This is Zack Fuss, an investor at Irenic Capital, and today we’re breaking down Boeing. Founded in Seattle in 1916 by William Boeing, the company has produced thousands of commercial and military aircraft over the past century. It is an important national and global asset and one-half of arguably the most famous duopoly in business, alongside Airbus.
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Jul 27
Applied Intuition: A Billion Intelligent Machines - [Business Breakdowns, EP.248]
Today, we are breaking down Applied Intuition. Our guests are co-founders Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig, who started the company in 2017 with a mission to make a billion machines intelligent. The simplest way to understand Applied Intuition is that it builds the brains for machin ... Show More
47m 13s
May 2026
Toast: Sticky SaaS - [Business Breakdowns, EP.247]
Today, we are breaking down Toast, a name we have covered before but are revisiting because the story has changed enough to be worth telling again. Most listeners will have tapped a Toast terminal without thinking much about the business behind it. Our guest is Sean Barrett, foun ... Show More
49m 24s
May 2026
Auto1: EU-sed Car Marketplace - [Business Breakdowns, EP.246]
Today, we are breaking down Auto1, and this is an interesting episode because we are tackling a business that most US listeners will not be familiar with, even though it resembles names they already know well. Our guest is Harrison Moot, co-founder and CIO of Sandstone, who walks ... Show More
1h 5m
Jan 2025
The Unraveling of Boeing | The Crash | 1
It’s 2019 and after another deadly plane crash, Boeing finds its reputation and business in free fall. Its best-selling passenger jet, the 737 Max, is forced out of the skies and the company is forced to reckon with its mistakes. Be the first to know about Wondery’s newest podcas ... Show More
34m 9s
Jan 2025
The Unraveling of Boeing | Jedi Mind Tricks | 3
Boeing scrambles to improve its bestseller, the 737, as its competitor Airbus brings an upgraded rival plane to market. To create the 737 MAX, Boeing has to figure out a way to fit modern jet engines onto the 737’s aging airframe. When the MAX encounters problems, Boeing then cre ... Show More
35m 15s
Feb 2024
A Longtime Aerospace Analyst Questions Boeing's Future
Troubles at Boeing just keep piling up, along with existential questions about the company's future. Not only is Boeing enormously important to US manufacturing, but it's also a major defense contractor for the US government and a big employer, which means its fortunes are of int ... Show More
47m 55s
Jan 2020
Boeing vs Airbus - The Max Controversy | 7
For more than 50 years, a version of Boeing's 737 aircraft has sailed the skies, dominating the market for short-range, short-haul domestic planes. The 737 is the best-selling commercial aircraft of all time. But competition in the late 1980s got fierce when Airbus entered the ma ... Show More
25m 7s
Mar 2024
Prof G Markets: Is Boeing a Buy? AI Picks & Shovels (and Scott’s Ketamine Trip)
Scott shares the most impactful parts of his recent (and totally unrelated to the markets) ketamine trip. Then George Ferguson, senior Aerospace, Defense, and Airline analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, joins the show to break down what Boeing’s crisis means for the future of the ... Show More
1h 4m
Jan 2024
Boeing’s Woes Just Got Worse
Today is Tuesday, January 23, and we're looking at Boeing vs. Airbus.Listen to Business Wars Daily on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen to all episodes ad-free on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your fre ... Show More
3m 29s