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Young Guns: How Business Prodigies are Rewriting the Rules of Success
Forget grey hairs and decades of experience. A new generation of entrepreneurs is proving that age is no barrier to brilliance. From tech titans to fashion moguls, these young guns are disrupting industries, building empires, and redefining what it means
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Dough-ing a 180: How Domino’s Pizza Reclaimed Its Slice of the Pie
Once dismissed as the punchline of the fast-food industry, Domino’s Pizza has since orchestrated one of the most remarkable turnarounds in recent corporate history. Known in the early 2000s for its bland crust and lacklustre offerings, the brand found itself
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Best Buy’s Blue-Shirt Renaissance: How It Fought Back Against Amazon
Once teetering on the brink of collapse in the face of Amazon’s relentless rise, Best Buy orchestrated one of the most impressive retail turnarounds in recent memory. This is the story of how a renewed focus on customer service, strategic
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Driving Through the Storm: How Ford Avoided a Bailout and Steered Towards the Future
The 2008 financial crisis brought the American auto industry to the brink of collapse. While General Motors and Chrysler relied on government bailouts to survive, Ford Motor Company charted a different course. Under the leadership of CEO Alan Mulally, Ford
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From Red Envelopes to Streaming King: The Netflix Revolution
Netflix’s evolution from a DVD-by-mail service to a global streaming powerhouse is one of the most defining business stories of the 21st century. It is a tale of visionary leadership, technological foresight, and a deep understanding of consumer behaviour. Reed
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Big Blue’s Big Bet: How IBM Transformed Itself for the Age of AI and Cloud
For much of the 20th century, IBM—known affectionately as “Big Blue”—was synonymous with computing. Its mainframes powered governments, corporations, and institutions across the globe, making it the undisputed leader of the tech industry. But as the 21st century dawned and
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The Promise and Pressure of the UK’s AI Aspirations
With world-class universities, a vibrant startup ecosystem and renewed strategic investment, the United Kingdom has the intellectual capital and policy ambition to stake a serious claim in the global artificial intelligence race. Yet despite the bold rhetoric, its leadership aspirations
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The iRenaissance: How Apple Went from Near-Death to World Domination
In the late 1990s, Apple was teetering on the brink of collapse. A decade later, it was the most valuable company in the world. This is the story of how Steve Jobs’ vision, Tim Cook’s operational brilliance, and Jonathan Ive’s
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A JUUL of an Idea… That May Have Got Most of it Wrong
Vaping is big business, and few companies have seen the spectacular growth — and subsequent decline — as JUUL Labs. In just a few years after its 2015 launch, JUUL took a sizable chunk of the “e-cig” market. The company
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Portobello Capital: Driving Growth and Industry Leadership in Iberian Private Equity
Portobello Capital has cemented its position as the leading mid-market private equity firm in Spain, with over €2bn deployed across multiple funds. Since its founding in 2010, the firm has developed a systematic and replicable investment approach, known as the
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