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Short: The Death of Sega
In a single console generation, Sega went from ~zero to 50% US market share and dethroned Nintendo’s seemingly invincible global monopoly. But — somehow — it all then died.
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IKEA
This episode is flat-packed with counterintuitive lessons about how this folksy mail order business from the Swedish countryside came into your living…
Jan 15
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Rolex
Their products are comparable to a Hermès Birkin bag in price, luxury status and waitlist times… yet they produce over 1m units / year (roughly 10x…
Jan 8
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Hermès
In luxury, there’s Hermès… and there’s everyone else.
Dec 4, 2025
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Costco
This isn’t a tricky business. We just tried to sell high quality merchandise at a lower cost than everybody else.
Oct 9, 2025
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Ferrari
Ferrari is the pinnacle of luxury scarcity — across its entire 79-year history, the company has sold just 330,000 cars at an average price today of…
Apr 23
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F1
The story of how a chaotic, deadly, and gloriously dysfunctional European racing series became one of the greatest business stories in sports.
Mar 3
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The NFL (2026 Update)
The history of the NFL mirrors America’s own development: scrappy small-town teams rode the successive growth waves to become the most successful sports…
Feb 5
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10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)
Why has Acquired — seemingly against all odds — “worked”? In conversation with Michael Lewis Ben and David share ten lessons they've learned from…
Dec 16, 2025
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Starbucks (with Howard Shultz)
With nearly half a billion customer purchases per week across its stores and 3rd party retail channels, a significant portion of the human population…
Apr 17
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Rolex
Their products are comparable to a Hermès Birkin bag in price, luxury status and waitlist times… yet they produce over 1m units / year (roughly 10x…
Apr 17
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Trader Joe's
How on earth did a company that breaks every rule of modern retail build the most beloved grocery chain in America?
Apr 17
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Google III (2015 - 2025)
This is the story of how the world’s greatest business faces its greatest test: can they disrupt themselves without losing their $140B annual…
Apr 17
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Microsoft I (1975 - 1995)
The company that put a computer on every desk, invented the software business model, completely dominated every conceivable competitor and is still the…
Apr 17
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Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is… sugar water. And somehow it’s also America, Christmas, summertime, friendship and happiness.
Apr 17
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Google II (2004-2015)
The parade of hits. In this era Google built seven (!) more billion+ user products: Gmail, Maps, Drive and Docs, YouTube, Chrome, Android, and Photos.
Apr 17
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Porsche
Porsche is both quality AND quantity, owning the most prestigious brand in its market, while at the same time churning out almost half a million…
Apr 17
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IKEA
This episode is flat-packed with counterintuitive lessons about how this folksy mail order business from the Swedish countryside came into your living…
Apr 17
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Kyle Westaway
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Mars Inc.
M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Double Mint, Ben’s Rice, Pedigree, Whiskas, VCA, Banfield… all the brands you know, owned by the company you know nothing…
Apr 17
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Meta
Their products are used by more humans than any other’s in history — almost half of the entire world’s population daily. But… what is Meta? Why do they…
Apr 17
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Epic Systems
Epic Systems, the healthcare software company, isn’t “just” an electronic medical record, or an online patient portal, it's a hospitals central nervous…
Mar 19
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