The Empire Builders Podcast

#025: Supercuts – Find out what Big Macs and haircuts have in common.

How 2 hair stylist make over $20,000,000.00, five bucks at a time. Now that’s supersizing!!!

Dave Young:

Welcome to the Empire Builders...

#024: Spider-Man - Saved by a real Super Hero

The birth of Spider-Man. When Stan Lee was asked to create a new super hero he needed to get creative to avoid the cutting room floor. A new kind of...

#023: Dr. Brinkley - Way ahead of his time or complete quack?

Dr. Brinkley went to amazing lengths to market his business. It made him a multimillionaire in the 1920s. Today empire builders are doing the same thing....

#022: Listerine - How to get the girl, by Listerine. Oh, and Axe.

It was first sold as a surgical antiseptic.  Then a floor cleaner.  Then a cure for STDs.  The real success came when they help us get the girl. ...

#021: VW Beetle - Hippies Endorse THE German MAN

How many people can you fit in a Volkswagen Beetle, the people's car? The current world record is 20. Designed by Porsche, commissioned by Hitler,...