Guinness used to be an old man's pint, poured in old men's pubs. Now the world is drinking less, yet the Irish stout is selling faster than ever.

Written by Alex Bilmes

Read by Scott Brick

Read ‘Lovely Day for the Black Stuff’ here.

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The investor closest to the AI frontier is betting against the ambitions of its biggest companies

Written by Dom Cooke

Read by Scott Brick

Read ‘Sarah’s Wager’ here.

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Written by Jeremy Stern

Read by Scott Brick

Read ‘A Suicide’ here.

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AI Rollups, the latest fad to take venture capital by storm, point to a different source of excess returns that is only becoming more valuable

Written by Jay Barney, Haiyang Zhang, and Jerry Neumann

Read by Scott Brick

Read ‘Invisible Companies’ here.

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How Thomas Peterffy built the machines that killed the trading floor and made Interactive Brokers into a $100 billion business

Written by Dom Cooke

Read by Scott Brick

Read ‘The Making of a Market Maker’ here.

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Written by Jeremy Stern

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Read ‘The Wu Tapes’ here.

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Written by Jeremy Stern

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Read ‘The New World’ here.

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Jeffrey Yan turned down $100 million, airdropped billions to strangers, and can’t travel without a bodyguard. The story of how he built Hyperliquid, a blockchain and crypto trading exchange, into the most profitable startup per employee on earth.

Written by Dom Cooke

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Read ‘Beyond the Sky’ here.

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