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S1E26163 bsnsBlooper: Grab the Wrong Tape and you’ll be Watching Nothing
The better product didn’t matter once the ecosystem moved the other way.On June 12, 1975, Sony introduced the Betamax home video format, entering a market that would soon evolve into a full-scale…
S1E26162 June 11, 1982: The Movie Columbia Passed On That Became the Biggest Film in History
Not every mistake announces itself.On June 11, 1982, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial opened in theaters across America and began its run toward becoming the highest-grossing film in history. Columbia…
S1E26161 June 10, 1940: The Man Who Built Black Enterprise and Lost It
In January 2025, a United States president signed a posthumous pardon for a man who had been dead for eighty-five years.That act of official acknowledgment is where this story begins, before…
S1E26160 June 9, 1973: Secretariat and the Economics of an Untouchable Record
Some stories are really about the numbers.On June 9, 1973, Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths in a world record time of 2 minutes and 24 seconds that has never been broken. But the…
S1E26159 June 8, 1948: The Car Born in a Sawmill
Some of the most enduring brands in history weren't built from abundance. They were built from whatever was left after everything else had been taken away.On June 8, 1948, the State Government of…
S1E26156 bsnsBlooper: “How Long Have We Been Sitting In This Drive-thru?”
A new product slowed down the system it was supposed to grow.In the late 1980s, McDonald's began testing pizza in an effort to capture dinner traffic from competitors, adding a menu item that…
S1E26155 June 4, 2010: The Wizard, the Association, and the Billion Dollar Amateur
Some stories use a date as a doorway.On June 4, 2010, John Wooden died in Los Angeles at the age of ninety-nine, and the world paused to remember the greatest coach in the history of college…
S1E26154 June 3, 1990: The Death of the Man Who Built the Chip
Some of the most important moments in business history don't announce themselves.On June 3, 1990, Robert Noyce died quietly at home in Austin, Texas, at the age of 62, and the world barely paused. It…
S1E26153 June 2, 2015: The Most Re-Elected President Nobody Could Defend
Sometimes the most revealing moment isn't the scandal. It's the sentence that never gets said. On June 2, 2015, FIFA president Sepp Blatter walked into a press conference in Zurich just four days…
S1E26152 June 1, 1495: The King's Order and the Water of Life
Some of the most consequential business decisions in history weren't decisions at all.On June 1, 1495, King James IV of Scotland ordered a friar named John Cor to produce a batch of aqua vitae using…
S1E26149 bsnsBlooper: When Netflix Made A Bad Decision… and a Better Response
A simple service became complicated overnight.On September 18, 2011, Netflix announced plans to split its DVD and streaming services, introducing a new brand called Qwikster and requiring customers…
S1E26148 May 28, 1934: Five of a Kind
Before there were reality stars, there was Quintland - and the business model was the same, except the subjects were four years old and had no idea they were on display.On May 28, 1934, five…
S1E26147 May 27, 1937: The Bridge That Moved the Market
Some bets look reckless until they pay off -- and a $35 million bond measure during the Great Depression, to build a bridge that most engineers said couldn't be built, is about as reckless as it…
S1E26146 May 26, 1907: Being Famous - Who Owns Your “You”
Some of the most recognizable identities in history weren’t discovered, they were built.On May 26, 1907, John Wayne was born, but his story reveals something larger about how Hollywood operated.…
S1E26145 May 25, 1895: The Day His Conviction Brought Down the House
A successful business can collapse faster than it was built when its value depends on a single name.On May 25, 1895, Oscar Wilde was convicted of gross indecency, triggering the rapid collapse of a…
S1E26142 bsnsBlooper: Squeezing Juice Out of A Problem That Didn’t Exist
The product failed the moment a simpler solution went public.On April 19, 2017, a report by Bloomberg revealed that the $400 juicer made by Juicero wasn’t necessary to produce its packaged juice, as…
S1E26142 May 21, 1881: When Helping People Became a System
In the aftermath of disaster, organized response doesn’t happen by accident, it’s built.On May 21, 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross, transforming relief from individual, reactive…
S1E26140 May 20, 1932: When One Flight Wasn’t Enough
For five years, May 20 told a complete story, until it didn’t.On May 20, 1932, Amelia Earhart completed a solo transatlantic flight, becoming the second person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean.…
S1E26140 May 19, 1883: The Day the West Became a Product
A sound behind a fence stops a boy in his tracks, raising a question that leads back to one of the earliest scalable entertainment businesses.On May 19, 1883, Buffalo Bill Cody launched his Wild West…
S1E26135 May 18, 1896: Another Time the Law Drew the Lines of the Market
Who gets access to a market determines how that market works.On May 18, 1896, the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson established the “separate but equal” doctrine, allowing businesses to…
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