Rebuilding LEGO | A Burning Platform | 1
Business Wars25 Jun 2025

Rebuilding LEGO | A Burning Platform | 1

It’s early 1997, and after decades of success, LEGO is rocked by a sudden collapse in its profit. To recover, the Danish toy manufacturer jacks up its innovation efforts. But can it deliver a company-saving idea in time?

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Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Break the Wheel | 7

Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Break the Wheel | 7

Netflix goes from being a streaming company to a movement in which consumers all over the world decide what to watch, and when and how they watch. The future that Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph envis...

20 Mai 201924min

Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Binge | 6

Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Binge | 6

Hollywood execs thought Netflix was crazy to give up advertising and spin off opportunities by letting viewers flop on a couch and watch a whole season of a show all at once. But Netflix knew it was o...

15 Mai 201923min

Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - HBO Gets in the Game | 5

Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - HBO Gets in the Game | 5

We take a step back to explore how a little company called Home Box Office went from serving B-movies to 325 homes in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania to become the juggernaut that we know as HBO. In the pr...

13 Mai 201926min

Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - The Digital Divide | 4

Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - The Digital Divide | 4

You know the expression “content is king”? Well it turns out, sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it’s a hard-working algorithm that burrows into customer habits and viewing patterns. With that, Netflix had...

8 Mai 201922min

Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Dirty Tricks | 3

Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Dirty Tricks | 3

Thinking like your enemy is the best way to beat them, and during the war, Blockbuster tried every trick in the book to get inside Netflix. Sometimes they succeeded — sending “housewives” into warehou...

6 Mai 201922min

Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Origins  | 2

Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Origins | 2

After Hastings pleaded with Antioco to buy Blockbuster online, Antioco agreed to present Hasting’s proposal to the board. What he didn’t tell him was that he was pushing the board to reject the offer ...

1 Mai 201919min

Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Sudden Death | 1

Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Sudden Death | 1

The way we watch is changing so rapidly that we’ve decided to revisit our very first and most popular Business War: Netflix versus Blockbuster. We’re re-airing an expanded eight-part series following ...

29 Apr 201927min

Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - The Future of Cars | 4

Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - The Future of Cars | 4

Electric. Diesel. Driverless. Automobile Magazine’s New York Bureau Chief, Jamie Kitman, joins to talk about the latest developments in the car industry and what’s next for Ferrari and Lamborghini.Sup...

24 Apr 201923min

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