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439 America is in the Middle of a Startup Super Cycle
America is in the middle of something extraordinary, and most people are not paying attention. Since 2021, Americans have filed more than 20 million new business applications. In 2024 alone, the U.S. averaged roughly 430,000 new business applications per month, which is approximately 50% above pre-pandemic levels. This is not opinion. This is data, and…
438 State Farm just asked 19,000 agents to take up to a 40% pay cut. Progressive took its crown without a single one. | The Pirate Street Journal
State Farm recently made headlines by flying thousands of its agents to Las Vegas for what turned out to be a dramatic announcement. Behind the Pink concert and Jimmy Fallon selfies, CEO quietly told 19,000 agents he was tearing up their contracts. Anyone staying past 2027 would face lower commissions, lost deferred compensation, and eliminated…
437 What’s Going To Happen In Tech Next with Ray Wang
On this episode of Christopher Lochhead: Follow Your Different, we welcome back Ray Wang, Chairman and CEO of Constellation Research, and widely regarded as one of the most insightful technology analysts in the world. In a recent conversation with Christopher Lochhead, Ray Wang shared his unfiltered perspective on the biggest developments shaping the technology landscape…
436 A 25-year-old is now worth more than SpaceX’s COO | The Pirate Street Journal
This week’s Pirate Street Journal episode covered three topics that, on the surface, seem unrelated: the SpaceX IPO and its acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor, the rise of plug-in solar panels for everyday consumers, and KFC’s ambitious brand overhaul. But at the end, each story carries a deeper lesson about how categories are born,…
435 The Fatherhood 2.0 Trap | Creator Capitalist Conversations
Fatherhood has never been a static concept. From the Leave It to Beaver era of distant breadwinners to today’s hands-on, emotionally present dads, the role of fathers has shifted dramatically over the decades. But are we truly optimizing fatherhood, or are we simply swapping one set of trade-offs for another? On this episode of Christopher…
434 97% of Consulting is Monkey-See-Monkey-Do. Gartner just Lost 70% Proving It | The Pirate Street Journal
On this episode of Christopher Lochhead: Follow Your Different, we talk about how the consulting and research industry is facing a reckoning. Gartner, once a $42 billion empire built on telling companies which technologies to buy, has shed more than $30 billion in market value. Trading around $155 per share after peaking at $551 in…
433 Who are the Category Kings of AI Going To Be? | The Pirate Street Journal
The conventional business press obsesses over company rivalries and product launches, but almost never asks the more important question: who is the category king of every market? The Pirate Street Journal flips that lens entirely. On this episode, Christopher Lochhead, Eddie Yoon, and Bri Clark break down three of the most consequential stories in business…
432 “Lowest Consumer Sentiment” Is Good News? | The Pirate Street Journal
The American consumer is being misread. Surveys say people are panicking, but their behavior tells a completely different story. On this episode of Christopher Lochhead: Follow Your Different, we take a page out of The Pirate Street Journal, as Christopher Lochhead, Eddie Yoon, and Bri Clark broke down three forces reshaping the economy through a…
431 What Most People Don’t Know About Politics: How Big Change Actually Happens | Different
Most people watch politics the same way they watch sports. Your team, my team, win or lose. We wear our colors, red or blue, and cheer accordingly. But that framing misses something profound about how real change actually happens in political landscapes. There is a different lens worth considering, one borrowed from the world of…
430 Why the Best Teachers Are Different — and What That Costs You with Christopher Lochhead | Better Leaders Better Schools with Danny Bauer
What does it truly mean to make a difference in someone’s life? According to Christopher Lochhead, Category Design pioneer and author, the answer is surprisingly simple: you have to be different. On this episode of Christopher Lochhead: Follow Your Different, Danny Bauer, founder of the Ruckus Maker Club and Better Leaders Better Schools, and Christopher…
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