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The esports market is booming. League of Legends, the most popular esport, broadcast a world final that drew more viewers than the Super Bowl in 2018. Last year the event was hosted in Paris, and tickets sold out within seconds. 

For a brief time in the mid-2010s the well-known notebook brand Moleskine was listed as a publicly traded company on the Milanese stock exchange. In their 2015 financial statements, they reported a whopping ~27% operating profit margin.

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It’s been nearly 5 years since Marriott Hotels & Resorts shook up the travel world by announcing its intention to acquire Starwood, its high-end hotel competitor.

When the deal closed in the fall of 2016 for $13.6B, Marriott had created the world’s largest branded hotel chain, accounting for 1 in 7 hotel rooms in North America.

While the recent spread of coronavirus has put a chill on the hotel and travel industry, the long-term macro trends that motivated Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson to complete the Starwood acquisition remains.

This report is part of our “Brainstorm Breakdown,” in which we riff off ideas Sam & Shaan have discussed on their “My First Million” brainstorms. Here, we explain how to make money from nostalgia by breaking down the growing business of Heritage Auctions.

Over the past few weeks, the topic of the executive search and recruiting industry has sparked quite a bit of interest within the Trends community.