Robinhood: Payment for Order Flow, the GameStop Halt and the FTX Stake
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Vladimir Tenev and Baiju Bhatt, Stanford classmates who had built high-frequency trading platfor...
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Zelle: How Rival Banks Built a $1 Trillion Network and Ended Up in Court
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Zelle began as a defensive alliance. Facing PayPal and Venmo in the early 2010s, Bank of America...
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Revolut: From a Travel Card to a Lithuanian License and a $115B Valuation
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Nik Storonsky and Vlad Yatsenko founded Revolut in London in July 2015 around a prepaid card for...
19 Okt 20min
Raytheon's Detours: Speed Queen Washers, the Lark Missile and RTX Penalties
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Raytheon, founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1922 as the American Appliance Company by Vann...
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The 1901 Northern Pacific Corner: Hill, Harriman and a $1,000 Share Price
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1901 railroads were the core technology of American commerce, and two Western rivals both lac...
19 Okt 21min
TransUnion: Union Tank Car Roots, False OFAC Matches and a Password Breach
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!TransUnion was formed in 1968 as a holding company for the Union Tank Car Company, a Standard Oi...
19 Okt 21min
QuickBooks: A DOS App Accountants Hated, Cloud Subscriptions and AI Agents
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Intuit, founded in 1983 in Mountain View, California, by Scott Cook and Tom Proulx, already sold...
19 Okt 22min
Qualcomm: OmniTRACS Trucks, CDMA's Holy Wars and the Blocked Broadcom Bid
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Irwin Jacobs and six co-founders from defense contractor Linkabit started Qualcomm in San Diego ...
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