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Marcus Millone might’ve started in commercial real estate debt at a regional bank, but now he runs one of today's most organically beloved running and lifestyle brands: Minted. Early in COVID, Milione began posting fashion and fitness content on TikTok and Instagram to cure his boredom. He committed to churning out 3 videos a day, everyday, for a full year. And it totally paid off. He drew in an audience that became the foundation of what we know as Minted today. Eight months into building his brand, he set a revenue target that would justify quitting his bank job. He hit it within 5 minutes of his next drop. From there, Milione went all in. He took on extreme risks, pouring every dollar into each release, hoping the community would show up. His inventory lived in his parents’ garage, his family members became fulfillment teams, and holidays became packing days. And still, the brand kept selling out. Minted’s newest collaboration with Saucony cements that rise, showing what relentless reps and founder-led ingenuity can build.

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Spotify CEO Joins, Alex Tabarrok Joins, Lots of news from SpaceX, Anthropic Follow TBPN:  https://TBPN.com https://x.com/tbpn https://lnkd.in/gvhHft2x https://lnkd.in/guPZt7h5 https://lnkd.in/gYsfvMkA

Figma just shipped an agentic design tool, and we sat down with CEO Dylan Field to unpack what it means. Their thesis: as code commoditizes, design becomes the differentiator. "Design is the layer above code," Field told us. "As code commoditizes, design is the battleground."' The new agent automates the work that drains creative energy like design-system maintenance or text translations. With that handled, Field says designers are "elevated" to focus on their actual job of real innovation for users.

I don’t think enough people realize just how made for this job John and Jordi are (and why that’s the secret sauce behind TBPN). They both have this unique ability to take incredibly complex stories and highly technical topics and make them digestible and relatable to pretty much anyone listening. I experienced this firsthand when I joined them on TBPN as a guest, back before I joined full-time. We spoke back and forth about consumer crypto topics that normally lose people within minutes, and somehow the conversation still felt effortless. TBPN currently doesn’t, and probably never will, have a massive live audience. There are only so many people interested enough in tech to tune into a super insidery, three-hour show each day. But what matters to us more than anything is the reach we get from people who catch up through X, clips, summaries, or even the newsletter. And that’s where John and Jordi really shine. They’re able to translate extremely dense topics into something so clear and concise that we can clip a 60-second explanation of their analysis and have it make sense to the general public. I think that’s the real engine behind TBPN’s growth: our focus on resonance instead of scale.

Google just unveiled its Gemini-powered glasses at I/O, its annual developer conference. The designs (Warby Parker and GENTLE MONSTER frames, built with Samsung on Android XR) got compared to Meta's Ray-Bans within minutes. Meta got there first and set the aesthetic bar. But the look isn't the story. The platform is: Millions of people already run their entire day through Gmail, Calendar, and Drive. And now there's a face-worn assistant that can reach all of it. John Coogan explains why Google's ecosystem — not its frames — may decide the wearables race:

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Google I/O 2026, Birth Rate Debates, SpaceX IPO, Karpathy Joins Anthropic Follow TBPN:  https://TBPN.com https://x.com/tbpn https://lnkd.in/gvhHft2x https://lnkd.in/guPZt7h5 https://lnkd.in/gYsfvMkA

BREAKING: Aatish Nayak is joining Kleiner Perkins as a partner

PERSONNEL NEWS: Andrej Karpathy has joined Anthropic