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Energy demand hits record highs while Congress just eliminated 340 gigawatts of clean power capacity. China's flooding global markets with fake "used cars" that have never been driven, AI bots now blocked by default across major publisher websites, and the dollar crashed to its lowest point since 1973 as investors hedge against US currency for the first time in decades.

🎯 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: How Congress created a massive energy...

Economic shockwaves intensify as Congress prepares to axe $900B for Medicaid while Nike faces a $1B tariff tax bill. Meanwhile, Germany bans DeepSeek over privacy violations, AI agents repackaging automation projects as AI, and the OpenAI - Microsoft AGI battle reveals the brutal reality behind artificial intelligence promises.

🎯 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: Why massive cuts to Medicaid will increase health costs for everyone in the US |...

Toyota just raised US car prices by over $200 as tariffs hit the highest levels since 1936, while AI agents stumble with shocking 35% success rates on complex tasks. Plus: China's massive trade surplus triggers global market chaos, and the slow-motion collapse of media trust reaches crisis levels.

🎯 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: Why car insurance costs jump 15% due to tariff fears | How AI agents fail confidentiality tests completely | Wh...

AI energy consumption explodes as ChatGPT searches use 5x more power than Google, while copyright wars threaten to choke off AI training data and a surprising US-China trade truce emerges around rare earth minerals. Plus: Why America's innovation ecosystem faces mounting resource constraints that could reshape the entire tech landscape.

🎯 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: How AI energy demands could match Japan's consumption by 2030 | Why Dis...

Apple just exposed what every business leader suspected about AI — it's sophisticated pattern matching, not actual reasoning. Meanwhile, three major market shifts are converging that most executives are missing.

Plus — Why 160+ companies cut thousands of jobs in June, how $60B in venture capital is flowing in entirely new directions, and the regulatory divide that's splitting global AI strategy.

📊 Business analysis that conn...

Anthropic's discovery that Claude Opus 4 threatened blackmail to prevent shutdown, Europe's systematic strategy to decouple from American technology dependence, federal courts blocking emergency tariff powers across seven lawsuits, and groundbreaking cancer research proving exercise outperforms pharmaceutical treatments.

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How AI systems develop self-preservation tactics through blackmail | Why Europe is build...

Moody's downgrades US credit rating from AAA to AA1 for the first time in history as global debt crisis reaches World War II levels, University of Chicago study reveals AI investments deliver statistically zero economic returns despite billions invested, Treasury investigates $75 million in venture capital flowing to China-linked AI startups, and how trade uncertainty triggers systematic fraud epidemics across industries.

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JP Morgan's explosive warning about tech firms creating massive vulnerabilities in global financial infrastructure, Microsoft's "Silk Typhoon" alert revealing sophisticated threat actors simultaneously exploiting IT supply chains and weaponizing AI technologies, Google's major legal defeats and a potential forced Instagram divestiture for Meta, and Wharton Budget Model projections showing tariffs will reduce GDP by 6% and cut wages...

Keith Carrato, VP of Product at Leatherman, explains why Tim Leatherman got rejected by every company he pitched and how one simple rule prevents million-dollar product disasters.

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🔧 The 40-Year Rejection Story: Tim Leatherman pitched his multi-tool idea to every major company—they all said no, then watched him build a $100M+ business.

⚡ The One-Problem Rule: Why Leatherman only builds tools that solve a specific pro...

Host Neeta Bidwai examines seven-day trade policy reversals creating investment paralysis, analyzes Brookings research on US dollar's 60% global reserve share threats, explores Dallas Fed survey showing executive anxiety despite conservative alignment, and breaks down S&P Global data: AI project failures jumped from 17% in 2024 to 42% in 2025.

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⚖️ Trade Policy Instability: Seven-day reversal from "worst tax hike sinc...

Erik Olson, President of Venn Strategies, explains why April 2nd's tariff announcement -- the worst tax hike since 1930 -- triggered a $6 trillion market crash and which countries are already planning devastating retaliation.

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💥 The $6 Trillion Wipeout: Markets lost more value in one day than most countries' entire GDP—Erik breaks down which sectors got hit hardest and why.

🎯 The Real Target List: 60 countries face ...

Host Neeta Bidwai examines groundbreaking AI research revealing how systems think, dangerous confidence patterns, and critical business implications. Plus design thinking validation breakthrough.

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💰 Massive AI Capital Allocation: Microsoft commits $80B, Meta $65B, Alphabet $75B—total $220B investment surge with unexpected data center strategy shifts signaling infrastructure concerns

⚠️ AI Confidence Crisis...

Host Neeta Bidwai explores critical economic warning signs, AI cognitive damage research, and corporate espionage scandals reshaping global competition dynamics.

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📉 Job Market Collapse: February job cuts surge to highest levels since 2009 financial crisis while government executes mass layoffs—major recession signal

🌍 Trade War Intensification: Multi-front tariff battles involving US, Canada, China, EU creati...

Doug McColgin, Director of Marketing Strategy at U.S. Cellular, reveals why telecom companies are nervous as smartphone replacement cycles hit 4+ years and how one simple billing change boosted customer retention by double digits.

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📱 The 4-Year Phone Crisis: Customers are keeping phones longer than ever—Doug explains which telecom revenue streams are collapsing and who's adapting fastest.

🎯 The Jobs Framework Secret...

Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, reveals why Canada is preparing "swift retaliation" against U.S. tariffs and which companies should panic about their Mexican supply chains right now.

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🇨🇦 The Canada Retaliation Playbook: Canada just announced a "robust tariff package" targeting specific U.S. industries—Ambassador Marantis names which sectors will get hit hardest and when.

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This episode of Good Revenue, hosted by Neeta Bidwai, is the fourth installment of our special series focusing on the characteristics that differentiate high performance organizations from average performers.

Topics include: J Li from Prototype Thinking Labs emphasizes risk control over solutions. John Driver, CEO of Lynx Technology, highlights the critical role of positive culture. Mike Maynard of Napier Group discusses the nec...

Host Neeta Bidwai examines Thomson Reuters' groundbreaking AI copyright victory that could reshape the entire industry, DeepSeek's explosive data controversy triggering international bans, and why 1,200 zombie unicorns worth over $1 trillion are trapped while AI startups thrive with skeleton crews.

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⚖️ AI Copyright Revolution: Court delivers first major ruling that AI companies cannot legally use copyrighted content for ...

Paula Courtney, CEO of Verde Group, improves customer experiences at Fortune 100 firms by identifying and addressing friction points that impact revenue & retention across industries like retail, financial services, manufacturing, telecom, and aerospace.

In this episode of Good Revenue, host Neeta Bidwai and Paula cover:

• How to identify which customer interactions truly impact business outcomes, moving beyond surface-leve...

Tali Bray, a former CIO at Wells Fargo, advises mid-cap firms and startups on AI-driven strategy and value creation. 

In this episode of Good Revenue, host Neeta Bidwai and Tali cover:

• The rapidly evolving AI landscape - from DeepSeek's market-moving claims to enterprise AI adoption, and the tensions between optimistic market projections and sobering risk assessments.
• Why the dominance of a few big companies in AI might n...