Adam Neumann is a man in Israel with a dream of making money. He moves to America and ends up creating a real estate behemoth masquerading as a tech company. This week we look at the start of the journey that took WeWork to extreme highs and then delivered a correspondingly gruesome fall.

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Cocoa butter, removed for years as a harmful product creating indigestion for cocoa powder consumers, becomes a savior. Replaces the protagonist of the story itself actually. The story of how Dairy Milk went from something that had a small shot at a narrow crowd to being the beloved brand it is. The Cadbury story continues...

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The abysmal working conditions of 1800s industrial Birmingham is not one to bring cheerful thoughts to any. But what if there was chocolate? What if this town created a much-beloved chocolate that would be an Easter egg staple and Valentine's day must for generations to come? This week, the story of the chocolatey goodness of the Cadbury brand.

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What does a startup do to make enough noise to introduce not just a product but a whole new industry? Are there opportunities that underdogs can exploit that are just are not in the reach of giants? The story of how Salesforce used those chances to become the giant it is today, is today's story.

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Can someone be famous for being famous? Do you really have travel lust or is Instagram telling you so? The rise of the influencer put culture and our understanding of it in the hands of individuals with monetary incentives. What that means and how we could navigate it, in our second round talking about Instagram.

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What if pictures became a window into the lives of people? What if social media helped us follow strangers from blazing cosmopolitan cities to the breezy Peruvian mountainsides? The story of the start of an app that had this dream and the events that followed.

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Towards the end of the 19th-century banks consolidated a great deal of power over American business. The dawn of the new century would put them at odds with politicians who saw an urgent need to rein them in. Already n his 70s, JP Morgan has one last breath of air to defend his kingdom - and to leave behind a powerful legacy. The final chapter in the three-part series about the JP Morgan empire.

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The rise of the Morgan dynasty in the House of Morgan. Not letting a good crisis go to waste. With growing power comes a public rage against the Morgan dynasty. Equivalents are drawn in Congress between JP Morgan and Shakespeare's cunning money-lender Shylock. 

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The founding of J P Morgan company's earlier form preceeds JP Morgan. It even precedes his father Junius. It starts with a poor boy from Danvers who made his way through the world into the elite of London. The story of the Scrooge turned Santa Claus George Peabody and the founding of the Morgan empire.

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Part 3 of the Tata series talks about the story of India's first fully indigenous car. It also explores the idea of choosing battles that help the company and help the country. Join us for the story of how one company has successfully pulled that off for over a century.

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