Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines | Aviation Cyber Wars | 3
The computer age is on the horizon, and American Airlines has a secret weapon: SABRE. Sure, the airline is top of the heap under the current pen-and-paper reservation system — the one where travel age...
30 Juni 202119min
Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines | Dogfight Over Dallas | 2
Baniff and Southwest battled in court for domination over the skies. Southwest came out on top for a little while, but Baniff pushed back with prices Southwest just couldn't beat. The only way Southwe...
28 Juni 202122min
Encore: Southwest vs American Airlines | Clearing the Runway | 1
In Texas in the 1960s, Rollin King had a crazy idea. He wanted to create a no-frills airline service that served San Antonio, Dallas and Houston. All he and his lawyer had to do was convince the Feder...
23 Juni 202123min
Food Delivery Wars | Can Food Apps Ever Deliver Profits? | 5
In the wake of the unexpected jolt of the COVID-19 pandemic, food delivery app businesses are looking for stability and profitability any way they can find it. With Uber’s purchase of Postmates and Do...
21 Juni 202124min
Food Delivery Wars | Just Deserts | 4
It's July 2019. DoorDash is finally bigger than Grubhub, but it's coming under fire for pocketing tips from its drivers. Now DoorDash needs to rehab its image, or risk losing customers to its competit...
16 Juni 202128min
Food Delivery Wars | Deliver or Die | 3
It's December 2014, and Grubhub's Matt Maloney is feeling the heat. Competitors are eating away at his market share, so he decides to change direction. Grubhub finally starts delivering food with its ...
14 Juni 202128min
Food Delivery Wars | Who's The Boss? | 2
It's 1990 in Champaign, Illinois, and 15-year-old Tony Xu is washing dishes in the Chinese restaurant his mother manages. He wants to help people like his Mom, but it'll be many years before he hits o...
9 Juni 202123min
Food Delivery Wars | Hot Ticket | 1
It's December 2011 in San Francisco. Bastian Lehmann is getting ready to launch his courier app, Postmates. But when he and his co-founders discover people want food delivered, not objects, they pivot...
7 Juni 202126min
