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From zero to scale, told by the people who did it.
- Podcast · 2016Paul Oberschneider: turning $400 into $200 million
- Podcast · 2014Raphael Afaedor: starting an ecommerce company in Africa
- Podcast · 2014Suzie Wokabi: building East Africa's first and fastest growing cosmetics company
- Podcast · 2017Bob Glazer: performance partnerships at Acceleration Partners
- Podcast · 2017Matt Bertulli: the future of retail and ecommerce
Failure, bad bets, near-collapse and the road back.
The choices that created, destroyed or redirected fortunes.
- Podcast · 2021Walt Rakowich: leading a Fortune 500 company through tough times
- Podcast · 2017Sal Fazzolari: habits of elite companies
- Podcast · 2017Stephanie Chung: selling $1 billion of private jets in a recession
- Podcast · 2018Kevin Dee: building Eagle, a Canadian staffing company
- Podcast · 2018Les Trachtman: succession planning after the founder leaves
Building companies and capital across the world's youngest continent.
- Podcast · 2014Suzie Wokabi: SuzieBeauty, Kenya
- Podcast · 2014Raphael Afaedor: ecommerce in Nigeria
- Podcast · 2014Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola: Wecyclers, Nigeria
- Podcast · 2014Kola Masha: agriculture investing for 10 million jobs
- Podcast · 2014Eran Feinstein: East Africa's first online payments company
- Podcast · 2014Mazen Helmy: the entrepreneurial revolution in Egypt
What happens to business when intelligence becomes abundant?