The Empire Builders Podcast

#070: PODS – What do you have in your storage?

How storing your stuff got easier, the story of portable on-demand storage.

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#069: Kenners Star Wars Toys – Thinking outside the empty box.

Kenner and Lucas make a last minute deal and an unconventional sales strategy wins the Toy Wars.

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#068: Sleemans – John Sleeman – My Aunt had the original beer recipe book

What do pirates, Al Capone, and getting your name and trademark have to do with Sleeman’s beer?

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#067: RX Bars – Could you fire your Mom?

CrossFit and paleo diets lead to the creation of RX Bars. Starting with only $10K, they sold for over $600M.

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#066: Famous Amos – We hope he made $100M in the last sale

Wally Amos built, sold, worked for, and quit. He got brought back and might have got a return on the final sale just because he liked baking cookies.

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