The Lasso Roundup
This Week
Week of 2026-08-09 – 2026-08-15 — auto-compiled from every episode, take, verdict, and face-off in the archive.
Five episodes this week, cowboys riding from Buc-ee's warpath to a Greatest Hits victory lap, with Harley Finkelstein and four other guests pulling up a chair. Brand Strategy carried the takes board again, and Colin's read on "100% avocado oil" chips — that some brands are quietly cutting corners and betting nobody checks — was the take that stuck. The prediction scoreboard is still mostly a shrug: 71 open calls against one right and one wrong, so the jury's out.
This week on the show 5 episodes
- Buc-ee’s Warpath
- Claude Watermark: The Kiss of Death
- QVC Conspiracy Theory
- McDonald’s Data Dossier
- Greatest Hits - Vol. 3
Hot this week: Brand Strategy (6) · Product Development (5) · Founder & Team (4)
Take of the week
Colin argues some brands likely cut corners on '100% avocado oil' claims to meet supply demands, betting consumers won't notice or care.
if we just skim 3% out of every single batch, we will meet the demand that is happening right now. No one's going to know the difference.
Scoreboard
✅ 1 called❌ 1 missed⏳ 71 on the clock
Where the cowboys disagree: Should Chris personally build AI workflows himself?