Groceries Independent grocers are a drying breed. The story of Honor Family Market. (nytimes.com) Trader Joe’s is skating by on its prior reputation. (fastcompany.com) White papers On the many implications of an aging global population....

Good morning everyone, Today’s episode of Trends with Friends is a good one. Michael Parekh, Phil Perlman and myself are joined by Josh Mohrer for a discussion on AI innovation, the evolution of venture capital, and the marketing leverage revolution. We...

As this AI Tech Wave gets craning into 2025, we keeping seeing new answers to the perennial question of how existing news services will get compensated by the LLM AI companies. This ‘Show me the Money’ tug-of-war has been a longstanding area of both...

Good evening. Welcome to Trends with No Friends. FOR THOSE JUST JOINING US, HERE’S AN OVERVIEW Stocks snapped higher. Every major index gained at least +1.65%. The Nasdaq Composite carried +2.45%. Financials and consumer discretionary flew +2.50%....

Markets Historical returns are a ‘billboard for diversification.’ (awealthofcommonsense.com) Venture capital Colossal Biosciences is now valued at $10.2 billion. (techcrunch.com) Intel Capital is spinning off from Intel ($INTC). (axios.com)...

Podcasts Khe Hy talks with Christine Benz author of “How to Retire: 20 Lessons for a Happy, Successful and Wealthy Retirement.” (youtube.com) Dan Haylett talks with Dr. Jordan Grumet author of “The Purpose Code: How to Unlock...

I have so many friends in Los Angeles that have had their lives thrown into chaos the last week. There are Go Fund Me’s of course, but we wanted to get a little more involved. Our friend Danny at Punchup.live has been working with The Stand – a...

The EU is now reacting to the coming shifts in US administration and Congress. And the AI Tech Wave world passing by at an accelerating pace. This time with renewed participation and coordination with Silicon Valley’s top companies and VCs driving...

Good evening. Welcome to Trends with No Friends. FOR THOSE JUST JOINING US, HERE’S AN OVERVIEW Stocks chopped. The Russell 2000 ran +1.13%. The Dow gained +0.52%. The Nasdaq Composite dropped -0.23%. Utilities, basic materials, financials, industrials...

My friend Danny Frenkel, the founder of Punchup.live wrote this guest post. Danny knows of what he speaks of having spent 13 years at Facebook/Meta before founding the email first network for entertainers (starting with comedians). The Achilles Heel of...