The Empire Builders Podcast

Reverse engineering the success of established business empires.

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#191: Three Levels of Trust – From Surface to Deep

Posted February 5, 202500:23:09

Stephen has been studying and learning how to use and explain trust for Organizations. Let’s just say, you need to get vulnerable for this one.

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#190: Care & Repair – A True Empire Building Story

Posted January 29, 202500:29:01

Sergei Kaminskiy started his empire by taking jobs that he didn’t know how to do and then hiring a professional to learn from. Wow.

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#189: Birkenstock – Went Public At 7 Billion

Posted January 22, 202500:18:21

You know you have a great idea when you start having competitors copy you. Well, Dr. Scholl’s copied the foot bed from Birkenstock.

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#188: Walmart – Big Dreams for Small Towns

Posted January 15, 202500:17:55

Sam Walton left JC Penny and realized that people in rural America had to travel to shop in department stores. He changed all that.

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#187: Willy Wonka – More Than A Movie!

Posted January 8, 202500:15:50

Stephen and Dave stroll down memory lane to discover just how the Willy Wonka bar came to be. Dave was a little disappointed. But you won’t be.

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