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What is a COO actually for, and why do so many CEOs never figure it out?In this solo episode, Cameron Herold tackles a question most CEOs never answer clearly: What is the point of a COO? Working through Chapter 2 of his book Second in Command, he makes the case that there is no single template. The right COO is the one who fits the CEO.Cameron breaks down the traits that set strong seconds-in-command apart. Inward versus outward-facing roles. Translating between departments without being the expert. Finding shortcuts and building systems, the worst employee on the worst day can still run. He shares hard-won lessons from his years as COO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK, including the blowup that spread bad energy through the company for a month.Get the fit wrong, and you get a swamped firefighter. Get it right, and you get real leverage. Listen now.Timestamped Highlights[00:36] – Why there's no single template for a great COO, only fit[02:16] – Inward or outward facing: which COO does your CEO actually need[04:52] – The role a COO almost always plays, even when nobody sees them[06:05] – Why being a chameleon beats being the smartest expert in the room[08:29] – Empowerment over rescue: the parenting rule that reframes the job[10:36] – The department feud Cameron refereed without taking over the work[11:29] – The burned-out Starbucks sign that exposes a leadership question[13:07] – The currency bet that saved $100,000 a year for every penny[14:13] – The Buffalo snowstorm test for whether a system truly works[15:20] – Strategy or tactics: the Sun Tzu line every COO should sit with[19:07] – The blowup that spread bad energy through the company for a month[19:50] – Why the best COO might be 27, not 57Mentioned ResourcesFree PR by Cameron Herold and Adrian SalamunovicThe E-Myth by Michael GerberGood to Great by Jim CollinsThe Art of War by Sun TzuShopify (Harley Finkelstein, Tobias Lütke)1-800-GOT-JUNK and O2E Brands (Erik Church)Apple (Steve Jobs)Tesla (Elon Musk)Ben & Jerry's (Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield)Starbucks (Greg Johnson)Dell (Michael Dell)Meta (Facebook) (Sheryl Sandberg)Important LinksConnect with Cameron: Website | LinkedInClaim your FREE copy: Second in Command: Unleash the Power of Your COO BookExplore the COO Alliance - The World's Leading Community for Seconds in CommandGet Cameron's book: Second in Command, Unleash the Power of Your COO BookTake his course: Invest In Your Leaders Online Course (Use promo code PODCAST10 before the end of the month for 10% off)Chat or video call with AI Cameron via DelphiThe Second in Command Podcast is an original production hosted by Cameron Herold. Brought to you by COO Alliance. Production and editing by Podcast Your Brand.

In this episode, Scott Becker explores Peter Lynch’s investment philosophy and how consumer experiences with brands like Starbucks, Netflix, and Peloton can offer valuable investing insights.

Wingstop just crushed the fast-food race with 382 new locations, De Beers is getting gutted by lab-grown diamonds, and Olive Garden's $100 Never-Ending Pasta Pass is back after a six-year hiatus. Donny Deutsch and his Executive producer Lou Pellegrino run through this week's biggest movers: a booming box office (Odyssey, the MJ biopic, Toy Story 5), Hasbro turning Monopoly into a movie, the Mickey Mouse Club reboot, a surprise CD sales boom, solo dining's 52% surge, Starbucks swapping "grande" for "medium," and Pringles' controversial hot dog buns in a can. Plus, the debut of a new segment: Grand Brand of the Week. Tune in Thursday for Donny's big sit-down with Stephen A. Smith. Rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Leslie and Rochelle dive into a colorful mix of quilting updates and life adventures! From the excitement of a button project using Lori Holt fabrics to the preparation for upcoming quilting retreats in Missouri, they share their latest creative sparks. We also hear about Rochelle's mission to find rare Starbucks glass bear mugs, a surprising conversation with a tobacco distributor on a plane, and her plans for an upcoming trip to Europe to hunt for the perfect Black Forest cuckoo clock.The conversation gets real with heart-to-heart updates on family health and the everyday hurdles of being a maker, including managing arthritis while appliqueing and navigating a green algae bloom in the swimming pool. Between tips on needle turn applique and the best thread colors for the "Stillwater" quilt, they reflectson the importance of fellowship in the quilting community. It's an episode packed with crafty inspiration, personal anecdotes, and plenty of "quilty" fun!Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow Leslie on Instagram at @leslie_quilts and Rochelle at @doughnutwarrior

Learn more at ImmigrationLawyersToolbox.com/constellation John sits down with Patrick Carver of Constellation Marketing to talk about how immigration lawyers can build real visibility online in 2026. They cover the shift from Google-only search to AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, why consistent branding and content across your website, social media, and review platforms matters more than one-off SEO hacks, and how firms can avoid the outdated, clunky websites that turn prospective clients away. Patrick also breaks down Constellation's packages for immigration firms, including a special offer for Immigration Lawyers Toolbox listeners. Timestamps: 00:00 – Opening 00:33 – Intro 00:41 – Patrick's background and how Constellation Marketing started 02:00 – Immigration as a federal practice: local vs. national marketing 04:15 – What "visibility" means online in 2026 (SEO, AI, search fracturing) 06:34 – How AI search transition is going / Google's shrinking share 09:47 – Consistency, brand-building, and avoiding marketing plateaus 11:12 – Helping attorneys who dislike being on camera or writing 14:16 – Special ILT listener packages (pricing, "business in a box") 15:03 – Importance of updated websites/branding (McDonald's/Starbucks analogy) 16:33 – Why to start marketing early (lag time for SEO/AI to kick in) 16:49 – How to reach Patrick, Constellation's track record 18:03 – Outro Spotify | iTunes | YouTube Music | YouTube   Follow eimmigration by Cerenade: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn Start your Business Immigration Practice! (US LAWYERS ONLY - SCREENING REQUIRED): E-2 Course EB-1A Course Get the Toolbox Magazine!  Join our community (Lawyers Only) Get Started in Immigration Law! The Marriage/Family-Based Green Card course is for you Our Website: ImmigrationLawyersToolbox.com Not legal advice. Consult with an Attorney. Attorney Advertisement. #podcaster #Lawyer #ImmigrationLawyer #Interview #Immigration #ImmigrationAttorney #USImmigration #ImmigrationLaw #ImmigrationLawyersToolbox

Muy buenos días, mientras inicia esta semana el tercer round del T-MEC no renovado en México, Estados Unidos se ensaña con Canadá. Hay actualizaciones sobre el bicho en la lechuga. Entre abril y junio, menos clientes entraron a los Starbucks en México por su cafecito. Nubank compra un banco para tener licencia bancaria en Brasil y esta -no sé si se veía venir- pero inicia una carrera contrarreloj porque la megafusión de Warner y Paramount se suspende, causando una posible fuga millonaria por no concretarse a tiempo. 

Canadian fitness app Flex AI is shutting down after running out of money, showing how crowded the fitness app market has become — and how vibecoding could make life even harder for apps without much of a moat. Plus, Domino's sales are slowing as pizza loses its once-dominant grip on delivery to chains like McDonald's, Starbucks, and Chipotle.And in The Big Picture: A U.S. judge puts the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger on pause, Canada's inflation rate drops, and Yemen's Houthi rebels threaten to blockade a key Red Sea shipping route.The Peak Daily is produced in partnership with reframevid.com

Bill Ackman built one of the most closely watched hedge funds on Wall Street; when he speaks, markets move. Literally. Today, he joins Nicole to break down the opportunities he's seeing in the market, which companies are in his portfolio, and what could trigger the next 2008.  Bill walks Nicole through his investing playbook, the biggest mistake new investors make, and whether we're in an AI bubble. Then, Nicole and Bill play a rapid-fire round of Bullish or Bearish where Bill gives his takes on gold, Bitcoin, Chipotle, Starbucks, T-bills, Trump, and Mamdani. Bill also gets personal about his inheritance plans for his four daughters, what he actually thinks makes someone successful in business, and whether he would run for office. Check out Nicole's financial literacy course⁠ ⁠The Money School⁠⁠  Find a Financial Advisor or Financial Coach from Nicole's company⁠ ⁠Private Wealth Collective⁠⁠  Watch video clips from the pod on⁠ ⁠Money Rehab's Instagram⁠⁠ and⁠ ⁠Nicole Lapin's Instagram⁠⁠  ⁠Follow Bill Ackman⁠ on X Learn about ⁠Pershing Square⁠ Here's what Nicole covers with Bill: 00:00 Are You Ready for Some Money Rehab? 01:14 Bill Ackman on the State of the Economy Right Now 03:00 Who Wins the AI Race: OpenAI vs. Anthropic vs. SpaceX 04:31 Why a Great Business Is Like a Bond 05:56 Is the Stock Market Too Expensive Right Now? 07:01 Where to Put Your First $1,0000 7:39 Inside Pershing Square's 12-15 Stock Portfolio 09:22 Democratizing Hedge Funds with PSUS 10:39 Buying Stocks at a Discount 11:18 Apple's Innovation Problem and Life After the iPhone 12:33 The Best Advice for New Investors 14:06 Are We in an AI Bubble? 16:46 Predicting the Future and the Next Financial Crisis 17:52 Why You Should Never Borrow Against Your Stocks 19:20 Carl Icahn's Billion-Dollar Leverage Cautionary Tale 20:16 The Worst Investing Advice He's Ever Heard 23:00 Fixing the Retirement Crisis 25:48 Bullish or Bearish: Gold, Bitcoin, Chipotle, Starbucks, Trump and Mamdani 33:30 What It's Like When Your Tweets Move Markets 35:15 Would Ackman Ever Run for Mayor of NYC? 38:01 The World He Wants for His Four Daughters (and His Inheritance Plan) 42:25 The Real Formula for Success in Business 44:21 Bill Ackman's Tip You Can Take Straight to the Bank All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, or legal advice. Always do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making any financial decisions or investments.

Mazel Morons! We're tackling life's greatest inconveniences- from the black hole between your car seat and center console to why Amazon has somehow solved every problem. The guys debate whether the McDonald's Filet-O-Fish deserves redemption, pitch a new series trying fast food's least-ordered menu items, and somehow end up talking kosher cheese, ChatGPT rabbit holes, and Burger King tacos. Plus, we break down a viral relationship debate about dating a guy who's addicted to chips, answer your questions about GLP-1s and drinking, and question whether Uber Courier is secretly perfect for criminals. What are ya nuts?! Love ya!  Write us! Send your messages to goodguyspodcast1@gmail.com  Follow us on Instagram and TikTok!  Sponsors: For a limited time, Nutrafol is offering our listeners $10 off your first month's subscription and free shipping when you visit Nutrafol.com and enter promo code GOODGUYS10. Visit resortpass.com/goodguys to get $20 off your first booking of $100 or more. Download the Bilt app and join the membership for where you live, at joinbilt.com/goodguys. Try Hint, now available online at drinkhint.com and in stores nationwide. Unlock all the best summer memories with the Tropical Butterfly Refresher from Starbucks. To shop the most wonderful deals for school, check out staples.com/GoodGuys. Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode. Produced by Dear Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

✨ Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast! This week, Kaylee and Lian discuss their ideal “retirement jobs” and why their generation may not have the luxury of fully retiring. The hosts brainstorm options ranging from working in a bookstore, professional cat sitting, to a donut shop or bakery. Other ideas include working for the post-office, monitoring for forest fires with the National Park Service, working at Starbucks, and babysitting.Listen to this episode and contribute to the brainstorm of retirement friendly jobs!00:00 Introduction01:43 Cat Sitting & Cat Cafes05:20 Bakery 08:02 Mail Carrier11:17 Park Service Fire Watch15:03 Adult Camp And Retreats17:40 Tangent Time: Small Talk vs Presentations21:21 Retirement Party Preferences23:41 Starbucks And Babysitting27:49 Board Game YouTube Plans28:57 Selling Art Side Hustle32:11 Conclusion And Book Club Announcement

In this episode, we reflect on the recent major golf tournaments, analyze player performances, rules controversies, and the unpredictability of golf outcomes, emphasizing the importance of process and mindset.Cheers, - The Tie GuysChapters:00:00 Introduction and Major Season Reflection01:03 Walker and Henry Discuss Major Champions and Performance02:15 The Drinking and Eating Habits of Golfers04:16 Starbucks and Chain Food Quality in Cities05:49 Relapsing on Nando's and Food Choices10:15 Watermelon Smoothies and Summer Drinks11:42 Brawley's Beverage and Local Hangouts12:44 Okra and Summer Cooking Techniques15:09 Book Review: The Making of the American Democracy17:36 Jordan Spieth's Performance and Future Outlook20:04 Major Winners and Performance Trends24:34 Rules Controversies: Scotty Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau34:20 Rules Official Decisions and Player Reactions47:26 Ryan Fox's Unexpected Win and Its Significance57:03 The Everest Theory and Player Development01:00:06 Golf Course Analysis and Conditions01:01:31 Closing Remarks and Episode SummaryWebsite: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thetiepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/thetiepodcast/?hl=en⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mobile.twitter.com/thetiepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ keywords:golf, major championships, rules controversy, player performance, golf analysis, sports psychology, tournament strategy

U.S. Central Command says two American service members have been killed in Iranian strikes on Jordan. The Ex-Wife of the Ice Agent who shot and killed a man in Maine last week says he has a history of violence and mental health issues and never should have been given a gun and badge. The Starbucks at South Station is now closed after a shocking discovery. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another arrest in last month's armed robbery at a children's Lemonade Stand in Southie. Boston Police still investigating a deadly shooting in Allston last night. After a TikTok video of rats running rampant goes viral, a Starbucks has temporarily closed. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do World Cup taxes, AI-built accounting tools, and remote work have in common? In this episode, Blake and David unpack how tax rules hit global athletes and sports bettors, why Xero's new AI products signal a shift toward accountants building their own software, and where firms still face risk with audit standards, cybersecurity, and homegrown apps. You'll also hear what's really happening with remote work and a listener correction on Trump accounts.SponsorsCanopy - http://accountingpodcast.promo/canopyOnPay - http://accountingpodcast.promo/onpayThe Value Builder System - http://accountingpodcast.promo/valueCloud Accountant Staffing - http://accountingpodcast.promo/casChapters(00:00) - Cold Open and Welcome (00:27) - World Cup Chat Setup (04:04) - World Cup Player Taxes (06:58) - Betting and Prediction Taxes (09:47) - Xerocon London Highlights (12:58) - Xero Ultra Midmarket Push (15:31) - Xero Force Agent Builder (20:56) - More Xero Updates (23:22) - App News Canopy Close (26:13) - TaxDome Kiosk In Person (27:34) - Rippling Banking Payroll (29:37) - Exit Readiness Pitch (30:30) - AI Audits Need Rules (32:40) - QC 1000 Rollbacks (35:58) - CBIZ Activist Pressure (39:04) - Vibe Coding Boom (40:41) - DIY Tools Hidden Risks (48:05) - WISP Versus Security (48:57) - Remote Work Reality (50:13) - AI Usage Cost Chaos (54:13) - Trump Accounts Correction (58:23) - AI Handles CPE Reporting (01:01:13) - CPE Plug And Farewell  Show NotesWorld Cup players face tax penaltieshttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/world-cup-players-face-tax-penaltiesHow Much Will World Cup Players Pay in Taxes? In 2026, FIFA is the Real Winnerhttps://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2026/07/06/fifa-is-the-real-winner-of-the-2026-world-cup/186247/World Cup Betting Tax Rules Differ for Prediction Markets, Sportsbookshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-12/world-cup-betting-tax-rules-differ-for-prediction-markets-sportsbooksXero CEO on AI, the builder class and Xero at 20https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tech/tech-pulse/xero-ceo-on-ai-the-builder-class-and-xero-at-20How we're building Xero to scale with growing businesseshttps://blog.xero.com/product-updates/xero-ultra-launch-scaling-businesses/Introducing XeroForce: Your no code custom AI agent builder for financial workflowshttps://blog.xero.com/news-events/introducing-xeroforce-ai-agent-builder/Paying your bills just got cheaper: Standard ACH is now free in Xerohttps://blog.xero.com/product-updates/paying-your-bills-just-got-cheaper-standard-ach-is-now-free-in-xero/Xerocon London 2026: The Agentic Era Has Arrived for Small Business Financehttps://blog.xero.com/product-updates/xerocon-london-2026-agentic-era-small-business-finance/TaxDome Launches Kiosk: The In-Person Client Experience, Now Digitally Integratedhttps://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2026/06/09/taxdome-launches-kiosk-the-in-person-client-experience-now-digitally-integrated/184868/Rippling Launches Business Bankinghttps://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2026/06/23/rippling-launches-business-banking/185574/MindBridge urges clearer PCAOB guidance on AI auditshttps://itbrief.co.uk/story/mindbridge-urges-clearer-pcaob-guidance-on-ai-auditsPCAOB Issues Proposed Amendments to QC 1000 and Seeks Public Commenthttps://pcaobus.org/news-events/news-releases/news-release-detail/pcaob-issues-proposed-amendments-to-qc-1000-and-seeks-public-commentRestarting the M&A Flywheel — CBIZ, Inc.https://cbizflywheel.com/Starbucks starts vibe coding enterprise stackhttps://www.semafor.com/article/07/09/2026/starbucks-starts-vibe-coding-enterprise-stackSoftware vendors aren't losing sleep over vibe-coding — yethttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/software-vendors-arent-losing-sleep-over-vibe-coding-yetMost accounting firms can be impersonated by email – we checked 275 of themhttps://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/business/22638-most-accounting-firms-can-be-impersonated-by-email-we-checked-275-of-themDespite return-to-office crackdowns, remote work is alive and well as the rate has barely changed over the last two yearshttps://fortune.com/2026/07/05/remote-work-data-shows-hybrid-and-flexible-work-arrangements-are-here-to-stay-census-data/AI bills are baffling the C-suite after shift to usage-based pricinghttps://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/03/ai-bills-are-baffling-the-c-suite-after-shift-to-usage-based-pricing/5266383Need CPE?Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark: https://earmarkcpe.comSubscribe to the Earmark Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.comGet in TouchThanks for listening and the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @Dav...

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Ari Ford, founder of Easy Breezy, joins the show to share how she built a premium frozen yogurt, custard, and vegan soft-serve brand across the San Francisco Bay Area. She's now at six stores with two more on the way after fourteen years in business. After fifteen years in tech (and two startups, one win and one loss), Ari made a hands-on career pivot and spent ten months studying roughly forty yogurt operators before opening her first shop. She walks through the philosophy that's driven slow, self-funded, profitable growth ever since: obsess over product quality, but win on the in-store experience and community. Along the way she digs into staffing and retention, real-estate discipline, why she never runs grand openings, how she handles rising costs and shifting consumer behavior, the tools that keep her operation humming, and her long game: proving the concept works regionally before ever considering a national rollout (and why she'll never franchise).Key TakeawaysExperience beats product, barely. Ari tells her staff the business is 49% the product and 51% the in-store experience. A great yogurt with poor service won't earn a second visit, and 80% of her business is repeat customers (confirmed by credit-card data).Quality is the moat. Easy Breezy imports Italian machines, uses caramel paste from Italy and Dutch-processed cocoa, blends fresh fruit into organic bases, and mixes new batches every few hours with no corn syrup. The demanding machine maintenance (four per store, fully disassembled twice a week) is exactly what makes the concept hard to copy.Take care of staff first, and customers take care of themselves. Nearly every manager, GM, and operations lead started as a 16-to-19-year-old cashier. Ari backs her team over complaints ("according to me, you're always right"), offers health insurance, and invests heavily in training instead of firing.Hire for personality, and hire in networks. Anyone can learn to make yogurt, so she screens for a smile and work ethic, then deliberately hires friends, siblings, and family, because that built-in accountability keeps people showing up and reduces turnover.Skip the grand opening. Every new store has kinks to work out, so Easy Breezy does quiet soft openings, with doors opening on a random Tuesday. Ad spend doesn't sell more yogurt; a consistent product does.Market locally, not digitally. Instead of Facebook ads, Ari invests in school field trips, career-week tours, and sponsoring youth sports teams. Word of mouth from those community ties outperforms paid social.Real estate is a discipline, and mistakes are expensive. She scouts the sunny side of the street, within walking distance of schools, to catch both the after-school and after-dinner rushes. One location became an after-dinner bar rush (she was hiring security) instead of a family spot, and she closed it after two and a half years.Grow only as fast as profits allow. Easy Breezy is privately held and cash-flow positive from day one, self-funding roughly one new shop every two years. Stores typically take about two years to hit their stride, so patience is built into the model.Adapt to cost and consumer shifts deliberately. Ari raises prices in bigger jumps every two years rather than nickel-and-diming, empowers staff to comp generously, and has leaned into clear allergen, vegan, and gluten-free labeling as customers increasingly ask what's in their food.The endgame is regional proof, and never franchising. The next step is expanding to Southern California to prove the brand travels, potentially raising money for a national rollout later. But citing See's Candy and Starbucks, Ari is firm that she'll never franchise, because it would mean trading away control of quality.

After a Trojan prince runs off with the Spartan queen, thousands of Greek soldiers attack the walled city of Troy. Special guest Clinton Festa joins us to talk about a joke that kills at Starbucks, a much-needed protein shake for Paris, and a wonderful gift for college professors. Then we see if Troy stands the Test of Time. Tickets for Clinton's new one-act play "Asteroid Belt" are available here: https://www.chathamplayers.org/2026-2027/jersey-voices

A man is facing felony charges after he shot a rifle at a bag of Starbucks coffee in some sort of protest...and a pizza spot in Florida is accepting dead pythons as payment for pizzas!

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Emma and Isabel get deep into this weeks episode of The Valley (and all things D*nny) and obviously have so many feelings. They then touch on the RHOC premiere, Shamea and Porsha's blow up on RHOA, this week's NextGen, and a little Summer House news. ShopMy: https://shopmy.us/shop/commentsbycelebsQuince.com/cbc for free shipping and 365-day returns BollandBranch.com/comments with code comments for 15% of your first order plus free shipping Polymarket is now available in the U.S. App Store – Download the app and use code CBC to get $50 to trade when you make a qualifying $20 depositLeesa.com for 25% PLUS an extra $50 off with code comments Learn more at Starbucks.com/partners Poshmark.com/cbc and get $10 off your first purchase Get 25% Off Cowboy Colostrum with code CBC at cowboycolostrum.com/cbcSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you've ever worried that drinking is the thing that makes you fun, social, connected, or interesting, you're not alone. Maybe you're the woman who looks like she has it all together but secretly wonders why so much of your social life revolves around alcohol. Maybe you've imagined that quitting drinking means saying goodbye to laughter, friendships, spontaneity, and fun. In this episode, I'm joined by Julie Derashinski and Jenny Hopf, co-hosts of the Midlife Confidential podcast, for an honest conversation about what really happens when you stop drinking. We talk about friendship, identity, fun, midlife, personal growth, and why so many women discover that life gets bigger—not smaller—when alcohol is no longer at the center of it. For the full show notes, kindly go to this podcast episode link: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/why-hanging-out-with-women-who-have-quit-drinking-is-the-best/ 4 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking  — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking  Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Love The Podcast and Want To Say Thanks? ☕ Buy me a coffee! In the true spirit of Seattle, coffee is my love language. So if you want to support the hours that go into creating this show each week, click this link to buy me a coffee and I'll run to the nearest Starbucks + lift a Venti Almond Milk Latte and toast to you! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hellosomeday 

What happens when the promise of higher education no longer delivers economic security? New York Times reporter Noam Scheiber argues that millions of college graduates increasingly face the same insecurity that has long confronted traditional working-class Americans. In this conversation, he explains why workers from Starbucks baristas to Hollywood writers are embracing collective action, and why artificial intelligence may deepen that transformation.

The news to know for Wednesday, July 15, 2026! We'll tell you about a major policy shift for immigration officers and how it's linked to two recent killings. Also, where air quality is becoming a concern because of wildfire smoke. And an unfortunate new record as the outbreak of a stomach illness continues around the country. Plus, all about a new push to end the twice-a-year clock change, which state just banned A.I. data centers, and how Starbucks is trying to turn some employees into TikTok influencers.   Those stories and even more news to know in about 15 minutes!    Join us every Mon-Fri for more daily news roundups!  See sources: https://www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes Become an INSIDER to get AD-FREE episodes here: https://www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider Get The NewsWorthy MERCH here: https://thenewsworthy.dashery.com/ Sponsors: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code NEWSWORTHYat oneskin.co/newsworthy #oneskinpod Our listeners can get 20% off their Rosetta Stone Sapphire subscription when they sign up today! Go to RosettaStone.com/newsworthy to get access to Rosetta Stone Sapphire in 25 languages. To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to ad-sales@libsyn.com

Free preview of the bonus episode to our three-part podcast series about the organising campaign by the Industrial Workers of the World union at Starbucks in the 2000s, in conversation with Daniel Gross, one of the key organisers.This episode covers more about Daniel's work and organising history, the political and economic context of the early 2000s, and retaliation by Starbucks against him, and what happened in the subsequent legal case. Our podcast is brought to you by our Patreon supporters. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get exclusive early access to podcast episodes without ads, bonus episodes, free and discounted merchandise and other content. Supporters also get access to two exclusive podcast series: Fireside Chats and Radical Reads. Join us or find out more at patreon.com/workingclasshistoryMoreListen to this full bonus episode here on Patreon.Listen to all parts now without ads on Patreon.More information, sources, show notes and eventually a transcript on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e121-123-iww-starbucks-workers-union/Get hold of books by Daniel Gross, including:Labor Law for the Rank and Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law – Staughton Lynd and Daniel GrossSolidarity Unionism at Starbucks – Staughton Lynd and Daniel GrossUnions of our Own – Daniel GrossLearn more about the IWW in our podcast series and in these books.Learn more about McDonald's Workers' Resistance in this bonus podcast episode, available on Patreon.Learn more about the Solidarity Union Network.Learn more about workplace organising in these organising guides.And, finally, learn about John's experiences of organising at work in this bonus episode on Patreon.AcknowledgementsThanks to our Patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Jazz Hands.Episode graphic courtesy IWW.Our theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here or stream it here.Edited by Jesse French

Reposted from Still Slaying: A Buffy-verse podcast which you can find at Still Slaying: a Buffy-verse podcast | Podcastica. Fun, in-depth talk about great TV. CW: Discussion of grooming, childhood sexual abuse, and trauma.  “I'm still dealin' with this man's ugly ass living room set. Some people just shouldn't have money.” Penny and Kara find a way to laugh while discussing this dark episode that deals with childhood sexual abuse. The conversation winds around and touches on vintage technology, Starbucks coffee, unpaid internships, college admissions, interior design choices, film noir tropes, regional accents, consent, House of the Dragon, The Vampire Lestat, and Ted Lasso.   Next time we'll tackle BTVS Season 5, Episode 4, “Out of My Mind.” Keep Slaying! News Links/Referenced Links Original Trailer/WB Promo: Angel “Untouched” Original Promo MIT Museum ‘Goodnight Moon' Heads to Sunnydale in ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer —---------------------------------------- Viewing Order Angel 2.4: Untouched Buffy 5.4: Out of My Mind Angel 2.5: Dear Boy Buffy 5.5: No Place Like Home Angel 2.6: Guise Will Be Guise Buffy 5.6: Family Buffy 5.7: Fool for Love* Angel 2.7: Darla* Angel 2.8: The Shroud of Rahmon Buffy 5.8: Shadow Angel 2.9: The Trial Buffy 5.9: Listening to Fear Angel 2.10: Reunion Buffy 5.10: Into the Woods Angel 2.11: Redefinition Buffy 5.11: Triangle Angel 2.12: Blood Money Buffy 5.12: Checkpoint Angel 2.13: Happy Anniversary Buffy 5.13: Blood Ties Angel 2.14: The Thin Dead Line Angel 2.15: Reprise Angel 2.16: Epiphany Buffy 5.14: Crush Angel 2.17: Disharmony Buffy 5.15: I Was Made to Love You Buffy 5.16: The Body Buffy 5.17: Forever Angel 2.18: Dead End Buffy 5.18: Intervention Angel 2.19: Belonging Buffy 5.19: Tough Love Buffy 5.20: Spiral Buffy 5.21: The Weight of the World Buffy 5.22: The Gift Angel 2.20: Over the Rainbow Angel 2.21: Through the Looking Glass Angel 2.22: There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb Join the conversation! You can email or send a voice message to stillslayingfeedback@gmail.com, or join us at facebook.com/groups/podcastica and Still Slaying A Buffy-verse Podcast where we put up comment posts for each episode we cover.  Join the Zedhead community - https://www.patreon.com/jasoncabassi Theme Music:℗ CC-BY 2020 Quesbe | Lucie G. MorillonGoopsy | Drum and Bass | Free CC-BY Music By Quesbe is licensed under a Creative Commons License. #buffythevampireslayer #stillslaying #podcastica #angel #slaythepatriarchy  #christiankane #davidboreanaz #charismacarpenter #alexisdenisof  #jaugustrichards #juliebenz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when companies move AI from a promising experiment into everyday operations and the technology starts making costly mistakes?Santiago Gallino, Associate Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions and Associate Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School, examines why companies such as Starbucks and Ford have reconsidered AI-driven processes after accuracy and quality problems exposed the technology's limitations.Gallino explains how unreliable systems can erode employee trust, why human judgment remains essential, and how implementation failures can affect customers and brand reputation. He also discusses the risks of scaling AI too quickly and why companies must determine whether their technology investments deliver meaningful customer value and measurable returns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode begins with a catchup on all the Love Island that was missed in the week CBC was off. Brinity. In. Five. Taylor & Travis' MSG wedding was also discussed, as well as Kim & Lewis in Idaho and the possibility of Jacob Elordi, Timmy, Travis Barker & Lewis Hamilton all being brothers-in-law. ShopMy: https://shopmy.us/shop/commentsbycelebsQuince.com/cbc for free shipping and 365-day returns BollandBranch.com/comments with code comments for 15% of your first order plus free shipping Polymarket is now available in the U.S. App Store – Download the app and use code CBC to get $50 to trade when you make a qualifying $20 depositLeesa.com for 25% PLUS an extra $50 off with code comments Learn more at Starbucks.com/partners Poshmark.com/cbc and get $10 off your first purchase Get 25% Off Cowboy Colostrum with code CBC at cowboycolostrum.com/cbcSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Is most of what you know about SEO experiments actually wrong? Host Russ Macumber sits down with Sara Taher, founder of the SEO Riddler newsletter and community, to challenge some deeply held assumptions in the SEO world — including a Google patent that may signal social engineering against sites with spammy backlinks.Sara shares her honest take on schema markup, her accidental start in SEO via a failed Y Combinator-backed startup, and why she built one of the industry's most active SEO communities. Then the conversation turns to AI: Sara's hard rule is don't generate AI output unless you already know what 80% of the correct answer should look like — backed by real stories from Amazon's AI outage to Starbucks walking back over-automation.In this episode: broken SEO experiments, the truth about schema, lessons from a failed startup, building community in a cliquey industry, and the AI literacy rule every SEO needs.

Modern design is overworking our mushy brains, we really think we could score in the World Cup, our pets are fountains of joy and Starbucks is bringing back an amazing treat!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the Homeschool Mom Book Club 2026 — a year of reading chosen entirely for you. Can I ask you a question? Who is nurturing you? It’s a question most homeschool moms never get asked. We pour everything into our children — our time, our creativity, our patience, our presence — and somewhere in all that nurturing, we forget that we are humans with needs too. Who Is Nurturing You? I’ve been there. I spent years showing up for everyone else and calling what was left of me enough. Occasional Wednesday nights at Starbucks with a latte and a journal were the thing that kept me going. I thought that was enough. It wasn’t. It’s cliche, but it’s true: I was surviving, not thriving. I craved time to read and write and learn for myself — not just enabling it for the kids. And when I began reading for me, I realized I could answer some of the challenges I was noticing in my homeschool family. After nearly two decades homeschooling and six years coaching women who home educate, I’ve learned that books, and their authors, can be incredible resources for us as home educators. I’ve also learned, from my own life, and the lives of other homeschool moms, we consistently DON’T put ourselves on our to-do lists. We leave our needs, our interests, our rabbit trails last on our lists. Our social lives can be abysmal (funny that onlookers are concerned that our kids aren’t socialized, when mom is driving them hither and yon, waiting in the parking lot while they meet new friends and do cool things). That’s why the Homeschool Mom Book Club 2026 exists. And that’s why I want to invite you into the 2026 lineup — twelve books, one per month, chosen entirely for the woman doing this work every single day. A Gift for the Mama Who Keeps Coming Last If you’ve been putting yourself last in your homeschool, I made something for you. It’s called the Permission Slip — 14 daily anchor practices for the homeschool mama who keeps coming last. It’s free and it’s yours. Grab it here: Yes, I Give Myself Permission You Are the Most Important Curriculum in Your Homeschool Before we get to the books, I want to say something I come back to again and again in my coaching work with homeschool moms: You are the most important curriculum in your homeschool. Not the books you choose for your kids. Not the actual curriculum you pull out each morning. And not the co-op or the field trips or the Charlotte Mason inspired nature study either. You. The way you show up. The way you regulate. Even the curiosity you model. The grace you extend — to your kids and to yourself. That is what your children are absorbing every single day. So investing in yourself isn’t something you do when you finally have time. It’s the most important work you can do for your homeschool. And a good book — and a community of women to think about it with — is one of the most accessible ways to begin. How the Homeschool Mama Book Club 2026 Works One book a month. Twelve months. Four quarterly themes that build on each other — so the reading isn’t just a list but a year-long conversation with yourself. When you’re listening to yourself, able to hear two thoughts in a row (because you know that is hard to do with kids afoot), and willing to unpack the challenges in your homeschool mom life, you’ll move toward enjoying the charms of your homeschool family life. And here’s the part I want you to hear clearly: you don’t have to read the book to show up. I know, crazy, right? A book club where you don’t HAVE to read. Of course, you’ll be more deeply benefited if you do. But I know I wouldn’t have been able to read a book a month in my busiest homeschool years and I’m certainly not expecting it of anyone else. Come for the conversation, come for the community, and come because for one Friday morning a month someone is asking what you think and what you need. Every month in the Confident Homeschool Mom Collective we gather for four Friday sessions built around each book: Roundtable Chat — the big question the book is really asking Book Club Discussion — diving into the ideas together Writer’s Room — putting pen to paper on what surfaced for you Actionable Strategies — taking what you learned and building it into your real homeschool life https://youtu.be/WX9ALm-uODU?si=j3xVN-WWRQWkyJWm The 2026–2027 Homeschool Mama Book Club Lineup ☀️ Summer — Your Inner Life June, July, August We start by turning inward. Before we can talk about education philosophy or creative practice we need to know ourselves a little better first. June — Atlas of the Heart by Brené BrownDo you actually know what you’re feeling — or are you just reacting to it? Brown maps 87 emotions and gives you the vocabulary to finally understand what’s happening inside you — and why it matters for every relationship in your home. July — The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron & Suzanne StabileWhy do you parent and teach the way you do? This warm, witty introduction to the Enneagram helps you understand your core motivations, your stress responses, and the invisible rules you’ve been living by without even knowing it. And when you join the Confident Homeschool Mom Collective (where the Homeschool Mama Book Club lives, you’ll have access to a workshop on how the Enneagram works in your homeschool family.) August — The Life That’s Waiting by Brianna WiestWhat would your life look like if you stopped forcing it and started living it? Wiest’s newest collection of essays is for the mom who has been pushing herself toward a life that doesn’t quite fit — and is finally ready to choose differently.

Baroness Dambisa Moyo is a global economist, author, board member, and investor who sits at the intersection of public policy, corporate governance, and capital allocation. Dambisa serves in the U.K. House of Lords, sits on the boards of Chevron, Starbucks, Condé Nast, and Oxford University's investment committee, is Chair of the Economic Club of New York, and oversees Altered Trajectory alongside her husband, Jared Smith, the family office formed after his sale of Qualtrics in 2018. Our conversation traces Dambisa's journey from growing up in Zambia to becoming a leading voice on global economic development and governance. We discuss how her experiences across more than 80 countries and on the boards of four global companies shaped her judgment on economic growth, governance, and decision-making. We then turn to the application of those lessons at Altered Trajectory, including the evolution away from an endowment-style portfolio, balancing Dambisa's macro convictions with Jared's moonshot investing style, and positioning for long-term themes. Along the way, we discuss the challenge of investing through structural change while avoiding ideological thinking. Any leader should see for themselves the benefits of elite coaching. Try ALEX: tryalex.admiredleadership.com. Learn More Follow Ted on Twitter at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list Access Transcript with Premium Membership   Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (⁠https://thepodcastconsultant.com⁠)

On today's 7.13.26 show we talk about the song of the summer, a water balloon incident at Graham's house, Jess shares her experience at the Olivia Dean concert, Selena has a parenting question, an artist was selling trash from the Taylor and Travis wedding, a crazy bison attack was caught on video, Starbucks put out more bearista cups, the diarrhea outbreak is now in California, we talk about our photos from home and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

00:00 Docket 01:15 Intro 03:16 Charlie Kirk Shooting 10:31 New Evidence in Scott Peterson Case 19:24 Ashlee Buzzard gets to use a stress ball in court 21:52 OnlyFans Model Seeks Domestic Violence Proof for trial 25:07 What Do You Do to Get 120 Years? This Case Answers It 28:28 8 Shots Fired in PlayStation Return Dispute 29:51 WD-40 Murder Plot 32:00 Legal History 34:00 Quote of the Day 34:51 Questions from Subscribers 37:58 Dumb Criminal of the Day What do you do to get 120 years? This case gives the court a very clear answer. Timothy J. Dubois Jr. was sentenced after a knifepoint abduction and sexual assault tied to a Starbucks parking lot. Investigators used Apple Watch data, DNA, forensic genealogy, and a recorded confession. Scott breaks down the evidence, the sentencing math, and why the defense's plea for leniency failed. Watch to the end and tell us: was 120 years the right sentence? #CrimeTalk, #ScottReisch, #TrueCrime, #LegalAnalysis, #TimothyDubois, #DNAEvidence

Sandheden om bortførelsen af 18-årig Samantha Koenig fra en afsondret kaffebod i sneklædte Anchorage var langt mere frygtelig, end nogen kunne have forestillet sig i deres mørkeste tanker. Før den anholdte 34-årige Israel Keyes endelig begyndte at fortælle FBI om sine modbydelige gerninger, krævede han kaffe fra Starbucks, chokoladebarer og cigarer. Det gik op for efterforskerne, som historien tog form, at de sad over for en djævelsk kølig mand, der havde planlagt alt ned i mindste uhyrlige detalje. Keyes beskrev roligt og præcist, hvordan han havde holdt Samantha fanget i et torturskur i sin baghave, hvor han havde pint og plaget hende fysisk og psykisk. Rædslerne var fortsat i ugerne efter hendes død, hvor han havde sminket hende, flettet hendes hår og syet hendes øjne åbne, så han kunne sende et livagtigt foto til hendes fortvivlede familie. Efterforskerne fandt også ud af, at Samantha Koenig ikke var hans første offer. Israel Keyes opdagede allerede som teenager, at han var drastisk anderledes end de fleste. Han skjulte det bare godt. Dagens sommerspecial er anden episode af tre om seriemorderen Israel Keyes. Research: Anne Niluka Iversen Assisterende klip: Anders Eske Musik: Bensound

This week on Man Up, Joe Stopulos is joined again by his brothers Pete and Tim for part two of their tribute to their late father, Mike Stopulos. After last week's biographical look at Mike's life, this episode turns to the lessons: what did their dad actually do that made him the kind of man an entire community showed up to grieve? The brothers walk through it lesson by lesson: Be there — Mike coached freshman basketball at Assumption High School (earning the nickname "Papa Stop"), showed up for backyard football and homework, and made sure his kids never felt his absence even during years of financial strain he never mentioned. Take calculated risks — from proposing to their mother six months into dating, to launching side businesses, to investing in Airbnb properties with his sons during the pandemic, Mike modeled fearless but thoughtful risk-taking that paid off far beyond money. Order your life rightly — faith first, then family (wife before kids), then work, then friends. The brothers share how Mike's sacrificial love for their mother, especially through her health struggles, shaped how they lead their own households today. Pour out love on everyone — stories pour out about Mike's daily visits to a local Starbucks and grocery store, his habit of embracing a disfigured cart-pusher by name, and quietly slipping strangers at Walmart one hundred dollars with no explanation. Fear no one — from cracking jokes with hospital staff during his final weeks to evangelizing nurses about their faith, Mike lived out the Gospel call to approach every person without fear or judgment. A model Catholic death — the episode closes with the family's account of Mike's final hours: receiving anointing, an apostolic blessing, and communion, then passing peacefully as his six children prayed a rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet at his bedside. This episode is brought to you by Construction Professionals. Learn more at CPCustomHomes.com Man Up airs on the Iowa Catholic Radio Network. Listen to more at IowaCatholicRadio.com #ManUp #IowaCatholicRadio #CatholicFatherhood #CatholicDad #Fatherhood #HeroicFatherhood #FaithAndFamily #CatholicMen #CatholicPodcast #DavenportIowa #QuadCities #CatholicFaith #StopulosFamily Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our StationsLINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok! More on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio:Sunday Dive with Katie PatrizioMan Up! with Joe StopulosCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrBe Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián MoncadaMaking it Personal with Bishop William JoensenFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleThe Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos Liturgy & DevotionsThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Daily Mass from St. Francis of AssisiThe Daily Mass from St. Pius XThe Daily Mass from St. TheresaSunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint JohnWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Iowa Catholic Radio - Connecting People to Christ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

When you order coffee on your phone, you're experiencing the most successful app pattern in retail: the Starbucks flywheel. Skip the line, earn points, get personalized suggestions, repeat. Rob Tedesco has spent years helping restaurant brands replicate this formula at Dutch Bros, Shake Shack, Carl's Jr, and dozens more. But here's what surprised him: not every restaurant actually needs all four pieces of that engine.Join hosts Nick Paladino and Chuck Moxley as they explore why passwordless login is suddenly the number one priority for QSR apps everywhere. We also unpack a counterintuitive truth: robots are better at upselling than humans. A cashier forgets to ask about fries. An app never does. That algorithmic upsell catches sales humans miss.We dig into how Dutch Bros turned stickers into a collectible experience that hit number one in the App Store, and why the app had to feel as fun as the brand itself. Plus the uncomfortable truth about app security in QSR: these businesses are targets for credential stuffing attacks, and that affects how seriously they take authentication.Key Actionable Takeaways:Passwordless login removes the biggest friction point - Six-digit passcodes beat magic links and device fingerprinting because they're what customers already knowBuild for your frequency, not Starbucks' frequency - Texas Roadhouse doesn't need loyalty programs because they compete on value and hospitality, not habitsAlgorithmic personalization beats human memory every time - Let machines handle upsells; your employees will forget anywayWant more tips and strategies about creating frictionless digital experiences? Subscribe to our newsletter!https://www.thefrictionlessexperience.com/frictionless/Download the Five Step Site Speed Target Playbook: http://bluetriangle.com/playbookRob Tedesco's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertcharlestedesco/ Nick Paladino's LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/npaladino Chuck Moxley's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckmoxley/Chapters:(00:00) Introduction(02:20) The QSR flywheel explained (05:00) Starbucks blueprint vs Texas Roadhouse (08:55) App fatigue and Amazon exception(11:00) Passwordless login becoming standard(13:20) Device fingerprinting explained(14:30) Security threats in QSR(16:00) Why restaurants have apps(16:54) Dutch Bros sticker strategy(19:30) 10-second app design(20:00) Legacy POS complexity(22:00) Conclusion

Photo by Michael Martine, South Yarmouth MA, July 2026 Published 13 July 2026 e561 with Michael, Andy and Michael – arial-aquatic robotic locomotion, Puffin wingspan, e-ink mini PDAs, maker marketplaces such as Tindie, Lectronz and SmallRun, custom vinyl, cooperative LLMs and a whole lot more! Michael, Andy and Michael get things started with a new robot that can fly and swim, and transition between the air and water on it's own.  This amazing feat was inspired by diving birds such as the puffin.  This story inspired the cohosts to consider the wingspan of the puffin, and while writing up the show notes, the Wingspan boarding game and the airborne velocity of the swallow. Switching to non-robotic tech, the team take a look at the PocketMage PDA, which then opens up a whole discussion on (dare we say vintage) other PDAs, and the maker culture of EMF Camp, where Andy is spending some time as discussed in e560.  Crowdsupply's Open Printer article primed the team for a number of favorite maker marketplaces which you can check out in the show notes below.  Examples like Tindie, Lectronz and SmallRun all get the benefit of the Games at Work bump.  And a google search turns up another SmallRun website that provides the service of creating custom vinyl for recordings, and inspires Andy on a potential gift. The team then looks at a couple of YouTube videos where a number of different LLMs are tasked to work collaboratively to play Pico Park.  You can see these below, and it is an intriguing way to consider how multiple autonomous agents may work together (or not) in other contexts.  In e173 in 2017, the cohosts discussed an example of two Google Homes talked to one another on Twitch. Rounding out the episode, there is an Inc article on what happened when the Starbucks app had a failure.  The behavior was very reminiscent of last week's discussion on Ian Bogost's new book, The Small Stuff.  The article concludes “Connivence creates its own fragility” – what an interesting turn of phrase.   Have you had an example of when convenience created fragility for you?  Have your bots

Het was me het beursdagje weer wel. Zo beschuldigt Apple OpenAI van diefstal en spant het een rechtszaak aan. AkzoNobel zit op zijn beurt dan weer niet te wachten op wéér een overnamebod van wéér het Japanse Nippon Paint. Deze aflevering hebben we het over die twee bijzondere zaken. Maar ook uitgebreid over de omzetcijfers van TSMC, de grootste chipmaker van de wereld. Dat stunt terwijl de lat al zo hoog ligt. We kijken wat dat betekent voor de kwartaalcijfers van ASML. Dat verkoopt namelijk veel aan TSMC, gaan we dat terugzien in hun kwartaalcijfers? Ook gaat het over de goede verkoopcijfers van autobouwer Stellantis. Dat heeft een rampjaar achter de rug. Vorig jaar een recordverlies van dik 22 miljard. Maar er schijnt licht aan het einde van de autotunnel! De verkopen in Europa trekken aan, maar het zijn vooral de verkopen in de VS die gunstig stemmen. Daar doet Stellantis het opvallend goed. Verder hoor je ook meer over Disney. Wells Fargo zegt dat het mediabedrijf zijn streamingtak moet afsplitsen. Dan zou het aandeel met 40 (!) procent stijgen. Te gast: Corné van Zeijl van Cardano BNR Beurs is een journalistiek onafhankelijke productie, mede mogelijk gemaakt door Saxo. Over de makers: Jelle Maasbach is presentator van BNR Beurs en freelance financieel journalist. Zijn favoriete aandeel om over te praten is Disney, maar daar lijkt hij de enige in te zijn. Sinds de eerste uitzending van BNR Beurs is 'ie er bij. Maxim van Mil is presentator van BNR Beurs en journalist bij BNR, waar hij zich focust op de financiële markten en ontwikkelingen in de tech-wereld. Je krijgt hem het meest enthousiast als hij kan praten over ASML, of oer-Hollandse bedrijven zoals Ahold of ABN Amro. Jorik Simonides is presentator van BNR Beurs, economieredacteur en verslaggever bij BNR. Hij wordt er vooral blij van als het een keer níet over AI gaat. Je hoort hem ook in de BNR-podcast Moerdijk: dorp van de rekening. Milou Brand is presentator van BNR Beurs, freelance podcastmaker en columnist bij het Financieele Dagblad. Jochem Visser is presentator van BNR Beurs, maakt Beursnerd XL en is redacteur bij de podcast Onder Curatoren. Vraag hem naar obscure zaken op financiële markten en hij vertelt je waarom het eigenlijk nóg leuker is dan je al dacht. Over de podcast: Met BNR Beurs ga je altijd voorbereid de nieuwe beursdag in. We praten je in een kleine 25 minuten bij over alle laatste ontwikkelingen op de handelsvloer. We blijven niet alleen bij de AEX of Wall Street, maar vertellen je ook waar nog meer kansen liggen. En we houden het niet bij de cijfers, maar zoeken ook iedere dag voor je naar duiding van scherpe gasten en experts. Of je nu een ervaren belegger bent of net begint met je eerste stappen op de beurs, de podcast biedt waardevolle inzichten voor je beleggingsstrategie. Door de focus op zowel de korte termijn als de lange termijn, helpt BNR Beurs luisteraars om de ruis van de markt te scheiden van de essentie. Van Musk tot Microsoft en van Ahold tot ASML. Wij vertellen je wat beleggers bezighoudt, wie de markten in beweging zet en wat dat betekent voor jouw beleggingsportefeuille.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“ I think joy is probably the highest ROI investment that we can make as leaders — who you are and how you choose to lead. Joy fuels passion, and the best ideas come from passionate people.”Emily Chang — longtime friend of the pod + co-host — returns as a guest again for a candid conversation about reinvention, cross-cultural leadership, and building a career that spans two of the world's largest economies.Emily currently serves as Chief Commercial Officer of CHAGEE, leading the premium tea brand's North American expansion across brand, retail, customer experience, loyalty, and commercial strategy. Before that, Emily spent more than five years as CEO of global agencies VML West and McCann Worldgroup China, helping iconic global brands grow while guiding Chinese companies onto the world stage. Emily also held senior executive leadership roles at Starbucks, serving as CMO of Starbucks China before moving to Seattle as SVP of Marketing. She previously served as Chief Commercial Officer for IHG Greater China, led Retail Marketing across Asia for Apple during the company's rapid retail expansion, and spent nearly 12 years at Procter & Gamble building brands across the U.S. and China.Beyond her corporate career, Emily is the bestselling author of *The Spare Room*, a TEDx speaker, former university lecturer, and longtime advocate for purposeful leadership and creating a meaningful social legacy. Emily lives in Los Angeles with her family. You'll enjoy this candid conversation about embracing reinvention, leading across cultures, balancing ambition with purpose, and why curiosity, courage, and authentic relationships remain the foundation of lasting leadership.This conversation is hosted by podcast co-founder and P&G Alum Drew Tarvin, Founder & CEO of Humor That Works. Drew spent six years at P&G  leading IT + brand initiatives before turning his background in engineering, improv, and stand-up comedy into a career helping organizations use humor to improve leadership, communication, and workplace culture. He's the author of Humor That Works and his TEDx talk has been viewed more than 16 million times.

Building an iconic brand takes more than a great idea—it takes vision, resilience, and years of relentless execution. In this compilation episode, Travis highlights three unforgettable conversations with entrepreneurs who built category-defining businesses from the ground up. Former Starbucks executive Mesh Gelman shares the lessons he learned from Howard Schultz before creating Cumulus, an innovative at-home nitro cold brew system. Shawn Nelson, founder of LoveSac, reflects on transforming a college side hustle into a billion-dollar furniture brand. And David Royce, founder of Aptive Environmental, explains how mastering systems, sales, and culture allowed him to build and repeatedly scale pest control companies worth hundreds of millions. On this episode we talk about: The leadership lessons Howard Schultz taught about earning customers every day How Cumulus spent more than four years in research and development before launching Shawn Nelson's journey from sewing bean bags in his college dorm to building LoveSac into a billion-dollar brand Why long-term commitment is one of the greatest competitive advantages in entrepreneurship How David Royce repeatedly built, sold, and rebuilt pest control companies by keeping the growth engine intact Top 3 Takeaways Great brands are built by obsessing over customers, staying humble, and earning trust every single day. Long-term success requires patience—whether it's years of product development, surviving bankruptcy, or navigating changing markets. Systems, culture, and repeatable processes often create more enterprise value than the product itself. Notable Quotes "The world will be fine tomorrow without Starbucks. We have to earn our business every single day." "I don't know, but I feel like I should keep going." "Learn or die. Evolve or die. Adapt or die." Connect with the Guests: Mesh Gelman LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meshgelman Website: https://cumuluscoffee.com  Shawn Nelson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawndnelson/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnoflovesac LoveSac: https://www.lovesac.com David Royce LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-royce Website: https://aptivepestcontrol.com A Word from Our Sponsors: - Visit DrinkAG1.com/TMM to get a free AG1 Travel Case with 7 free AG1Travel Packs in your Welcome Kit with your first AG1 subscription order while supplieslast.  - Go to Leesa.com for 30% OFF select mattresses (through July 12, 2026) PLUS get an extra $50 off with promo code TMM, exclusive for my listeners  - To learn more about Mode Mobile and its investor community, go to https://invest.modemobile.com/travismakesmoney -Travis Makes Money is made possible by High Level – the All-In-One Sales & Marketing Platform built for agencies, by an agency.Capture leads, nurture them, and close more deals—all from one powerful platform.Get an extended free trial at gohighlevel.com/travis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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If you're the good mom who drinks at night because you're exhausted, angry, overstimulated and secretly wondering why you feel so unhappy when your life looks “fine” from the outside—this episode is for you. In this conversation, I'm joined by Nicole Phillips, author of The Negativity Remedy and host of The Kindness Podcast. Nicole is almost 14 years sober, and she shares how kindness helped her move through depression, anger, alcohol, breast cancer and the negativity loops that can keep us stuck. This isn't about pretending everything is okay. It's about learning how to notice what is also true, protect your peace, soften the way you talk to yourself and stop letting anger, resentment and fear drive you back to the bottle. For the full show notes, kindly go to this podcast episode link: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/kindness-anger-and-the-negativity-remedy/ 4 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking  — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking  Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Love The Podcast and Want To Say Thanks? ☕ Buy me a coffee! In the true spirit of Seattle, coffee is my love language. So if you want to support the hours that go into creating this show each week, click this link to buy me a coffee and I'll run to the nearest Starbucks + lift a Venti Almond Milk Latte and toast to you! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hellosomeday 

Forget Ariel. Forget Splash. Forget the Starbucks logo. This week, Chris and Ed dive into the terrifying pre-Disney history of mermaids, from Greek sirens and Japanese ningyo to Mami Wata, Sedna, Christopher Columbus's “sightings,” P.T. Barnum's infamous Feejee Mermaid, and the fake Animal Planet documentary that got so convincing the U.S. government had to officially say: no, mermaids are not real.SHOW NOTESBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/scared-all-the-time--7084296/support.Get the latest episodes of our bonus show NEW FEAR UNLOCKED -- and a whole lot more! -- by supporting the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ScaredAllTheTime

This week on PT Breakfast Club, Jimmy McKay and Dave Kittle start with a simple patient text exchange and end up inside one of the biggest problems in physical therapy:Expectation rarely matches reality.Dave shares how he responds when a prospective patient asks whether his clinic is in-network or out-of-network. Instead of dodging the question or pushing the sale, he explains the difference between choosing the lowest-cost option and choosing a higher-touch model.That opens the door to a larger conversation about why patients often disappear after visit three.Is it really because patients do not care?Is it because they will not do their home exercises?Or is the experience inconsistent enough that leaving is actually a rational consumer response?Jimmy and Dave talk about the in-network volume model, cash-pay customer acquisition costs, personal training, patient switching, the third-place concept, Equinox, Planet Fitness, Starbucks, Ironman, APTA, payment advocacy, and whether physical therapy can ever become more than a series of appointments.The episode closes with a practical reminder: the easiest growth lever is not always finding new patients. Sometimes it is serving the people who already trust you at a much higher level.In this episodeHow to respond when patients ask about in-network vs out-of-network careWhy cash practices need to explain the tradeoff, not just the priceWhy visit 3 drop-off may be an experience design problemHow inconsistent therapist switching damages trustWhat PT can learn from personal trainingWhy volume-based models create predictable consequencesThe role of customer acquisition cost in patient retentionWhat physical therapy can learn from Equinox and Planet FitnessWhy community-first businesses winWhy a package is not the same thing as a membershipWhat APTA can and cannot realistically solveWhy retention and relationship may be the most underused growth strategyBest quote“If you launched a video game where 70% of the people played it three times and never played again, would you blame the player? No. You'd blame the game.”

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Final part of our three-part podcast series about the organising campaign by the Industrial Workers of the World union at Starbucks in the 2000s, in conversation with Daniel Gross, one of the key organisers.This part covers international solidarity, Starbucks union-busting strategies, the decline of the union, and lessons for today.Our podcast is brought to you by our Patreon supporters. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get exclusive early access to podcast episodes without ads, bonus episodes, free and discounted merchandise and other content. Supporters also get access to two exclusive podcast series: Fireside Chats and Radical Reads. Join us or find out more at patreon.com/workingclasshistoryMoreListen to all 3 parts now without ads, plus an exclusive bonus episode on Patreon.More information, sources, show notes and eventually a transcript on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e121-123-iww-starbucks-workers-union/Get hold of books by Daniel Gross, including:Labor Law for the Rank and Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law – Staughton Lynd and Daniel GrossSolidarity Unionism at Starbucks – Staughton Lynd and Daniel GrossUnions of our Own – Daniel GrossLearn more about the IWW in our podcast series and in these books.Learn more about McDonald's Workers' Resistance in this bonus podcast episode, available on Patreon.Learn more about the Solidarity Union Network.Learn more about workplace organising in these organising guides.And, finally, learn about John's experiences of organising at work in this bonus episode on Patreon.AcknowledgementsThanks to our Patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Jazz Hands.Episode graphic: Starbucks Workers Union members, including Daniel, holding the sign, left, march down Union Square, NYC, 2007. Courtesy IWW.Our theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here or stream it here.Edited by Jesse French

Germania Rodriguez Poleo — journalist, writer, and Venezuelan exile — escaped her country at age 11 after the Chavez regime accused her mother of terrorism, tortured their bodyguard to death, shot at their car, and raided their home. She arrived in Miami as a refugee. Then she went to NYU and voted for Bernie Sanders in the primary. Her Reason magazine article "My Family Fled Socialism. Then I Voted for Bernie Sanders." tells the story of how that happened — and how she found her way back out. She's also the narrator of the documentary Escaping Venezuela. We covered: her mother's escape on a boat to Curacao and what Interpol red notices actually do to dissidents; the Pinochet whataboutism that follows every conversation about left-wing atrocities; what NYU taught (and didn't teach) about communism, socialism, and US foreign policy; why the pipeline from wealth and privilege to socialism is real and why it matters who makes the culture; the DSA's old platform calling for nationalization of media — and what that looks like in practice in Venezuela; the 32 Cuban soldiers killed protecting Maduro when the US captured him; the 2024 Venezuelan election that was stolen in plain sight; the recent earthquake with 40,000 missing while the dictatorship reports 3,000 dead; why she believes the US should be the policeman of the world; and the tragedy of exile — what it means to have your entire family legacy erased. Follow Germania on social media → @iamGermania TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 — Intro — who is Germania Rodriguez Poleo? 0:31 — The Reason article: "My Family Fled Socialism. Then I Voted for Bernie Sanders" 1:43 — Her mom: the #1 journalist exposing Chavez — accused of terrorism 3:30 — House raids, shot at their car, bodyguard tortured to death 4:59 — How democracy is lost — and why people allow it 6:07 — Her mom escapes on a boat to Curacao, then flies to Miami 7:07 — Born in Miami — how that gave her some protection 7:26 — Interpol red notices — how dictators use them against dissidents 8:47 — Her grandfather arrested in Rome on Interpol orders 9:13 — The UN Security Council problem 10:06 — The Pinochet whataboutism — and why the left always pivots there 12:05 — NYU, Karl Marx, and an incomplete education 13:26 — No readings on the Soviet Union, Mao, or Cuba — only US horrors 15:03 — The 2002 Venezuela coup — US engineered or not? Her mom was in the room. 16:41 — "Whatever the US does is bad, everyone opposed to it is good" 17:21 — NYU's Karl Marx birthday dance party 18:39 — Why aren't we winning the argument against communism? 19:04 — The pipeline from privilege to socialism — and who makes the culture 20:08 — The documentary Escaping Venezuela — and why it matters 21:06 — DSA, Bernie Sanders, and the Norway vs. Cuba confusion 22:08 — Che Guevara shirts — racism, homophobia, concentration camps 24:08 — DSA's platform: nationalizing media — the Venezuela playbook 26:21 — How authoritarianism starts: shutting down speech in the name of morality 29:04 — Race, identity, and the boxes put on Latinos at NYU 31:06 — NYC Mayor Mamdani — victimhood politics and who's actually brown 32:22 — If the US is so racist, why do people lie about being minorities? 33:56 — Paid propagandists for left-wing dictatorships 36:13 — The US captures Maduro — and the 32 Cuban soldiers protecting him 37:39 — Should the US be the policeman of the world? Her answer: yes. 39:23 — Venezuela is not Libya — why intervention wouldn't cause a civil war 40:09 — The 2024 election Maduro stole 41:14 — The recent earthquake — 40,000 missing, dictatorship says 3,000 42:30 — That's socialism in practice — from richest country to this 42:54 — Cuba: communists vs. thugs — and the cancer it spread 46:04 — "I want to go to Cuba before Starbucks gets there" 48:23 — Her mom: still fighting, now critical of Trump, 200K YouTube views 50:16 — Does she want to go back? The tragedy of exile. 52:20 — Exile is different from immigration — what was taken from her family 54:39 — Trying to revive her grandfather's newspaper 56:05 — Outro Watch full episodes on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Vb53s4I0A&list=PLb5trMQQvT077-L1roE0iZyAgT4dD4EtJ Listen on Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lou-perez-podcast/id1535032081 Listen on Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/2KAtC7eFS3NHWMZp2UgMVU  Co-host of Happy Hour Econ → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happy-hour-econ/id1863476697  Lou's book — That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r  TheLouPerez.com |  info@thelouperez.com  Newsletter: https://substack.com/@louperez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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