Seagram Building: Bronze Mullions, Locked Blinds and a Tax on Beauty
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1954 Seagram CEO Samuel Bronfman set out to build a headquarters on Park Avenue and first ask...
18 Okt 20min
Guccio Gucci: A Savoy Bellhop, Bamboo Handles and a Family at War
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Guccio Gucci was born in Florence in 1881 and by 1897 was carrying luggage at London's Savoy Hot...
18 Okt 23min
Charlie Munger: Card Odds, the Lollapalooza Effect and Windowless Dorms
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Charles Thomas Munger was born in Omaha on January 1, 1924, and as a teenager worked at Buffett ...
18 Okt 21min
Uber: From UberCab Black Cars to Greyball, Ripley and Robotaxis
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Uber's origin story begins with an $800 ride on a snowy New Year's Eve in Paris in 2009. Garrett...
18 Okt 24min
theGlobe.com: A 606% IPO Pop, Plastic Pants and a Zombie Stock Ticker
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!theGlobe.com began in 1994 when Cornell University undergraduates Stephan Paternot and Todd Kriz...
18 Okt 23min
eToys.com: A $76 First-Day Close, the Toy War and a $5 Million Sale
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!eToys launched on November 3, 1997 out of the incubator Idealab at the height of the dot-com boo...
18 Okt 18min
Victoria's Secret: Roy Raymond's Palo Alto Shop to Wexner's Angels
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Roy Raymond opened the first Victoria's Secret in Palo Alto, California, in 1977 after an awkwar...
18 Okt 20min
Tax Inversions: McDermott's Panama Move to Medtronic's Irish Merger
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Before 2017, U.S. companies faced a 35% corporate tax rate on worldwide income, while most devel...
18 Okt 25min
