When JCPenney, the 100-year-old department store, decided to rebrand in 2011, they sought the best in the biz to give them a makeover. Enter Ron Johnson, the affable retail genius behind the Apple Store. Hailed as a techy visionary, Johnson was supposed to reinvent the brand. Instead, he alienated customers with high prices and a baffling shopping experience ... Show More
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<p>From club promoter to music mogul, Scooter Braun's Midas touch turned Justin Bieber into pop royalty and made him millions. But when he bought Taylor Swift's masters, he learned the hard way that hell hath no fury like a pop princess scorned. In our final episode, we're going ... Show More
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The Bling Ring: Hollywood’s Wildest Teen Crime Spree with Sydney Battle and Matt Bellassai | 102
<p>They say dress for the job you want, not the job you have. For the Bling Ring, that meant stealing $3 million worth of designer goods from Hollywood's elite. From Paris Hilton's forgotten fortune to Orlando Bloom's watch collection, these teen burglars lived out their TMZ fant ... Show More
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Amazon vs Walmart - The Big Bang Theory of E-Commerce | 1
<p>Ninety-six percent of Americans now shop online, snapping up everything from rare coins to industrial-sized barrels of hand sanitizer. Almost half of those purchases take place on one website: Amazon. </p><p>But before sales were a click away, Walmart was the top dog, dec ... Show More
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Honest Tea: Seth Goldman (2017)
In 1997, after going for a long run, Seth Goldman was frustrated with the sugar-filled drinks at the corner market. So he brewed up a beverage in his kitchen, and turned it into Honest Tea. PLUS, for our postscript "How You Built That," we check back in with Jaya Iyer for an upda ... Show More
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The Entrepreneurial Free Spirit Behind the Wild Success of theCHIVE.com - John Resig - #410
John Resig is the co-founder and CEO of Resignation Media, responsible for the wildly-popular and creative humor website called theCHIVE.com. During this lively discussion with Dave, John shares the story of how he started the family business with his brother, their entrepreneuri ... Show More
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