KEF Holdings – The Adventures Of An Entrepreneurial Family

[Podcast] KEF Holdings – The Adventures Of An Entrepreneurial Family

Faizal Kottikollon and Shabana Faizal have been on an unusual entrepreneurial journey for the past twenty years. It all began rather conventionally with Faizal...
How Tencent Combined Innovation and Homage to Dominate China’s Internet

How Tencent Combined Innovation and Homage to Dominate China’s Internet

“It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to." French Filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard It’s unclear whether Ma Huateng, Founder and CEO...
[Podcast] Growing Food, Equality, And Opportunity In Peru

[Podcast] Growing Food, Equality, And Opportunity In Peru

When husband and wife team Jorge Aranguri and Rosario Bazan started their Peruvian agri-business company Danper in 1994, they faced a challenge; when clients...
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The Ducati Story: From Tragedy to Excellence

Some companies face adversity and figuratively rise from the ashes as a better and more successful operation. For the Ducati brothers in Bologna, Italy,...
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Lifeway Foods: From Home-Based Business to International Success

Some people dream of one day taking the helm of their family business and long for the day they get to sit in the...
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Häagen-Dazs: Made Up Name, Genuine Success

It was a stroke of marketing genius straight out of the television series Mad Men. Looking for a way to distinguish their new brand...
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[Podcast] Are You Being Left Behind in the Digital Age?

Image source: Getty Images Ananthakrishnan (AK) Sankaranarayanan is a Global business strategist with proven expertise spanning “digital age” business strategies, processes, techniques and technology. He...
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Forever 21: An American Dream Come True

The only negative thing one could say about the rags to riches success story of Forever 21 husband and wife co-founders Dowon Chang and...
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The Gap: From a Small Family Business to a Global Fashion Empire

“What if someone put together all the styles, colors and sizes Levi Strauss had to offer in one store?” This one question San Francisco resident...
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How Yoshiko Shinohara Became Japan’s First Female Billionaire

Yoshiko Shinohara is one of a kind. And that’s not using the phrase colloquially, as in 'she stands out amongst her peers'. By becoming...