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The Billion-Dollar Pivot

by The Billion-Dollar Pivot Media

The existential moments when legendary companies bet their entire enterprise on a single radical transformation to escape obsolescence.

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  1. The Oil Empire That Survived Its Own Breakup

    The Oil Empire That Survived Its Own Breakup Welcome to The Billion-Dollar Pivot. Today, a company ordered to dissolve refuses to disappear from the economy it helped build. Standard Oil changed corporate form before the federal case and became 34 businesses afterward. This is a story of…

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  2. From Working Mother’s Bag to Scarce Global Trophy

    From Working Mother’s Bag to Scarce Global Trophy Welcome to The Billion-Dollar Pivot. Today’s transformation began with belongings spilling out on an airplane. Jane Birkin wanted a practical bag; the world turned it into a prize. How did Hermès preserve the original craft while the meaning of…

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  3. From Sol Price’s Hangar to Costco’s Retail Empire

    From Sol Price’s Hangar to Costco’s Retail Empire Welcome to The Billion-Dollar Pivot. Today, a young Jim Sinegal learns retail from Sol Price, becomes his competitor, and eventually helps unite their warehouse chains. The reinvention is not a sudden change of product. It is a radical change in...

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The existential moments when legendary companies bet their entire enterprise on a single radical transformation to escape obsolescence.

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The existential moments when legendary companies bet their entire enterprise on a single radical transformation to escape obsolescence.

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