Polo's Origin Story: A Single Tie Drawer in the Empire State Building
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1967 a 28-year-old designer was working for the tie maker Beau Brummell, selling wide necktie...
18 Loka 10min
Cayman Islands: From Pirate Hideout to 12,000 Companies at Ugland House
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Cayman Islands are the coral-capped peaks of the submerged Cayman Ridge, beside the Cayman T...
18 Loka 19min
Glen Bell and Taco Bell: A Hot Dog Stand, 19-Cent Tacos and 18,000 Waters
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1948 Glen Bell was running Bell's Drive-In, a hot dog stand in San Bernardino, California, wh...
18 Loka 22min
Hermès: How a Harness Maker's Heirs Built the Birkin and Beat LVMH
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Thierry Hermès, born in 1801 in Krefeld to a French father and German mother, trained as a saddl...
18 Loka 24min
Samsung and the Lee Family: From Dried Fish in Daegu to AI Memory Chips
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1938, under Japanese rule, Lee Byung-chul opened Samsung Sanghoe in Daegu with 40 employees, ...
18 Loka 21min
Airbnb: From Air Mattresses and Obama O's Cereal to a $100 Billion IPO
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In October 2007 San Francisco roommates Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia could not make rent while a ...
18 Loka 20min
Ford Motor Company: Pawning the Blue Oval to Survive the 2008 Crash
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Ford Motor Company was Henry Ford's third try. His first venture failed, and its leftover eq...
18 Loka 22min
Evergrande's Hui Ka Yan: $80 Billion in Inflated Revenue and a Life Term
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Hui Ka Yan, also known as Xu Jiayin, founded the Hengda Group in Guangzhou in 1996, the company ...
18 Loka 18min
