Finance and Coffee

A podcast where your host, Marco Alonso, and Adrian Gonzalez, discuss current business trends and events and bring to light fun financial facts that might not be obvious. Every episode they tackle a variety of subjects from tips to investing to how much is spent on avocados. Marco Alonso, a self-proclaimed professional Googler, and Adrian Gonzalez, a business and marketing aficionado, discuss, debate, and digest different topics over a cup of joe. To contact directly, drop a DM on Instagram @ Marco Alonso - @marquitost3 Adrian Gonzalez - @itsadriangonzo

Jeff Bezos Steps Down as CEO 02/20/2021

Jeff Bezos Steps Down as CEO Jeff Bezos recently announced that he will be stepping down from Amazon as CEO and the new CEO will be none other than the current CEO of Amazon Web Services, Andy Jassy. In this episode, we discuss why Jeff would be stepping down and what his future plans will be. /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/18023723

Apple Car 02/11/2021

Apple Car Apple has been rumored to be working on a signature car but can they really pull it off? Are they going after Tesla? /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/17890778

Gamestop 02/10/2021

Gamestop Gamestop has been the center of attention in the past couple of days and with good reason, a small group of kids apparently took on Wallstreet and are waging war on the big guys. /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/17890808

Supreme Brands Hits 2 Billion Dollar Evaluation 11/13/2020

Supreme Brands Hits 2 Billion Dollar Evaluation For those of you that don't know, Supreme Brands, the red logo that skyrockets the price on clothing they collab with, just got acquired for over 2 billion dollars. But is it really worth that much money? /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/16763468

Apple Event, Covid, and a McPlant? 11/11/2020

Apple Event, Covid, and a McPlant? In this episode, we change it up a bit and instead of bringing one subject, we bring three of the latest topics out right now. First, the third Apple event of this year, the vaccine for Covid, and McDonald's is coming out with a veggie line? /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/16763342

Lebron James... Again. 10/19/2020

Lebron James... Again. In celebration of the LA Lakers taking the NBA championship, led by Lebron James, we go over some of his other accomplishments off the court. /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/16393838

Apple introduces the iPhone 12 and.... They are coming for your house. 10/15/2020

Apple introduces the iPhone 12 and.... They are coming for your house. Apple hosted its annual event on Tuesday, October 12, where they displayed their newest products, the iPhone 12 and the homepod mini. In this episode, we go over what's to expect from Apple and what their plans are going to be in the future. /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/16393820

Playstation 5 10/12/2020

Playstation 5 In this episode, we see what the fuss is all about with the new Playstation 5 and how it could compete with other consoles. /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/16300301

McDonald's, Travis Scott, and J Balvin 10/08/2020

McDonald's, Travis Scott, and J Balvin McDonald's is going all out with their new marketing strategy as they collaborate with top artists and make a customized meal named after them. Their first test run was with mega-star Travis Scott and it was a huge success. For the month of October, it will be J Balvin, who will be next? /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/16300190

Coca-Cola is going after White Claw? 10/05/2020

Coca-Cola is going after White Claw? Coca-Cola has teamed up with Molson Coors to launch its new seltzer brand "Topo-Chico". Will be able to rival with the king (or Queen) of seltzer? /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/16239716

Tesla to Release Their Cheapest Car Yet! 10/01/2020

Tesla to Release Their Cheapest Car Yet! Elon Musk recently stated that he plans to roll out a Tesla model that could cost $25,000 and could be delivered in just 2 years! Is he trying to take out all of the competition? /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/16210109

What is Big Tech REALLY Doing With Our Data? 09/24/2020

What is Big Tech REALLY Doing With Our Data? Netflix just dropped their latest documentary, "The Social Dilemma", and in this mind-bending documentary, you really get to see what these big tech firms are doing with our data. /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/16119878

Apple Take Over 09/21/2020

Apple Take Over On Sep. 15, Apple held its yearly world-famous event where it brought out its new toys like the Apple Watch Series 6 and the Ipad Air. They also released some controversial products like the Apple One and the Apple Fitness Plus which raise the question, Are they taking over other markets? /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/16026257

Why You Should Have a Savings Account 09/17/2020

Why You Should Have a Savings Account In this episode, Adrian gives you the reasons why you should have a savings account and a brief history of where this concept started. /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/15969302

Is Messi the First Athlete to be Worth a Billion Euros? 09/14/2020

Is Messi the First Athlete to be Worth a Billion Euros? Messi has been to the center of attention since the news broke out that he might be leaving Barcelona. How ever, did you know that it was almost going to cost 1 Billion Euros? /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/15968111

Jeff Bezos and All of His Riches 09/10/2020

Jeff Bezos and All of His Riches In this episode, we once again look at how much Jeff Bezos is worth and on what he spends his money on. /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/15900467

Apple vs. Fortnite 09/05/2020

Apple vs. Fortnite Fortnite has officially waged war against Apple since Apple recently decided to kick Fortnite out of the app store. See Fortnite plans to do about it and if they can take on the giant. /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/15900269

TikTok vs. Trump, Microsoft and Facebook 08/24/2020

TikTok vs. Trump, Microsoft and Facebook TikTok has been the talk of the town lately with Trump threatening to ban it, Microsoft wanting to buy it, and Facebook releasing their own version. Will TikTok be able to survive? /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/15696098

What is happening to the NBA? 08/20/2020

What is happening to the NBA? NBA Playoffs are going on right now but is anyone even watching it? Find out this Pandemic has affected the NBA and what the possible long term effects might be. /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/15682829

Congress Is Going After Tech 08/07/2020

Congress Is Going After Tech On Wednesday, July 29, The largest Tech CEOs met before a congressional subcommittee that didn't go as they planned. Is tech getting too big to fail? /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/15499694

Investing in your 20s 08/05/2020

Investing in your 20s In this episode, Adrian gives you a couple of tips on how to get started investing in your 20's with as little as $100.00. /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/15499526

SpaceX 06/23/2020

SpaceX On this episode of finance and coffee Adrian and Marco talk about SpaceX and the Launch America program, where NASA and SpaceX partnered up to send astronauts into space. /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/14933489

The Recession Has Arrived 06/17/2020

The Recession Has Arrived The National Bureau of Economic Research declared Monday that the recession began in February. What does this mean for the rest of us? Is this going to be the beginning of the end of our great economy? /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/14821034

Spotify Takes Over Joe Rogan's Podcast 06/15/2020

Spotify Takes Over Joe Rogan's Podcast Joe Rogan signs an exclusive deal with Spotify to have the entire podcast move over to its platform. The deal is speculated to cost Spotify a little bit over 100 million dollars. Was this a good investment for Spotify? /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/14820554

Zoom, The People Behind The Coronavirus 05/18/2020

Zoom, The People Behind The Coronavirus Zoom, the video-chat, skype, video-conference company, is making a name for itself due to the coronavirus. But can it be strong enough to sustain itself after this pandemic is over? /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/14454254

Is Nostalgia a Good Marketing Strategy? 04/28/2020

Is Nostalgia a Good Marketing Strategy? Companies like Champion, Motorola, and Kodak are using nostalgia as a marketing strategy to bring in some cash but can this strategy work in the long term? /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/14174591

Jordan vs. LeBron. Who was better in business? 04/28/2020

Jordan vs. LeBron. Who was better in business? With the latest Documentary on ESPN, "The Last Dance", the current debate is who was better between the two basketball moguls. But what about off the court? /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/14173709

iPhone SE (2nd Generation) 04/20/2020

iPhone SE (2nd Generation) On this episode of Finance and Coffee Adrian and Marco talk about the new iPhone that Apple released, and the future of smartphones and Apple, Inc. /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/14069783

How much money are these retailers making? 04/13/2020

How much money are these retailers making? As you've all see, the craziest place to be right now is at a retailer like Walmart or Costco. But how much money might these retailers be making at times like these? /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/13960775

Tiger King 04/01/2020

Tiger King Did you know that there are more tigers held captive then there are in the wild? And yes, we learned that from the recent Netflix original "Tiger King". Find out how else correlates money and tigers. /episode/index/show/financeandcoffee/id/13810601

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