Wealth, power, and influence. J.P Morgan had it all. He owned the first billion-dollar company. He dominated the country’s most profitable industries. And on multiple occasions, the economy of The United States quite literally depended on the actions of J.P. Morgan. With a simple word or the stroke of a pen, John Pierpont Morgan could save a company from collapse or doom it to bankruptcy. There will never be another man quite like JP Morgan - literally, he is part of the reason the federal...

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Skype launched nearly a decade before Zoom, so why does everyone use Zoom now instead? Before the pandemic shut down the world, Skype held the largest share of the video-calling market. So when businesses, friends, and families had no choice but to interact with each other through their screens, Skype was set to see the sort of growth other companies can only dream of. But that didn’t happen. Instead, Zoom seemed to pop up out of nowhere and take over the industry in what felt like the blink...

Henry Ford built a business empire, and completely revolutionized not just the car industry, but business as we know it. He pioneered assembly line production, the five day work week, and countless more innovations. But this is certainly not a straightforward success story. Henry Ford’s life is wrapped in controversy, failures, and obsessive genius. We’ll not only look at Henry Ford’s astonishing rise, but also his lesser known projects, like the time he tried to build his own weird American...

At first, Nintendo had nothing to do with video gaming. Its president Hiroshi Yamauchi didn’t even play video games. Instead, Nintendo made hanafuda playing cards which were used to gamble, and their biggest customer was the Yakuza (essentially the Japanese Mafia). So, how did a small family-run card business turn into one of the best-selling gaming companies of all time - responsible for some of the most iconic characters ever created like Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, and so many more? As well...

The disturbing business of bananas - a documentary looking at the dark history of the banana industry & The United Fruit Company. This involves the coup in Honduras, the banana massacre, and overthrowing the democratically-elected Guatemalan leader. The banana industry is responsible for massacres, revolutions, wars, and secret deals with the CIA. At one point, the world’s largest banana company practically acted like a government in Central America, controlling most of their land and...

The banana king was one of the richest and most powerful men in the world. When a country’s government didn’t give him what he wanted, he simply overthrew the government. He declared literal war on his competitors. And he built a gigantic business empire from nothing. You see, before he became the banana king, this man was simply known as Sam - an immigrant with no money, no connections, and no real hope. Sam’s journey to building such a successful company is an astonishing underdog story....

The INSANE Story of Yahoo!: Yahoo could have been the most valuable company in the world. It was once the most visited website on the internet. They were worth $128 billion dollars. And in the late 90’s, they had the chance to buy Google for just $1 million. Yahoo said no. Welcome to the dramatic rise and fall of the original internet empire. Whilst this video covers the full story of Yahoo, we also look at several mini-stories, like the time Mark Zuckerberg went to Yahoo's offices,...

THE STORY OF PEPSI & PEPSICO - Here’s the truth Pepsi don’t want you to know: Pepsi started off as a rip off of Coca-Cola. And Pepsi Cola even tried to sell their company to Coca-Cola on three separate occasions. But Coke kept turning them down. As a result, Pepsi struggled and literally went bankrupt on two separate occasions. And yet, fast forward to present day - and PepsiCo makes around $80 billion dollars of revenue a year - more than double the Coca Cola company. You see, Pepsi is...

How Does WhatsApp Make Money? This mini-movie tells the story of WhatsApp, and the insane journey of Brian Acton & Jan Koum. Imagine this: you go for a job at Facebook and get rejected. A few years later, Facebook buy your company for $19 billion dollars. Well, for WhatsApp founders Brian and Jan, that’s exactly what happened. Unfortunately, for WhatsApp's users, the story perhaps doesn’t have quite such a happy ending… The story of how WhatsApp was built and scaled is both fascinating...

The INSANE Story of Uber.... Welcome to the story of Uber, covering the journey of Uber from idea to empire. Uber in many ways is an incredible business success story, of how Travis Kalanick defied the odds and grew Uber so rapidly despite countless challenges. However, this video also looks at many of the controversies Uber faced along the way, such as Uber's culture issues, Uber's fight in China, and their battles to outwit local authorities by using their secret Greyball software.

Who was the first snake oil salesman? Why do we use the term snakeoil salesman to describe a scammer or con man? Well, the phrase "snake oil salesman" can be traced back to a shady patent medicine seller called Clark Stanley, who sold 'Clark Stanley's Snake Oil Liniment' . Clark Stanley claimed his concoction could cure almost any ailments or diseases. As a result, he made a lot of money selling it and became very wealthy. His business became so big he even had other sellers trying to imitate...

Hershey's is one of the biggest chocolate companies in the world, worth nearly $47 billion dollars. And yet, the Hershey Company was founded by a boy who struggled through poverty and went bankrupt multiple times. This is the true rags to riches story of a chocolate empire - this is the insane and inspiring story of Milton Hershey. Milton Hershey’s early life was difficult to say the least. He was born in 1857 in a rural dairy farming community called Derry Township, in Pennsylvania. Whilst...

The history of Coco Chanel - the INSANE full story of Chanel. How did a poor girl from an orphanage become the most famous fashion-designer of the 20th century, and build a business that is today worth billions of dollars? And how did Coco Chanel profit from two world wars and still survive, despite being labelled a secret Nazi spy? Welcome to the controversial life of Coco Chanel - and the rise, fall, and rise again, of a fashion empire. This is the story of Chanel’s multi-billion dollar...

THE INSANE STORY OF FEDEX... FedEx employs well over half a million people worldwide, has a market cap of over $40 billion dollars, and delivers millions of packages every day in countries all over the world. But, in the early 1970’s, this future shipping empire depended on one man, $5,000, and a weekend in Las Vegas. This is the absolutely crazy story of FedEx... Frederick Wallace Smith, founder of FedEx, did not get off to a good start in life. At the age of four his father passed away,...