Success feels meaningless if experienced alone. Scott Galloway argues that building a business with a partner is more rewarding because celebrating wins together provides a crucial sense of shared accomplishment, making the entrepreneurial journey more fulfilling than solo success.
Scott Galloway praises Anthropic's ads as brilliant branding. The strategy successfully "ladders" competitor OpenAI by focusing on a key point of differentiation (no ads) that is truly different, relevant to users' privacy concerns, and sustainable for the brand, creating a pivotal market moment.
When a company like The Washington Post conducts massive layoffs, it becomes a "recruiter's dream." The widespread uncertainty and low morale mean that even the top-tier talent who survived the cuts will now be receptive to calls from competitors, making it an ideal time to poach.
Scott Galloway launched his "resistance subscribe" campaign without coordinating with other activists because he prefers immediate action over the slow, frustrating process of group consensus. This highlights a common founder trait: a bias for action, even at the cost of initial collaboration.
Scott Galloway notes that as he's gotten older and more successful, he's become less fearless. He argues his early success stemmed from a willingness to risk public failure, a trait he now consciously seeks to reignite to stay "in the game."
In the social media era, long-form investigative journalism is a fundamentally unprofitable business. Legacy institutions like The Washington Post can only survive if a deep-pocketed benefactor views subsidizing its annual losses as a civic duty, similar to funding any other non-profit.
Scott Galloway focuses on his own podcasts, where he controls the IP, to create a sellable asset. This is a higher priority than the larger revenue and reach from his shared-IP podcast, Pivot, where building enterprise value is difficult due to shared ownership.
The mass release of Epstein documents, without a trusted institution to filter them, creates a justice problem. Trivial details (like being on an invite list) are over-punished through public shaming, while truly criminal behavior gets lost in the noise, leading to a "mushed together" outcome.
The massive cost of a Super Bowl ad is only justified if it generates significant pre-game buzz and goes viral on platforms like YouTube. The ad spot itself is merely "permission to be evaluated." The real return comes from the earned media and social chatter leading up to the event.
Despite strong performance in Parks and streaming, Disney's stock is flat because the market values the entire conglomerate based on its weakest segment: declining linear networks. Spinning off these "bad bank" assets would unlock the true value of the high-growth divisions.
While publicly justified as measures to protect children, the wave of social media bans in Europe may be a form of economic retaliation. Frustrated with U.S. tariffs, nations are hitting back by restricting America's most powerful exports: its dominant tech platforms like Meta and Google.
Despite being the gold standard for digital transformation in news, The New York Times remains a small business with modest revenue compared to tech platforms. This demonstrates that even the best-case scenario for a news organization is not a high-growth, high-margin enterprise, capping the industry's investment appeal.
Scott Galloway observes that his quirky, self-produced videos garner up to 1M views, while his appearances on CNN primetime reach only 300-400k people. This demonstrates the superior reach of authentic, direct-to-audience social content over traditional broadcast media for individuals building a brand.