William Durant's GM: A Buggy Baron, Leaded Gas and a 2009 Bankruptcy
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1900 William C. Durant ran the largest US maker of horse-drawn vehicles and openly disliked a...
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Zara: From the Zorba Sign Swap to Sketch-to-Shelf in a Single Week
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1975 in A Coruña, Spain, Amancio Ortega and Rosalía Mera planned to call their shop Zorba, af...
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Yves Saint Laurent: Le Smoking, Rive Gauche and Dropping the Yves
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Yves Saint Laurent founded his house in 1962 with his partner in life and business, Pierre Bergé...
18 Okt 21min
Yahoo: Passing on Google for $1 Million and Refusing Microsoft's $47B
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Yahoo began in 1994 as Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web, a human-edited directory b...
18 Okt 22min
Studebaker: Gold Rush Wheelbarrows, Union Wagons and the Lark Compact
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Studebaker story begins in 1736, when Peter Studebaker, a master of the German cutlers' guil...
18 Okt 21min
Weimar Hyperinflation: 4.2 Trillion Marks to the Dollar and the Rentenmark
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1914 Germany suspended the gold standard and funded World War I by borrowing, expecting to an...
18 Okt 22min
Bank of England: Shipwreck Gold, the Old Lady Cartoon and a 2% Target
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!After the French defeated the Royal Navy at Beachy Head in 1690, King William III needed about £...
18 Okt 21min
Wachovia's 72 Hours: Pick-a-Pay Loans, a $5B Run and Wells Fargo's Win
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Wachovia came from two North Carolina banks. The original Wachovia started in Winston-Salem in 1...
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