Cuts CEO Talks Tariffs, Figma's IPO Buzz, and a Nerd Crawler Update | E2113

And that's what the average consumer doesn't realize. They hear tariffs and like, oh, it won't affect us, but, you know, 45% of the world's production is still China. And so, you know, you'll see Walmart if not have not be able to stock the shelves in 90 days if, if, if this continues. Are you hearing from your contemporaries in this e-commerce group chat and CPG chat, hey, I'm going to need to start laying people off and pausing in the next week or two, because that's what I'm hearing. Yeah, it's, it's, it's one, it's either going to affect your uh growth or your revenue because you with the inventory you have that is not affected by the tariffs, you'll need to extend that runway or you're gonna have to eat the tariffs and that's gonna cause your bottom line to just get destroyed.

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