Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business and host of the Prof G and Pivot Podcasts. For Scott Galloway speaking inquiries, email speaking@profgmedia.com
March 13
7-min read It feels like a lifetime ago, but on Monday, private equity firm Silver Lake announced a $1 billion investment in Twitter, and Twitter agreed to 3 new board seats. To distract myself from coronavirus, I think about the valuation dynamics and corporate governance…
March 6
5-min read Tim Ferriss and Sequoia Capital are encouraging people not to go to SXSW and to adjust for the “black swan event of 2020.” Firms cancelling, and minimizing their burn, is understandable. While catching corona would be bad, worse would be passing it to…
February 28
4-min read The worst thing about a cataclysmic weather event, or a single-stranded-RNA virus that wipes out the species is … it might impact the economy. Take my eyes, but don’t let the NASDAQ breach 8,000! That’s how it feels, no? In a capitalist society,…
February 21
4-min read My book agent, Jim Levine, gave me a piece of parenting advice that has stuck with me — find moments of engagement. As I have no real manly skills (fishing, building fences) to bond with my kids over, I opt for the cheap…
February 14
5-min read Jack Warner, co-founder of Warner Brothers, built an empire that birthed films including Casablanca, Batman, and The Shining. Warner built a 13,600-sq-ft Georgian-style mansion in the 1930s, supposedly, and unlikely, with the wood floor that Napoleon was standing on when he proposed to…
February 7
6-min read If a brand is a function of promise (imagery) and performance (interaction), then the brand Iowa is largely a function of the promise. The Hawkeye state is one of the least visited states in the union, attracting fewer tourists than Nebraska or Kentucky.…
January 31
6-min read — SeminalOf a work, event, moment, or figure strongly influencing later developments I love this word. It sounds elegant and speaks to actions that echo louder and louder. Several events this week may prove to be seminal moments in business, maybe history. I…
January 24
7-min read So, why make predictions? Eisenhower said, “Plans are worthless, but planning is indispensable.” The same is true for predictions — they matter for the strategy and data behind them. Predictions are useless, but scenario planning is invaluable. Review of 2019 Predictions Snapchat is…
January 17
4-min read In 2015 one of my students asked me to invest in his business. He was sourcing cotton in Egypt, milling it in Israel, and then landing a set of sheet sets, duvets, and pillows in Brooklyn for $79 that he would sell for…
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