ADM: Soybean Solvents, the Lysine Cartel Tapes and a Carbon Well Leak
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Archer Daniels Midland began in 1902 when John W. Daniels started a linseed crushing business in...
21 Okt 20min
Dyson: 5,127 Cyclone Prototypes, a Pink G-Force and a Shelved $3B Car
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the late 1970s, James Dyson, who ran a company making a ball-wheeled wheelbarrow noticed his ...
21 Okt 23min
3M: The Wrong Rock, Post-it Notes, Combat Earplugs and PFAS Settlements
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1902, five businessmen in Two Harbors, Minnesota, set out to mine corundum for grinding wheel...
21 Okt 25min
SQL Slammer: The 376-Byte Worm That Choked the Internet in 10 Minutes
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In January 2003, a worm called SQL Slammer, just 376 bytes long, compromised 75,000 database ser...
21 Okt 21min
Schwerer Gustav: Nazi Germany's 1,350-Ton Railway Gun at Sevastopol
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Schwerer Gustav, or Heavy Gustav, was an 80-centimeter German railway gun, the largest calib...
21 Okt 21min
Global Crossing: The $47 Billion Fiber Giant That Never Turned a Profit
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Global Crossing was founded in March 1997 by Gary Winnick, a former bond manager at Drexel Burnh...
21 Okt 14min
Gilead Sciences: The $84,000 Hepatitis C Cure and the $1,000 Name
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1987 Michael Riordan, a 29-year-old venture capitalist with a Johns Hopkins medical degree an...
21 Okt 25min
Pfizer: Worm Candy, Penicillin Vats, Viagra and the Trovan Trial
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Pfizer was founded in 1849 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, by German immigrant cousins Charles Pfizer...
21 Okt 27min
