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Kuwait, Porsche and a Rocket Factory
A perfectly reasonable week at THIRD.
Oct 4
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Chaymae Samir
2
September 2026
How $0.60 Became a Media Business
Memberships, golf, kimchi: the business of creator fandom.
Sep 30
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Salil Bajaj
1
Gaddafi, Fiat and the Myth of the Plan
On unlikely shareholders, plans going wrong and creative experiments.
Sep 27
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Chaymae Samir
4
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The $2.5B Business Behind This Tiny Yogurt Drink
And how a Japanese doctor sells a 65ml Bottle to 40 million people every single day.
Sep 16
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THIRD
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2
1,000 creator party at sea 🚢
From cruise ships to TikTok shops to China’s biggest video platform.
Sep 12
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Salil Bajaj
1
1
Vietnam 🤝 Creators
This week: $95B creators, hungry VCs & old-school media.
Sep 3
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Salil Bajaj
1
August 2026
100,000 Creator Army For Korean Brands
The story behind the platform building one of Korea’s biggest creator networks
Aug 26
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Salil Bajaj
Hasan Minhaj Goes Bollywood
Two best friends. One dance team. And a lot of Bollywood drama.
Aug 20
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Salil Bajaj
1
1
The Arab World’s Most Powerful Family Business You've Never Heard Of
This is the story of the invisible business behind the brands you see every day, and how one Arab family built an institution that has lasted four…
Aug 17
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THIRD
I Can’t Stop Thinking About Frank Lloyd Wright in Baghdad
And what a city’s abandoned plans can tell us about the current business of building for a future you cannot see.
Aug 16
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Chaymae Samir
9
4
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Can Creators Fix Dating?
Then I found a dating show that never existed
Aug 12
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Salil Bajaj
3
1
2
The Business of Curiosity
Saudi rabbit holes, $2 million from a video and what we’re building next
Aug 9
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Chaymae Samir
5
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