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Brunello: I wanted the brand to have my face. I wanted the product to convey the culture, life, lifestyle, dignity of work. We are a listed company, and I wanted to manufacture a product with dignity. I wanted a profit with dignity. Because the press all talk about the moral ethics of profit. Why can’t we have a dignified profit then?
om.co • Brunello Cucinelli
Barstool Sports started in 2003 by Dave Portnoy. The idea was to create a media publication that catered to people interested in gambling. Barstool found an audience, albeit, niche. It's initial success boiled down to one reason: Dave Portnoy. People loved Dave and Barstool's fans became known as "Stoolies".
Ari Lewis • How Dave Portnoy Single Handedly Changed the Media Business Forever — Ari Lewis
The Uber - Didi Chuxing Merger with Brad Stone, author of The Upstarts & The Everything Store | Acquired Podcast
acquired.fmThrough the Exit to Community project, Schneider is exploring ways to help startups transition from investor-owned to community ownership, which could include users, customers, workers or some combination of all stakeholders.
Techcrunch • Instead of IPOs and acquisitions, exiting to community is one alternative
20VC: Marcelo Claure & Shu Nyatta on Lessons from Investing $7.5BN at Softbank & Why Dumb Money has Gone, Why "LATAM is Under Construction" and the Next 10 Years Will...
open.spotify.com“The beauty of his idea was not to create a translator but to sell it,” Mozer said later. “It was clear from the very beginning that he was an entrepreneurial genius.”
Reeves Wiedeman • Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork
When critics asked Adam how his business would fare in a recession like the one that felled Regus, his response was much the same as the one Dixon had offered without success: big companies will downsize into WeWork, while laid-off freelancers will look for something beyond a home office.