💡 “Ideas = Currency” — TED Talks’ CEO audition. Costco’s girl math. ‘Musking’ the US Gov’t.

TED Talks needs a new CEO… but TED is actually the deepest media biz we’ve ever seen. Elon’s mission to disrupt the government hit a new level, that requires a new term… “Musking.” Costco is now paying workers 2x the average… it’s the cost that pays for itself. Plus, a record 22M Americans called in sick today (got a case of the Super Bowl Mondays). $COST $WMT $SPY Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… Monopoly 🎩. Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks to listen. “The Best Idea Yet”: The untold origin stories of the products you’re obsessed with — From the McDonald’s Happy Meal to Birkenstock’s sandal to Nintendo’s Super Mario Brothers to Sriracha. New 45-minute episodes drop weekly. —----------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks Episodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet. GET ON THE POD:  Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts  FOR MORE NICK & JACK:  Newsletter: https://tboypod.com/newsletter  Connect with Nick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-martell/  Connect with Jack: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-crivici-kramer/  SOCIALS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod  Anything else: https://tboypod.com/  Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks Episodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.