A gator, cougar, and wolf walk into a bar…

This week was filled with winners and losers. Maybe you’re the gator and you got that promotion or maybe you’re the cougar and you looked at your 401K.

Regardless, it’s a week of opportunity to come back to life like a wolf! 🐺

Welcome back to ✨ Midnight Memo ✨ － the place for those who lock in when the world clocks out. (All Animals Welcome)

This Week
🌆 Start-Up Frenzy: Bringing Back The Beast
💻 Late Night Report: The LinkedIn Gods Have Spoken
🎉 Hiring Heat: Top Companies Hiring Right Now

LinkedIn’s Top Companies of 2025

The LinkedIn Gods have spoke and based on their algorithym, skill/role diversity, and opportunity - The 9th Annual Top 50 Companies for Career Growth has been released!

And because these are a shock to literally no one (besides one company) - I provided some fun facts for Entertainment purposes. 🤷🏼‍♂️

⭐️ Top 5 ⭐️

1. Google - The first Google Server was storing in a box made of legos.

2. Amazon - Every time they sold a book originally, they would ring a bell.

3. Wells Fargo - Originally founded as a delivery service during the Gold Rush… so basically Amazon Prime?

4. Northrop Grumman - One of their first iterations employed Marilyn Monroe

5. PwC - I’m sorry… I could not find one. I tried. 🙃

Honorable, Shocking Mention: IKEA - There founder was a teenage. Now it all makes sense!

SDR/BDR
✨ Glimpse - FinTech
✨ Nestor - Talent Management
✨ Landed - Staffing Software
✨ Further - Insurance AI
✨ Hona - Legal CaaS

Account Executive
✨ Curri - AI Logistics
✨ Glimpse - FinTech
✨ Momentic - Software Testing
✨ Pump - AI Software Purchasing
✨ Harper - Industrial Insurance Tech

CSM/AM
✨ Harper - Industrial Insurance Tech
✨ Landed - Staffing Software
✨ Glimpse - FinTech
✨ Hona - Legal CaaS
✨ Pump - AI Software Purchasing

A Colossal Comback: Dire Wolves Return

Colossal Biosciences has officially brought back the dire wolf! 🐺

After extracting DNA from ancient remains, the’ve created three genetically modified wolves: Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi. 🦴

Fast Facts
👀 These pups are bigger & stronger
☠️ The official term is de-extinction
🦣 CB is eyeing the woolly mammoth next

These aren’t the Golden Doodles of today

So what do you think? Ready to bring back the T-Rex or do you think this is the beginning of our very own Jurassic World?

A whole new level of Puppy Love! ✨

And here we thought AI was going to be the word of the year… Tariff said it’s my time to shine! 🕺🏼 So with it feeling like WW3 some days, this week’s Night Cap dates back to WW1.

French 75
1½ oz. Gin 🥂
¾ oz. fresh lemon juice
¾ oz. simple syrup
2 oz. Champagne
Long spiral lemon twist (for serving)


History: A beautiful accident, the story goes a bartender ran out of club soda and substituted champagne in the cocktail. The drink had a kick described as that of the 75mm French field gun.
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