: Our In-Person Offering San Francisco 9/23: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C0064AFB5F688BD Boston 10/14: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/tboy-the-ipo-tour-in-person-offering-8cdhup Seattle 11/4 (21+): https://www.axs.com/events/1446394/the-best-one-yet-tickets NEWSLETTER: https://tboypod.com/newsletter   OUR 2ND SHOW: Want more business storytelling from us? Check our weekly deepdive show, The Best Idea Yet: The untold origin story of the products you're obsessed with. Listen for free to The Best Idea Yet: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ NEW LISTENERS Fill out our 2 minute survey: https://qualtricsxm88y5r986q.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dp1FDYiJgt6lHy6 GET ON THE POD:  Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts   SOCIALS: Instagram…

People in this episode

Hosts: Nick, Jack

Topics covered

• blue collar job training
• college football gambling
• Starbucks sales strategy
• sleep divorce
• business news

Keywords

• Starbucks
• Meta
• blue collar
• college football
• gambling
• sleep divorce
• Blended Refreshers
• Casino-conomy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Starbucks, Meta, Texas Tech

Products: Blended Refreshers, Casino-conomy

Places: San Francisco, Boston, Seattle

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