The Empire Builders Podcast

Reverse engineering the success of established business empires.

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#080: Warby Parker – Losing your glasses sucks! Replacing sucks more.

Posted December 21, 202200:22:25

Imagine these four MBAs sitting in class when their phones start blowing up with orders for eyeglasses after they lost the business idea competition...

#079: Instagram – The day Obama joined, they new it was a big deal

Posted December 14, 202200:20:15

How pivoting after an early discovery with customers led them to sell in just two years for a Billion dollars. Another story of giving the customer...

#078: AirBnB – Airbed and Breakfast dot com

Posted December 7, 202200:27:07

How do two arts graduates and their buddy with no travel experience and zero technology experience build a six-billion-dollar empire in only fourteen...

#077: Kodak – The fall of an Empire

Posted November 30, 202200:22:29

Kodak had the cash cow, so why couldn’t they successfully transition into a digital company when they invented digital photography?

Dave...

#076: Captain Pabst – Could I ever use a cold beer!

Posted November 23, 202200:22:20

Discover the origin of the blue ribbon and American-style lager with a ship captain that lost his ship and knew nothing about beer.

Dave...