2.7M small businesses use LinkedIn to hire
LinkedIn reports that 2.7 million small businesses currently use its platform for hiring.
Snapshot · The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
China Decode: Hong Kong's AI Crackdown, Lululemon’s Marketing Backlash, and World Cup Fever
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Jun 23, 2026
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Sponsor Break: LinkedIn Hiring Pro & SoFi Student Loans
At 19:05 · chapter starts 18:20
LinkedIn Hiring Pro is presented as a tool for small business owners to streamline hiring, from job post to AI-powered initial interviews, with the claim that nearly 60% of users find someone to interview within a week. SoFi follows with a pitch for private student loans covering up to 100% of school-certified costs — tuition, housing, food — at competitive rates with zero fees. Both ads are standard paid integrations.
LinkedIn: ~60% of hires find someone to interview within a week
LinkedIn states that nearly 60% of businesses using LinkedIn Hiring Pro find a candidate to interview within one week.
50M+ views on Weibo for Lululemon backlash
The Lululemon Great Wall yoga campaign triggered a nationalist backlash that topped 50 million views on Weibo after a drum in promotional imagery was perceived as Japanese.
Lululemon's Great Wall Disaster: A Japanese Drum at the Wrong Moment
Lululemon staged an ambitious yoga event on the Great Wall to celebrate Chinese culture. It backfired when a drum in the imagery was identified by netizens as a Japanese wadaiko. The brand apologized — but the episode is just the latest in a long string of Western brand disasters in China.
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