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Origin Stories from Intel to Twitter

Origin Stories from Intel to Twitter

Learn from the tales behind 8 behemoths of business

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Origin Stories from Intel to Twitter

Learn from the tales behind 8 behemoths of business

The Smartest Guys in the Room
The Smartest Guys in the Room
Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind
The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
24 min4.4
The House of Rothschild
The House of Rothschild
Niall Ferguson
Money’s Prophets 1798–1848
21 min4.2
Alibaba’s World
Alibaba’s World
Porter Erisman
How a Remarkable Chinese Company Is Changing the Face of Global Business
15 min3.8
Dogfight
Dogfight
Fred Vogelstein
How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution
20 min4.4
The Everything Store
The Everything Store
Brad Stone
Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
20 min4.4
Hatching Twitter
Hatching Twitter
Nick Bilton
A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
28 min4.5
The Intel Trinity
The Intel Trinity
Michael S. Malone
How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore and Andy Grove Built the World’s Most Important Company
13 min4.2
Business Adventures
Business Adventures
John Brooks
Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street
29 min4.3

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