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The Profit Prophet

The Profit Prophet

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Uncover the hidden business strategies behind today's most surprising success stories and spectacular failures. Each episode reveals the untold decisions, timing, and market forces that made or broke companies you thought you knew. Daily Economics
Episodes
  • The Mattress That Broke Math: How Casper Convinced Wall Street to Fund a Nap

    The Mattress That Broke Math: How Casper Convinced Wall Street to Fund a Nap
    Jun 20 2026
    Casper didn't just sell mattresses — it sold the idea that a mattress company could be a tech company, and for a wild few years, investors actually believed it. We dig into how a foam rectangle became a billion-dollar narrative, why the unit economics were broken from day one, and what happens when a brand is so good at marketing that it fools even itself. Last week we watched Andrew Mason turn coupons into chaos — this week, we watch a different kind of founder bet the whole bedroom. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    29 mins
  • The Coupon That Ate Itself: How Groupon Turned Down $6 Billion and Became a Case Study in Founder Ego

    The Coupon That Ate Itself: How Groupon Turned Down $6 Billion and Became a Case Study in Founder Ego
    Jun 19 2026
    In 2010, Google handed Groupon a $6 billion check and Groupon said no — and every subsequent decision somehow made that one look smarter by comparison. This is the story of how the fastest company in history to reach a $1 billion valuation engineered its own collapse through magical accounting, a CEO who compared himself to a political prisoner, and a business model that systematically destroyed the small businesses it claimed to champion. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    31 mins
  • The Billion-Dollar Oops: How a Dead Man's Startup Accidentally Invented the Gig Economy

    The Billion-Dollar Oops: How a Dead Man's Startup Accidentally Invented the Gig Economy
    Jun 18 2026
    Before Uber, before DoorDash, before every app that turned desperation into a 'flexible opportunity,' there was a grieving family, a half-finished algorithm, and a venture capital firm that saw a corpse and smelled money. This week, we dig into the chaotic, legally-questionable birth of TaskRabbit — the company that didn't just create a marketplace for odd jobs, but quietly wrote the psychological contract that convinced an entire generation of workers that owning nothing was actually freedom. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    31 mins
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