The Empire Builders Podcast
By Stephen Semple and David Young
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Episodes: 152
Description
Reverse engineering the success of established business empires.
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#150: United Parcel Service – Delivery by Model “T”
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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#149: History of Franchising – Making Millionaires
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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#148: Kodak – They Captured Their Own Moment
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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#147: Cabbage Patch Kids – Popular ‘Til Everyone Had One
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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#146: Etsy – The Online Craft Show
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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#145: Xero Shoes – Invisible Shoes You Can See
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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#144: FedEx – When it has to be there the next day.
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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#143: Xerox – Oops, Just Missed.
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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#142: Kinko’s – Kinky Red Hair to Copy Company Empire
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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#141: Bubble Wrap – Fidget Toy or Packing Safety?
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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#140: Building Trust – Using Social Media
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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#139: Trivial Pursuit – Hard, But Not Too Hard
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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#138: Trip Advisor – Because Real Matters
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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#137: How To Recruit Good People
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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#136: Silly Putty – From War Effort To Childs Play Thing
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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#135: Herschel – Established by Design
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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#134: Krispy Kreme – Word of Mouth Masters
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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#133: Pepperidge Farm –
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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#132: Adventures in A.I. – Left, Right and Connected
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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#131: Michael Kors – Brave, Bankrupt and Brilliant
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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#130: Poinsettia – Mexican Shrub to Christmas Icon
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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#129: Angie’s List – From Intern to Internet
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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#128: Behind The Scenes – Dave Young
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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#127: Wonder Bread – The best thing since…
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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#126: Best Practices – Are they though???
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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#125: Clairol – Challenged everyone.
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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#124: Harry’s – 0 To $1.4 Billion in 7 Years
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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#123: CHOMPS – A meat stick empire?
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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#122: Sun Bum – People Surf in Frickin’ Michigan?
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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#121: G.I. Joe – The First Action Figure
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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#120: Barbie, Hot Wheels, Matchbox – On to the cars…
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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#119: Barbie, Hot Wheels, Matchbox – Very Very Connected
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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#118: Rubik’s Cube – Teaching Device or Toy?
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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#117: Maker’s Mark – A story of doing what you’re supposed to.
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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#116: Smirnoff – What a roller coaster ride…
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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#115: Singer – Built a Better Sewing Machine But Nobody Bought It Until…
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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#114: Patreon – Spotify Kickstarted Patreon
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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#113: Joseph Rosefield – Father of Peanut Butter
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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#112: Tetris – Digital Anxiety or Awesome Game?
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#111 Marlboro Man – Mild as May to Rugged Cowboy
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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#110: Samuel Adams – Trailblazing Craft Beer
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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#109: Wolfman Jack – The Man, The Myth, The Howl
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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#108: Zamboni – Really? Invented in L.A.?
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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#107: Griffin Service – Pt. 2 – Turd buckets beware!
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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#106: Griffin Service – Pt. 1 – Tom Casey is an S.O.B.
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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#105: Just Do It – Nike – The everyday athlete anthem
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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#104: Jenga – J…J…J…Jenga. Take a block from the middle…
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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#103: Kayak – The lifetime value of a customer
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May 31, 2023 |
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#102: PIT – Pit Crew Training to Business Training
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May 24, 2023 |
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#101: Poo Pourri – 100,000 5 Star Poops
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May 17, 2023 |
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#100: Brand & Branding – Feeling and Supporting that Feeling.
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May 10, 2023 |
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#099: Beauty Blender – A million little sponges.
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May 03, 2023 |
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#098: Birdseye Frozen Food – Always Looking for a Better Way
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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#097: Daniel Whittington – The growth of a Whisk(e)y Empire
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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#096: MIT – Media Lab – Humanizing Technology
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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#095: Thomas Cook Travel – The First Travel Agent
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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#094: Martha Harper – The Mother of Franchising
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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#093: Liquid Paper – One Secretary’s Secret
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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#092: Naugahyde – The Nauga is Ugly, but the Hyde is Beautiful
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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#091: Famous Dave’s – I met that guy at the Dave convention. He was from the middle of nowhere, Wisconsin.
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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#90: Behind the Scenes – How and why The Empire Builders Podcast got started
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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#89: McKee Bakery – Innovatively embracing change
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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#88: MTV – I want my Emmm Teee Veee
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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#87: Culver Restaurant – Family business to successful franchise
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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#86: Schlitz – Discover the Schlitz Maneuver
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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#085: American Tobacco Company – The origin of the smoke break
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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#084: Entenmann’s – Creates a packaging revolution
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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#083: Tempur-Pedic – Seeing an idea and being open to it.
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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#082: Budweiser – The King? of Beers
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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#81: Vice Media – Heroin, Failure, Grit… and Disney????
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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#080: Warby Parker – Losing your glasses sucks! Replacing sucks more.
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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#079: Instagram – The day Obama joined, they new it was a big deal
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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#078: AirBnB – Airbed and Breakfast dot com
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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#077: Kodak – The fall of an Empire
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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#076: Captain Pabst – Could I ever use a cold beer!
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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#075: Hershey’s – Milton Hershey – How do I make Milk Chocolate?
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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#074: Milwaukee Tools – The Hole Shooter
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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#073: Black Pearls – A new gem is born
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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#072: Wendy’s Dave Thomas – Dave Thomas’s ideas grew KFC
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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#071: Apple 1984 Ad – Most impactful commercials of all time
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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#070: PODS – What do you have in your storage?
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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#069: Kenners Star Wars Toys – Thinking outside the empty box.
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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#068: Sleemans – John Sleeman – My Aunt had the original beer recipe book
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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#067: RX Bars – Could you fire your Mom?
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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#066: Famous Amos – We hope he made $100M in the last sale
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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#065: Dyson – It sucks, but not enough.
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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#064: The Jet Business – Close to the money, not close to the airport
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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#063: Black & Decker – Making a better drill.
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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#062: Price on website? We answer the question.
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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#061: Mrs. Fields – Why does the mall smell so delicious?
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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#060: Leatherman – Is it a tool? Is it a knife? That was the problem.
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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#059: Demographics – Why there is such a shortage of workers
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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#058: Shreddies – Good good whole wheat Shreddies
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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#057: Heinz – his favorite number was 5, and hers was 7
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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#056: Oldsmobile – launched the car industry by outsourcing, creating spinoffs like Dodge
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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#055: Uncle Nearest – Story trumps almost everything
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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#055.1 – Uncle Nearest Bonus – After listening to the story – you know you want to know how it tastes.
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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#054: M.M. Lafleur – High Function, High Style
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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#053: Hallmark – When you care enough to send the very best.
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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#052: Don’t Mess with Texas – Don’t do it.
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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#051: Creemore Springs Brewery and the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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#050: Phone Number Rant – We don’t need them anymore?
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May 25, 2022 |
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#049: Kool-Aid – Owning the customer from every angle
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May 18, 2022 |
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#048: Rolls Royce – Selling just the Brand.
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May 11, 2022 |
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#047: Whole Foods – How passion became an empire
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May 04, 2022 |
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#046: Nespresso – 400 Nespresso’s drunk every second
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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#045: KFC – The secret 11 herbs and spices
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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#044: James Watt – The marketing story of horsepower
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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#043: Fox 40 – From referee to whistle entrepreneur
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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#042: Wrigley’s Origin – You buy the baking powder you get the gum
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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#041: Nike – It took them seven years to break $1M in revenue
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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#040: IMG – International Management Group. Who are these people?
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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#039: Advertising Candy Bars – Why spend millions to gain 1% more market share?
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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#038: Amazon Style – WTF? Opening a brick-and-mortar clothing retail store?
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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#037: Inov-8 -Forged in the Fells #GetAGrip
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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#036: Hathaway Shirts and the most interesting man in the world, coincidence?
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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#035: Ford Model T – I can’t get the pig slaughter house out of my mind.
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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#034: Springfree Trampoline – I’m a bad dad; I never got my kids a trampoline.
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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#033: Chiclets – Candy-coated gum or tree sap?
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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#032: Warren Buffett – His investing strategy needed a new business model
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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#031: Intel – What would a new CEO do?
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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#030 De Beers – Shiny rocks, engagement rings, world wide dominance.
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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#029: David and Goliath – Don’t play Goliath’s Game
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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#028 Lego – 6 billion pieces stepped on
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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#027 Michelin – A tale of content marketing circa 1900, how fine dining sells more tires
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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#026 Doordash – Ding, dong, your food is here; how food delivery became an app
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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#025: Supercuts – Find out what Big Macs and haircuts have in common.
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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#024: Spider-Man – Saved by a real Super Hero
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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#023: Dr. Brinkley – Way ahead of his time or complete quack?
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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#022: Listerine – How to get the girl, by Listerine. Oh, and Axe.
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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#021: VW Beetle – Hippies Endorse THE German MAN
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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#020: Burt’s Bees – The accountant was only?!?
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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#019: Dollar General – What 75% of Americans won’t believe
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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#018: Netflix – known for one thing; twice.
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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#017: Coke – they already had an empire, but…
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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#016: Gaggia Espresso Machines had a problem
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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#015: An interview with a small business that applied the Wrigley formula from episode 4
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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#014: The birth of Play-doh. A cleaning agent becomes a toy.
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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#013: Get rid of all the bells and whistles. The Birth of the Sony Walkman
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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#012: How to marry brick and mortar with online retailing. The Canada Goose way.
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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#011: Retailers Beware!
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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#010: Who is JD Power? Is he a real person? Find out.
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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#009: Armed with Scissors and an Idea a Billionaire is Born. The Spanx Story.
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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#008: What delivering newspapers taught me about pizza – The story of Domino’s.
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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#007: How $1,500 of Flea Market Garb became Banana Republic
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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#006: Pat Weaver Changed the Face of Advertising Forever
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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#005: A Trip to Italy Changes Everything for Starbucks
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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#004: How to Build an Empire in Uncertain Times. The story of Wrigleys
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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#003: Trump Decoded
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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#002: HBO Magic
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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#001: The Story of the Dry Bar Blow Out
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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#000: What is the Empire Builders Podcast?
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Jun 09, 2021 |