#264 The Story of Edwin Land and Polaroid

Andre Agassi's autobiography is a brutally honest story about a tennis legend who hated the game that made him famous. Agassi traces his journey from a harsh, obsessive childhood training regimen to superstardom, burnout, rebellion, and eventual redemption—revealing the psycholog ...  Show more

On his 68th birthday, Kevin Kelly began to write down for his young adult children some things he had learned about life that he wished he had known earlier. Kelly’s timeless advice covers an astonishing range, from right living to setting ambitious goals, optimizing generosity, ...  Show more

Today we are breaking down Polaroid. For 30 years, Polaroid monopolized the instant photography industry, producing one Nobel-caliber breakthrough after another. As their products dazzled, sales grew from just under $1.5 million in 1948 to $1.4 billion in 1978. Today, the busines ...  Show more

Co-fondateur de l'une des boîtes les plus iconiques de la French Tech, Jean-Baptiste Rudelle est une légende. Il fait partie des rares à avoir réussi à emmener sa société au Nasdaq. <a href="https:/ ...

Vous ne le connaissez probablement pas, à priori son marché à l’air boring.  Et pourtant, Maxime Legardez m’a offert l’un des épisodes avec le plus de key learnings sur comment entre ...

What If I Told You…… there was a crazy entrepreneur who was the true founder of what would become America Online? He was the guy who hired Steve Case back before AOL was AOL.What if I told you that same entrepreneur invented true, networked, online gaming—not in the era of the Xb ...  Show more