Shopee is the No. 1 shopping app in Southeast Asia even though it was launched 3 years behind Alibaba-backed Lazada. Learn how Forrest Li led Sea Limited in growing Garena, SeaMoney, and Shopee, as it works towards dominated the region.

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Learn about how Grab started out, how Grab beat Uber, the story of GoJek, and how GoJek could be Grab's next big problem. Watch the video version of this episode by subscribing to our YouTube channel

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PAL was founded by Andres Soriano in 1941. Since then, it has risen to become the flag carrier of the Philippines but has fallen to the explosive growth of local player Cebu Pacific. Learn about the complete history of Philippine Airlines in this episode. 

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Despite Colgate's 82-year head start, Crest was able to dethrone Colgate in the US. How did Colgate mess up so badly, and what did it do to regain market leadership? Find out in this episode of Brand Origins as we talk about the Toothpaste Wars and the Rise of Colgate.

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Did you know that Pampers and Huggies both control over 80% of the global market for disposable diapers? In this episode, we talk about the Diaper Wars, the origin story of Pampers, how Pampers keeps beating Huggies, and the obstacles Pampers needed to overcome to be as big as it is today.

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How did CNN start out? We cover the rise and decline of CNN, the story of its founder, Ted Turner, and how CNN revolutionized the industry by introducing 24-hour news.

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Did you know that Vox Media started out as a sports blog? Starting with SB Nation, the company now owns The Verge, Eater, Recode, Curbed, New York Mag, Vulture, The Cut, and the news website Vox. 

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Founded in 2006 by Jonah Peretti and John S. Johnson III, BuzzFeed unlocked the formula in creating content that goes viral. As a result, the news and entertainment media brand has a global audience of over 520 million people. So how did BuzzFeed become so successful? What are they doing right? And how did the brand start out? Learn about the origin story of BuzzFeed in this episode.

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Nestlé's Maggi and Unilever's Knorr have been going at it since the late 1880s. Both brands are owned by two global food conglomerates and are both fighting it out in the same industry. In this episode, we explore the origin stories of both brands, how they battled it out in India, and how both companies are doing today.

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Ferdinand "The Oatmeal King" Schumacher and Henry Crowell were bound to clash eventually as they fought for leadership of the American Cereal Company. This same company would, later on, become the Quaker Oats Company. Learn about how the history of Quaker Oats in this episode. 

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