Episodi

  • McDonald's: The 52-Year-Old Salesman Who Bought a Burger Stand

    McDonald's: The 52-Year-Old Salesman Who Bought a Burger Stand
    Aug 4 2026
    In 1954, a 52-year-old milkshake machine salesman with arthritis drove 2,000 miles to a burger stand in San Bernardino. He didn't found McDonald's — he bought it for $2.7 million, and turned it into a global empire worth billions. The true story of Ray Kroc, the man who recognized his big break when everyone else his age was thinking about retirement.
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    3 min
  • Nike: How a $35 Drawing Built a Billion-Dollar Fortune

    Nike: How a $35 Drawing Built a Billion-Dollar Fortune
    Aug 4 2026
    In 1971, a track coach poured liquid rubber into his wife's waffle iron. In the same year, a design student was paid thirty-five dollars for a checkmark that would become one of the most recognized symbols in the world. This is the origin story of Nike: the 0 loan that became Blue Ribbon Sports, the near-fatal supplier break, the logo Phil Knight said he didn't love, and the name that almost was — Dimension Six. Part history, part hustle, all profit.
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    2 min