Kimberly-Clark: Cellucotton Bandages, Midwest Express and the Kenvue Deal
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Kimberly-Clark began in Neenah, Wisconsin in 1872, when four men put $42,000 into paper mills. A...
21 Okt 19min
Kayak: Travel Search Company Inc., the SideStep Buyout and Kayak AI
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Kayak was founded in January 2004 by Paul M. English and Steve Hafner, a co-founder of Orbitz, u...
21 Okt 9min
John Schnatter: A Broom Closet Oven, a Puffery Win and the Papa Johns Exit
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1984 John Schnatter sold his 1971 Camaro Z28 for $1,600, bought used pizza equipment and set ...
21 Okt 18min
John MacFarlane and Sonos: SonosNet, a Steve Jobs Warning and Alexa
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!John MacFarlane earned electrical engineering degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and,...
21 Okt 19min
International Harvester: Farmall Cubs, Freezers and a $600 Million Strike
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!International Harvester traced its roots to Cyrus Hall McCormick's horse-drawn mechanical reaper...
21 Okt 22min
IHOP: Blue A-Frame Roofs, the $2.1 Billion Applebee's Buy and IHOb
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The International House of Pancakes began in Burbank, California in the late 1950s, founded by b...
21 Okt 18min
Huawei: Ren Zhengfei's Rural Switches, Meng Wanzhou and the Mate 60 Pro
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Ren Zhengfei, a former People's Liberation Army engineer, founded Huawei in Shenzhen in 1987 wit...
21 Okt 20min
Hitachi: A Copper Mine Motor, Low-Power CMOS Chips and a $7.8B Reset
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Hitachi began in 1910 in Ibaraki Prefecture, where electrical engineer Namihei Odaira, working a...
21 Okt 21min
