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Here's what they should know. - [The Dime💰 - Spotify Buys WhoSampled](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-4.md) - "The Future Is Real. The Past Is All Made Up." - Logan Roy - [The Dime💰 – Vibe Shift](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-vibe-shift.md) - "When expectations, theory, and reality diverge, that's when the vibes get really weird." - Kyla Scanlon - [Free Agency 📈: Build it like Bartlett](https://www.duethedilly.com/steven-bartlettother-peoples-money.md) - Data, distribution, and teams. - [The Dime💰 - Comcast is trying to Finesse](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-comcast-is-trying-to-finesse.md) - "Would you like to hear my favorite passage from Shakespeare? Take the f*cking money" - Logan Roy - [The Dime💰- Jamaica is the Financial Innovator of the Decade](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-jamaica-is-the-financial-innovator-of-the-decade.md) - "Derice, ya dead? No mon, I'm not dead" - Cool Runnings 1993. - [The Dime💰- Music = Money](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-music-money.md) - “Everything everywhere is always moving, forever. Get used to it.” - Logan Roy - [Free Agency 📈: Need Distribution? Better Call iHeart.](https://www.duethedilly.com/flava-in-both-ears-iheart.md) - You don't need to know its them, for it to be them. - [The Dime💰 - The Unicorn Algorithm](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-the-unicorn-algorithm.md) - “I believe I’ve isolated the algorithm for making friends.” - Sheldon Cooper - [The Due Dilly Podcast is Back](https://www.duethedilly.com/due-dilly-podcast.md) - What to expect, and how to listen. - [The Dime💰- Venture Capital Deal Terms in 2025](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-venture-capital-deal-terms-in-2025.md) - "Congratulations on saying the biggest number, you fucking morons." - Logan Roy - [Q3 High Signal Review](https://www.duethedilly.com/q3-high-signal-review.md) - Just a few changes, no biggie. - [The Dime 💰 - Ssense, a Cash Crunch, and the Mechanics of a Fashion Bankruptcy](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-ssense-a-cash-crunch-and-the-mechanics-of-a-fashion-bankruptcy.md) - “You make your own reality. And once you’ve done it, apparently, everyone’s of the opinion it was all so fucking obvious.” — Logan Roy - [Free Agency 📈: How Angel Studios is flipping the Hollywood model](https://www.duethedilly.com/divine-productions.md) - Fans choose, producers invest, audiences enjoy. - [The Dime💰 - The TCPA Trap: A Text Message That Costs Millions of Dollars](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-the-tcpa-trap-a-text-message-that-costs-millions-of-dollars.md) - “You can’t make a Tomlette without breaking some Greggs.” - Tom Wambsgams - [Don't Play On The Net: How AI is Flexing on the Ad Ecosystem](https://www.duethedilly.com/dont-play-on-the-net-how-ai-is-flexing-on-the-ad-ecosystem.md) - It used to be simple; now its not. - [The Dime💰 - Soho House Goes Private Again](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-soho-house-goes-private-again.md) - “I found us a private equity solution.” - Kendall Roy - [Free Agency 📈- You Only Get One Face](https://www.duethedilly.com/you-only-get-one-face-2.md) - If you want to sell more stuff, study beauty founders. - [The Dime💰 - Fawn Weaver, Uncle Nearest, and the Hidden Powers of Lenders](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-fawn-weaver-uncle-nearest-and-the-hidden-powers-of-lenders.md) - "I am surrounded by snakes and fucking morons!" - Logan Roy - [The Dime 💰 - How Artists Are Using Holding Companies to Launch Empires](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-how-artists-are-using-holding-companies-to-launch-empires.md) - "Big picture, we’re at the end of the long American century. Our company is a declining empire inside a declining empire…" - Kendall Roy - [Free Agency 📈- $20M, Joe Budden, and becoming dangerously independent](https://www.duethedilly.com/20-million-on-mics.md) - A disclosure of epic proportions. - [The Dime💰 - Subscription Auto-renewals Can Get You Sued](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-d.md) - “What kind of man talks to the DEA? No man. No man at all. A crippled little rata. What a reputation to leave behind.” - Gus Fring - [The Dime💰 - Private Markets are the new Public Markets](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-d-2.md) - "Gale was a very talented chemist. But for reasons I never understood, he was more interested in taking shortcuts." - Gus Fring - [Want to understand an industry? Study who represents it.](https://www.duethedilly.com/industry-associations.md) - Athletes have agents. Industries have associations. - [The Dime 💰 - Private Credit & Startups: An Evolving Marketplace](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-private-credit-startups-an-evolving-marketplace.md) - "The moral of the story is, I chose a half measure, when I should've gone all the way. I'll never make that mistake again. No more half measures, Walter." - Mike Ehrmantraut - [The New Starting 5: Small Teams in the Age of AI](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-new-starting-5.md) - The changing of the guard is here and now. - [The Dime 💰 - Venture Capital Is Changing: What Founders Need to Know](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-venture-capital-is-changing-what-founders-need-to-know.md) - "So it's grade school T-Ball versus the New York Yankees." - Walter White - [Cayman for Creators: How South Africa Could Shake Up the Global Creative Economy](https://www.duethedilly.com/cayman-for-creators.md) - The law might play catch-up, but it is undefeated in forcing people to adapt. - [The Dime💰 - Small Businesses have a Big Beautiful Bill](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-small-businesses-have-a-big-beautiful-bill.md) - “Jesse, you asked me if I was in the meth business or the money business. Neither. I’m in the empire business.” - Walter White - [Free Agency 📈 - High Signal Brief](https://www.duethedilly.com/high-signal-brief-h1.md) - A speed run of some of the biggest things I've noticed in 2025 (so far). - [The Dime💰 - Surveillance Pricing: When Algorithms Target Your Wallet](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-surveillance-pricing-when-algorithms-target-your-wallet.md) - “And a man, a man provides. And he does it even when he’s not appreciated, or respected, or even loved.” - Gus Fring - [The Dime💰 - Artists Deserve Cap Tables Too: Why the Artist Corporation, and the LP Model, Might Be the Future of Creative Independence](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-artists-deserve-cap-tables-too-why-the-artist-corporation-and-the-lp-model-might-be-the-future-of-creative-independence.md) - "I'm supporting my community, I hide in plain sight, same as you" - Gus Fring - [Deal or No Deal: How a creator takes investment, and what it means](https://www.duethedilly.com/deal-or-no-deal.md) - [The Dime💰 - The Free $500k Tax Credit Used To Be Easy. Now? Not So Much.](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-the-free-500k-tax-credit-used-to-be-easy-now-not-so-much.md) - "I was told that the man I would be meeting with is very careful. A cautious man." - Walter White - [The Lion, The Wine, and the Yacht: How Cannes Makes a Killing on Creativity](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-lion-the-wine-and-the-yacht-how-cannes-makes-a-killing-on-creativity.md) - Awards are a business unto themselves. - [The Dime💰- You Forgot to File Your 83(b). Now the IRS Owns Your Startup](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-you-forgot-to-file-your-83-b-now-the-irs-owns-your-startup.md) - "More is lost by indecision than the wrong decision." - Tony Soprano - [Pricing is a game. It should be treated that way.](https://www.duethedilly.com/pricing-is-a-game-it-should-be-treated-that-way.md) - Playing not to lose, is not playing to win. Pick your hard. - [The Dime💰- AI Plug-ins and Lawsuits](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-ai-plug-ins-and-lawsuits.md) - "Fair? What are you talkin' about fair? Oogots, fair. They don't give a shit about fair." - Tony Soprano - [The Dime💰: AI For The Public's Benefit](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-ai-for-the-publics-benefit.md) - "Every decision you make affects every facet of every other f*cking thing. It's too much to deal with almost. And in the end, you're completely alone with it all."​ - Tony Soprano - [Some thoughts on writing, thinking, and building.](https://www.duethedilly.com/some-thoughts-on-writing-thinking-and-building.md) - Sometimes, you just have to play through it. - [Free Agency Vol. 35 - Real Yearners Only](https://www.duethedilly.com/real-yearners-only.md) - Community is what people want and need. So why is everyone afraid to care? - [The Dime💰 - Gatekeeping the Loans](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-3.md) - "The Feds are a business, Anthony." - Neil Mink - [The Dime💰 - The Great IP Heist](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-the-great-ip-heist.md) - "You guys know who you're robbing?" - Chris Moltasanti - [Ryan’s World: Obsession, Deep Collaboration, and Deal Terms](https://www.duethedilly.com/ryans-world-obsession.md) - Coogler is unprecedented. His deal is not. - [The Dime💰 - The Best Acquisition of the Year (So Far)](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-the-best-acquisition-of-the-year-so-far.md) - "You took John's loan. He helped you expand. Now it's time to cash in." - Tony Soprano - [The Dime💰 - Competition is for Losers](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-competition-is-for-losers.md) - "Do we need "negative press"? With all the competition for the entertainment dollar? DVD's? 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It's also one of the hardest to execute.](https://www.duethedilly.com/business-is-booming-for-convenings.md) - You don't build a world through one-offs. - [The Dime💰 - Funding Cuts That Hurt](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-funding-cuts-that-hurt.md) - "Like many non-profits, we've fallen on hard times. Republican administration plus proliferation of new charities post 9/11" - Maurice Tiffen - [Free Agency Vol. 28 - On artists, corporate structure, and compounding your agency](https://www.duethedilly.com/universal-music-group.md) - It's not a boogeyman. It's a system. - [The Dime💰 - Europe's Defense Spending Surge](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-europes-defense-spending-surge.md) - "Buckle Your Seatbelt, Ma." - Carmela Soprano - [Free Agency Vol. 27 📈 - Very expansive, very profitable: How intellectual property turned Mattel into a silent giant](https://www.duethedilly.com/very-expansive-very-profitable.md) - It's deeper than Barbie, I promise. - [The Dime💰 - So You Want to Do International Business?](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-so-you-want-to-do-international-business.md) - "I'm sure I will learn much doing business with a man like you. It's an honor." - Tony Soprano - [Free Agency Vol. 26 : Uncle Nearest, Vertical Integration, and the conundrum of total ownership](https://www.duethedilly.com/free-agency-vol-26-uncle-nearest-vertical-integration-and-the-conundrum-of-total-ownership-2.md) - You can have everything, it's just going to cost you. - [The Dime💰 - Nonprofits Fund Startups Too](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-nonprofits-fund-startups-too.md) - "There ain't much to talk about. It's all done through our nonprofit corporation." - Paulie Gualtieri - [The Dime💰 - QSBS and A Note From CJB](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-qsbs-and-a-note-from-cjb.md) - "Each and every one of us are alone in the ring. Fighting for our lives." - Paulie Gualtieri - [Free Agency Vol. 25 📈 How to Invest actual money in Your creative friends ( and how to not fumble it, as a creator)](https://www.duethedilly.com/how-to-invest-in-your-creative-friends.md) - You're gonna need a lawyer. - [The Dime💰 - Trade Loopholes](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-trade-loopholes.md) - "Always a fucking loophole, right?" - Tony Soprano - [Free Agency 📈 Vol. 24 - A few models that people are using to make money in media, in 2025.](https://www.duethedilly.com/new-money-models.md) - Their margins are your opportunity. - [Dilly Digest 004](https://www.duethedilly.com/dilly-digest-004.md) - $7 Billion Dollar Shadow industry, 321 Use Cases for AI, and $60M payout - [The Dime💰- The Fight For Corporate Power](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-the-fight-for-corporate-power.md) - "We weren't educated like the Americans. But we had the balls to take what we wanted. Those other fucks, those other - the J. P. Morgans - they were crooks and killers too, but that was a business, right? The American way." - Tony Soprano - [Free Agency📈 - Subprime Social Crisis Part 4: Opportunities, Pitfalls, and Unanswered Questions](https://www.duethedilly.com/free-agency-subprime-social-part-4-opportunities-pitfalls-and-unanswered-questions-2.md) - [Free Agency 📈 -Subprime Social Crisis Part 3: Everything Maxxxed](https://www.duethedilly.com/one-person-unlimited-leverage.md) - One-person, unlimited leverage. - [The Dime💰: The New Financial System](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-new-financial-system.md) - "Someday soon, you're gonna have families of your own and, if you're lucky, you'll remember the little moments like this that were good." - Tony Soprano - [Free Agency 📈 - Subprime Social Crisis Part 2: Platforms, Positioning, and AI](https://www.duethedilly.com/platforms-positioning-ai.md) - Banned for a moment. - [The Dime💰- Trump, M&A, You, and Wealth](https://www.duethedilly.com/the-dime-2.md) - "The point is, he's got the title. He's a happy fucking camper. 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