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
February 24
Musings on the week from @profgalloway Hunger I've been thinking a lot about success lately, its underpinnings, and if it can be taught. Talent is key, but that will only gain entrance to a crowded VIP room. Kind of like Platinum Medallion on Delta —…
February 17
Musings on the week from @profgalloway Virtuous Reality I'm in Dallas for a board meeting. Something wonderful, and unexpected, happened at Dallas Forth Worth airport. (When’s the last time you heard “wonderful” and “DFW airport” in the same sentence?) I was turned away from the…
February 10
Dead Canary In 1999, I and a gaggle of other SF internet founders and CEOs went to an airfield where we browsed private jets. It made sense that, at 34, I should have a one-bedroom apartment to transport me across the surface of the atmosphere…
February 3
Benjamin Button Economy The more moving passages of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" are about the efforts of a father, heartbroken after losing his son to war, to design a clock that would reverse time and bring his son back. The…
January 27
Fool Me Twice... My second board meeting at The New York Times Co., I made an impassioned (arrogant / belligerent / me) argument for turning off Google — not letting them crawl our data. The worst business decision across print media firms of the last…
January 20
PlatformG & The Funky Bunch Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google (the Four Horsemen) are some of the most successful organizations in history. They've created enormous value for consumers and stakeholders and wield the influence of nation states. I aspire to be uber cool/successful just like…
January 12
Cadillac Sucks Less I shared a summer house in the Hamptons with a guy named Matt who worked at a hedge fund. Matt was nice, handsome, and drove a brand-new Cadillac CTS, which, I believe, served as an effective prophylactic for Matt the entire summer.…
January 6
Retail's Anti-Christ Too many stores, flat wages, changing tastes, and Amazon have created the perfect storm for retail. Today, all retailers are getting shelled. All, that is, except one. Amazon has become the Prince of Darkness for retail and occupies a unique position, inversely correlated…
December 22
Gone Rogue I'm taking my boys to see Rogue One this afternoon and pretty much can't focus on anything else. First off, the word "rogue" is awesome. However, the true meaning of the word, not so much: 1. a dishonest or unprincipled man “You are…
Every Monday, get our insights on Markets. On Wednesdays, we'll answer your questions in Office Hours. And Thursdays we'll share a Conversation - this week, Rory Stewart, the former UK Secretary of State for International Development and cohost of the popular podcast, The Rest is Politics, joins Scott to discuss geopolitics, the state of politics in the US and the UK, and his recent TEDTalk where he advocates for a radical way to address extreme poverty worldwide.
