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Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor.

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Qualcomm

Episode Date: November 15, 2022

Qualcomm, or “Quality Communications” — despite being one of the largest technology companies in the world, few people know the absolutely am...

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Benchmark Part I

Episode Date: September 28, 2022

Benchmark Capital. We tell the tale of the legendary equal partnership that accomplished something no other venture firm can claim: twice it...

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Amazon Web Services

Episode Date: September 6, 2022

So, how DID an online book retailer end up building the infrastructure layer that powers the entire internet? (Or at least 39% of it, per lat...

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Amazon.com

Episode Date: August 16, 2022

Amazon. No company has impacted the internet — and all of modern life — more than this one. We’ve waited seven years to do this episode, and...

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Walmart

Episode Date: July 19, 2022

We kick off Season 11 with the incredible story of the retail “granddaddy of them all” Walmart, and its founder Sam Walton. Once you study Wa...

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SONY

Episode Date: March 7, 2022

Born in the unlikeliest of places — the terrible, wasteland-like aftermath of post WWII Japan — Sony rose to capture the imaginations (and wa...