TGI Fridays: Alan Stillman's Singles Bar, Potato Skins and Chapter 11
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1965 Alan Stillman, who had no restaurant experience, used $5,000 of his savings and $5,000 b...
21 Okt 19min
T-Mobile US: The Blocked AT&T Sale, Un-carrier Moves and Sprint's Spectrum
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!T-Mobile US traces back to VoiceStream Wireless, spun off from Western Wireless to win urban mar...
21 Okt 23min
Saab JAS 39 Gripen: Highway Runways, Two Test Crashes and an AI Pilot
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Sweden began studying a replacement for its Saab 35 Draken and 37 Viggen in 1979 under the Bas 9...
21 Okt 22min
Sprint: A Railroad Microwave Network, the Nextel Deal and the WiMAX Bet
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Sprint grew from two roots: the Brown Telephone Company, founded by Cleyson Brown in 1899 around...
21 Okt 22min
Singapore Changi Airport: The Rain Vortex, a 1991 Hijacking and QF32
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the 1970s Singapore's main airport at Paya Lebar, opened in 1955 to replace Kallang, grew fro...
21 Okt 22min
Shake Shack: A Madison Square Park Hot Dog Cart, a PPP Loan and the IPO
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Shake Shack began in 2001 as a hot dog cart supporting the I Heart Taxi art exhibit in a run-dow...
21 Okt 22min
Seiko: Kintaro Hattori's Clock Shop, the Quartz Astron and Spring Drive
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Kintaro Hattori began a clock shop apprenticeship in Tokyo at 13 in the 1870s, working at the Ko...
21 Okt 22min
Scud Missile: The Failed Great Scud Hunt and the 1988 War of the Cities
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the 1991 Gulf War, Saddam Hussein fired modified Scud missiles at Saudi Arabia and at Israel,...
21 Okt 23min
