Barron's Streetwise - Introducing: A New Season of The Readback

Starting point is 00:00:00 Calling all sellers, Salesforce is hiring account executives to join us on the cutting edge of technology. Here, innovation isn't a buzzword. It's a way of life. You'll be solving customer challenges faster with agents, winning with purpose, and showing the world what AI was meant to be. Let's create the agent-first future together. Head to salesforce.com slash careers to learn more. I'm Alex Ewell, host of The Readback from Barron's. It's been almost two years since we launched the show. Now, with nearly 90 episodes under our belt,

Starting point is 00:00:36 we're bringing you a new season that's a little bit different. This season, we're doubling down on the past, jumping further back into the archives of Barron's to explore why companies, ideas, and industries thrived. They did a significant, you know, more than doubling of revenue. Here we have all of this uncertainty. One would think that people would be pulling money out, and that was not the case.

Starting point is 00:00:58 The moment they launched it, it became clear that it would be a winner. Even as others failed to meet their promise. They sort of flub flood their spring launch. The analysts and investors are all literally high-fiving each other, and I was standing on the sidelines like a pariah. We'll explore Nintendo's steady rise, Fitbit's rapid fall, the cautionary tale of 3D printing,

Starting point is 00:01:18 and more. In our frenetic news cycle, those stories are quickly forgotten, but their lessons remain vital for the future. Great technologies don't always make great stocks. In fact, probably one time out of 10, it's the next big thing. And even then, you still got to decide what to pay for it. Subscribe to The Readback wherever you listen to podcasts.

Barron's Streetwise - Introducing: A New Season of The Readback

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