The Billionaires Club
5,127 Prototypes: James Dyson and the Decision to Stop Asking Permission
Everyone tells the Dyson story as one about persistence. The decision that actually made him was to stop asking his rivals for permission.
H Prince
Collector of business stories: the profits, the losses, and the story in between.
The Billionaires Club
$8 Billion, Given Away Before Anyone Noticed
Chuck Feeney made billions in duty-free shopping, then secretly gave away his entire stake, and for 15 years almost nobody knew.
The Charts
The 10 Best Business Films and Documentaries
From The Wolf of Wall Street to Chef: nerve, ego, loyalty and the fine print in ten films and documentaries that every lover of a good business story should see.
The Moment
$19 Billion and the Signature on the Welfare Office Door
Jan Koum sold WhatsApp to Facebook for $19 billion. He chose to sign the deal on the door of the office where he once queued for food stamps.
The Pivot
The Film Company That Decided to Sell Face Cream
Film demand peaked in 2000 and then drained away. Fujifilm survived by deciding it was never really a film company.
Tales
48 Hours to Decide
A Tales story. A high-street shop owner gets a £185,000 offer from a national chain, with a two-day deadline.
Doomed
Thomas Cook: 178 Years, and the Warnings Were in the Accounts
Thomas Cook's 2019 collapse felt sudden. The debt, the dividends and the shopfronts had been warning about it for a decade.
The Charts
The 10 Best Business Books for People Who Actually Run a Business
For people with payroll to meet and not much time to read. No single ideas stretched to 250 pages.