The Best One Yet 🧻 “TP to AI” — Toto toilets’ tech pivot. Minnesota’s CEO moment. Graza’s olive oil envy. +Spend-vesting
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Jan 27, 2026 A corporate cohort of 69 Minnesota CEOs pushes for de-escalation and political leverage. Graza’s viral squeeze-bottle olive oil faces a wave of imitators and product-copy pressure. Toto’s toilet business surprises as porcelain parts become a tiny but lucrative link to AI chip manufacturing. Plus a playful take on trying “spend-vesting” as a New Year’s move.
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Start Investing With Your Purchases
- Do 'spend-vest' by buying stock equal to products you purchased that month to start investing habitually.
- Treat one indispensable monthly purchase as a signal to buy the corresponding company stock.
Collective CEO Voice Changes Leverage
- Minnesota's 69 CEOs coordinated a public call for de-escalation, showing collective corporate influence in politics.
- Joint statements reduce individual risk of retaliation and increase leverage versus the administration.
Graza's Squeeze-Bottle Origin Story
- Graza launched in 2021 and sold $100k on day one, scaling to $150M last year by rethinking olive oil packaging.
- The founder's shampoo-bottle 'squeeze' insight turned packaging into the product and sparked industry copycats.