Art Imitating Startups

Easily one of the biggest winners of the last few years of streaming competition are music documentaries. Nonstop hits have been produced covering generational artists’ stories of perseverance, process, and their epic rise to stardom. Whether it’s Coldplay, The Jonas Brothers, Lady Gaga, The Bee Gees, Billie Eilish, The Beatles, or most recently Kanye West (to name just a few) it’s amazing to watch these stories…from your couch.

The Thing About Breakout Moments

Reflecting back on meme stock mania it’s clear that it was the breakout moment for FinTech darling Robinhood. Even after all their success to date this was different. They had 3M app downloads in January alone! Yet lost in the criticism of how they handled trading restrictions, the tense testimony on Capitol Hill, and all the rest of the noise is the reality that their breakout moment almost broke them. That’s the thing about breakout moments.

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