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Business Breakdowns — 261 episodes

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1

Applied Intuition: A Billion Intelligent Machines - [Business Breakdowns, EP.248]

2

Toast: Sticky SaaS - [Business Breakdowns, EP.247]

3

Auto1: EU-sed Car Marketplace - [Business Breakdowns, EP.246]

4

Opendoor: Q1 2026 Earnings - [Business Breakdowns, EP.245]

5

PriceSmart: Central America’s Costco - [Business Breakdowns, EP.244]

6

Altius Minerals: Royalty Check - [Business Breakdowns, EP.243]

7

Givaudan: The Magic Ingredients - [Business Breakdowns, EP.242]

8

Apollo: Connoisseurs of Complexity - [Business Breakdowns, REPLAY]

9

Cognex: Vision Quest - [Business Breakdowns, REPLAY]

10

ASML: Competing with Moore’s Law - [Business Breakdowns, REPLAY]

11

Cloudflare: Leading Cybersecurity - [Business Breakdowns, EP.241]

12

How Investors are using AI - [Business Breakdowns, EP.240]

13

Games Workshop: The World of Warhammer - [Business Breakdowns, EP.239]

14

Databricks: From Data to Decisions - [Business Breakdowns, EP.238]

15

Amadeus: The IT Backbone of Travel - [Business Breakdowns, EP.237]

16

Doximity: The Hub of Healthcare - [Business Breakdowns, EP.236]

17

GE Aerospace: Full Throttle - [Business Breakdowns, EP.235]

18

Alternative Investing: Alts For All - [Business Breakdowns, EP.234]

19

Robinhood: Mobile First, Margins Later - [Business Breakdowns, EP.233]

20

CompoSecure: Heavy Metal - [Business Breakdowns, EP.232]

21

Amphenol: The Nervous System for Electronics - [Business Breakdowns, EP.231]

22

Media M&A - [Business Breakdowns, EP.230]

23

Exor: Fiat Crisis to Ferrari Glory - [Business Breakdowns, EP.229]

24

WaterBridge: Oil and Water - [Business Breakdowns, EP.228]

25

Mercado Libre: E-commerce Empire - [Business Breakdowns, EP.227]

26

Compass: Real Estate Revolution - [Business Breakdowns, EP.226]

27

PE Perspective on Insurance Brokers - [Business Breakdowns, EP.225]

28

CME Group: The House Always Wins - [Business Breakdowns, EP.224]

29

Agilent: Back To The Lab - [Business Breakdowns, EP.223]

30

Patek Philippe: Watch Perfection - [Business Breakdowns, REPLAY]

31

Alpha In Podcasts? - [Business Breakdowns, EP.222]

32

Nexstar Media: Broadcasting's Biggest Bet - [Business Breakdowns, EP.221]

33

EQT: Returns at Scale - [Business Breakdowns, EP.220]

34

UnitedHealth Group: Beyond The Premium - [Business Breakdowns, EP.219]

35

Moncler: The Après Playbook - [Business Breakdowns, EP.218]

36

Vulcan Materials: Rock On - [Business Breakdowns, REPLAY]

37

monday.com⁠: Work Management Software - [Business Breakdowns, EP.217]

38

Interactive Brokers: Margin Masters - [Business Breakdowns, EP.216]

39

Chemed: Empire of Care - [Business Breakdowns, EP.215]

40

Ecolab: Clean Machine - [Business Breakdowns, EP.214]

41

Snap-on: Tools of the Trades - [Business Breakdowns, EP.213]

42

Goosehead: Insuring Coverage - [Business Breakdowns, EP.212]

43

Compass: Meals for the Masses - [Business Breakdowns, EP.211]

44

EssilorLuxottica: Sight To Behold - [Business Breakdowns, EP.210]

45

Watsco: Air Apparent - [Business Breakdowns, EP.209]

46

Apollo: Connoisseurs of Complexity - [Business Breakdowns, EP.208]

47

Cognex: Vision Quest - [Business Breakdowns, EP.207]

48

Rolls-Royce: Turbines and Tribulations - [Business Breakdowns, REPLAY]

49

AMETEK: Industrial Excellence - [Business Breakdowns, REPLAY]

50

Jack Henry: VMS King - [Business Breakdowns, EP.206]

51

APi Group: Safety Services at Scale - [Business Breakdowns, EP.205]

52

Kaspi.kz: The Kazakh Super-App - [Business Breakdowns, EP.204]

53

Gaming Consoles Part 3: Nintendo - [Business Breakdowns, EP.203]

54

Gaming Consoles Part 2: Sony - [Business Breakdowns, EP.202]

55

Gaming Consoles Part 1: The Thesis - [Business Breakdowns, EP.201]

56

Arm: The Silicon Blueprint - [Business Breakdowns, EP.200]

57

Kering: It’s Gucci - [Business Breakdowns, EP.199]

58

2024 Anecdotes to Remember - [Business Breakdowns, EP.198]

59

FilterBuy: Fresh Air - [Business Breakdowns, EP.197]

60

Inditex: Fast Fashion - [Business Breakdowns, EP.196]

61

Alternative Lending in Real Estate - [Business Breakdowns, EP.195]

62

SpaceX: Rocket Ship - [Business Breakdowns, EP.194]

63

Investing in Venture Secondaries - [Business Breakdowns, EP.193]

64

Informa: Where Industries Meet - [Business Breakdowns, EP.192]

65

Fastenal: A Nuts & Bolts Success Story - [Business Breakdowns, EP.191]

66

Demographics Driving Real Estate - [Business Breakdowns, EP.190]

67

Merck & Co: Blockbuster Drugs - [Business Breakdowns, EP.189]

68

American Tower: Signals and Stability - [Business Breakdowns, EP.188]

69

AIG: Rise, Fall, and Rebirth - [Business Breakdowns, EP.187]

70

Gregorys Coffee: From Bean to Dream - [Business Breakdowns, EP.186]

71

Going Activist in Japan - [Business Breakdowns, EP.185]

72

RTW: Investing across Healthcare - [Business Breakdowns, EP.184]

73

Sherwin-Williams: Brushstrokes of Success - [Business Breakdowns, EP.183]

74

Rakuten: Rewiring Japan's Digital Economy - [Business Breakdowns, EP.182]

75

Renishaw: The Precision Pioneers - [Business Breakdowns, EP.181]

76

3i Group: Capital in Action - [Business Breakdowns, EP.180]

77

5 Handpicked Highlights - [Business Breakdowns, EP.179]

78

Graco: Mastering The Flow - [Business Breakdowns, EP.178]

79

Siemens Energy: Winds of Change - [Business Breakdowns, EP.177]

80

Olympic Games: The Price of Glory - [Business Breakdowns, EP.176]

81

Axon: Stunning The Competition - [Business Breakdowns, EP.175]

82

Rolls-Royce: Turbines and Tribulations - [Business Breakdowns, EP.174]

83

Cintas: Rags to Riches - [Business Breakdowns, EP.173]

84

Mineral Resources: Unearthing Value - [Business Breakdowns, EP.172]

85

Motorola Solutions: From Zero to Hero - [Business Breakdowns, EP.171]

86

The Marina Industry: Building Moats, Storing Boats - [Business Breakdowns, EP.170]

87

Coupang: Korean E-Commerce Craze - [Business Breakdowns, EP.169]

88

Lifco: Dentistry, Demolition, and Decentralization - [Business Breakdowns, EP.168]

89

CHIPS Act: Securing Semiconductor Supply - [Business Breakdowns, EP.167]

90

InterDigital: Setting Wireless Standards - [Business Breakdowns, EP.166]

91

Bajaj Finance: Strategies of a Lending Giant - [Business Breakdowns, EP.165]

92

The Evolution of Private Credit: Part 2 - [Business Breakdowns, EP.164]

93

The Evolution of Private Credit - [Business Breakdowns, EP.163]

94

British American Tobacco: Clearing the Air - [Business Breakdowns, EP.162]

95

AMETEK: Industrial Excellence - [Business Breakdowns, EP.161]

96

Gartner: Compound Insights - [Business Breakdowns, EP.160]

97

Winmark: Resale at Scale - [Business Breakdowns, EP.159]

98

Embraer: Defying Gravity - [Business Breakdowns, EP.158]

99

Boeing (REPLAY): Turbulent Times - [Business Breakdowns]

100

Duolingo: Free Speech - [Business Breakdowns, EP.157]

101

Mitsubishi Corporation: A Japanese Trading Company - [Business Breakdowns, EP.156]

102

Intuitive Surgical: Robotic Precision - [Business Breakdowns, EP.155]

103

D.R. Horton: Building a New Model - [Business Breakdowns, EP.154]

104

FTX: Inside the Restructuring - [Business Breakdowns, EP.153]

105

CNX Resources: Hit the Gas - [Business Breakdowns, EP.152]

106

Vulcan Materials: Rock On - [Business Breakdowns, EP.151]

107

HEICO: Parts for Planes - [Business Breakdowns, EP.150]

108

Intel: Cyclical Recovery or Secular Demise? - [Business Breakdowns, EP.149]

109

Arthur J. Gallagher: Insurance Broking - [Business Breakdowns, EP.148]

110

Samsung: Semiconductors over Smartphones - [Business Breakdowns, EP.147]

111

Patek Philippe: Watch Perfection - [Business Breakdowns, EP.146]

112

Rolex: Timeless Excellence - [Business Breakdowns, Forever Episode]

113

Visma: Mission Critical European Software - [Business Breakdowns, EP.145]

114

Trane Technologies: Hot and Cold - [Business Breakdowns, EP.144]

115

Live Oak: The Small Business Bank - [Business Breakdowns, EP.143]

116

Moody’s: Aaa Business Model - [Business Breakdowns, EP.142]

117

Pernod Ricard: Luxury Liquor - [Business Breakdowns, EP.141]

118

Ferrari: Magic from Maranello - [Business Breakdowns, EP.140]

119

Charter Communications: Cable Cash Flows - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 139]

120

Vistra Corp: Full Stack Energy Provider - [Business Breakdowns, EP.138]

121

Entegris: Solutions for Semiconductors - [Business Breakdowns, EP.137]

122

The Coca-Cola Company - [Business Breakdowns, EP.136]

123

FedEx: Anytime, Anywhere - [Business Breakdowns, EP.135]

124

Databricks: Data Based Decisions - [Business Breakdowns, EP.134]

125

Match Group: The Business Behind Tinder - [Business Breakdowns, EP.133]

126

Olin: Chemistry and Cash Flows - [Business Breakdowns, EP.132]

127

WEX: Fleet Cards - [Business Breakdowns, EP.131]

128

Equifax: Your Score & More - [Business Breakdowns, EP.130]

129

Boeing: Turbulent Times - [Business Breakdowns, EP.129]

130

Kingspan: Influential Irish Insulation - [Business Breakdowns, EP.128]

131

Padel: Causing a Racket - [Business Breakdowns, EP.127]

132

The Business of Football - [Business Breakdowns, EP.126]

133

Casey’s General Stores: Fueling Convenience - [Business Breakdowns, EP.125]

134

Take-Two Interactive: GTA and NBA 2K - [Business Breakdowns, EP.124]

135

Nubank: David vs Goliaths - [Business Breakdowns, EP.123]

136

Argenx: Changing Lives with Llamas - [Business Breakdowns, EP.122]

137

Copart: The Car Undertaker - [Business Breakdowns, EP.121]

138

Lululemon Athletica: The Athleisure Leader - [Business Breakdowns, EP.120]

139

Toast: The Restaurant Operating System - [Business Breakdowns, EP.119]

140

Applied Materials: Sanding Atoms - [Business Breakdowns, EP.118]

141

ASML: Competing with Moore’s Law - [Business Breakdowns, EP.117]

142

Roku: One Stop Streaming Shop - [Business Breakdowns, EP.116]

143

Mobile Gaming: A Freemium Economy - [Business Breakdowns, EP.115]

144

First Citizens Bank: The Bank Buyers - [Business Breakdowns, EP.114]

145

PayPal: A Digital Money Marketplace - [Business Breakdowns, EP.113]

146

Restoration Hardware: Climbing the Luxury Mountain - [Business Breakdowns, EP.112]

147

FICO: A High Score Business - [Business Breakdowns, EP.111]

148

FC Bayern Munich: The Best Run Club in Football - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 110]

149

MTN Group: Connecting Africa - [Business Breakdowns, EP.109]

150

Roper Technologies: Industrial Titan to Software Giant - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 108]

151

Dolby Laboratories: The Sound Standard - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 107]

152

Electronic Arts: FIFA, The Sims, Madden and More - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 106]

153

Titan: A Golden Case in Indian Retail - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 105]

154

The National Basketball Association - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 104]

155

Jim Chanos: A Short Thesis on Data Centers - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 103]

156

Markel: Playing The Long Game - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 102]

157

The Walt Disney Company: An Entertainment Empire - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 101]

158

IPL: The World’s Fastest Growing Sports League - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 100]

159

Wise: Moving Money Around the World - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 99]

160

Ryanair: Low Cost Obsessed - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 98]

161

Constellation Software: Principled, Profitable, Permanent - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 97]

162

The Business of Sport: NFL, F1, PGA Tour - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 96]

163

Qualcomm: Making Smartphones Smart - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 95]

164

Orangetheory Fitness: A Franchise HIIT - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 94]

165

WeChat: China’s Operating System - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 93]

166

Hermès: The Luxury Icon - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 92]

167

L’Oreal: Because You’re Worth It - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 91]

168

Carbon Reduction: Changing Business Practices - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 90]

169

Carbon Removal: A Primer - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 89]

170

Shiprocket - Enabling Ecommerce in India - [Return on India, EP.03]

171

DoorDash: Looking for Profitable Routes - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 88]

172

Floor & Decor: Raising the Floor - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 87]

173

Netflix: The Original - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 86]

174

Brookfield Asset Management: Alternative Cash Flows - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 85]

175

Harvard Business Publishing: A Case Study - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 84]

176

Vanguard: The Alpha Disrupter - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 83]

177

The Home Depot: The Pro Builder’s Choice - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 81]

178

Cameo: Monetizing Fame - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 80]

179

Archaea Energy: Turning Pollution into Profit - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 79]

180

Spotter: Funding YouTube Creators - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 78]

181

Intuit: An Operating System for Small Businesses - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 77]

182

Trader Joe’s: Grocer to the Overeducated and Underpaid - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 76]

183

Polaroid: The Genius of Edwin Land - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 75]

184

General Electric: Lessons from the Rise and Fall - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 74]

185

AMD: How Chips Are Changing - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 73]

186

CrowdStrike: Cyber SaaS - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 72]

187

Atlas Copco: Sweden’s Best Kept Secret - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 71]

188

ChargePoint: Leading the EV Charge - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 70]

189

Union Pacific: Long Train Runnin’ - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 69]

190

LVMH: The Wolf in Cashmere’s Conglomerate - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 68]

191

DuPont: Two Centuries of Chemistry - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 67]

192

Charles Schwab: The 8 Trillion Dollar Gorilla - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 66]

193

Rolex: Timeless Excellence - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 65]

194

Dino Polska: Serving Small-Town Poland - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 64]

195

Berkshire Hathaway: The Incomparable Compounder - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 63]

196

Shopify: Tokengated Commerce - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.28]

197

Gogo: Internet for Private Jets - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 62]

198

Diploma: Specialized Distribution - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 61]

199

PGA Tour: Playing Under Pressure - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 60]

200

Anduril: Building the Future of Defense - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 59]

201

Goldman Sachs: Fortune Favors the Old - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 58]

202

Baytex Energy: The Business of Oil & Gas - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 57]

203

DigitalBridge: Pioneering Digital Infrastructure - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 56]

204

AppLovin: Monetizing & Marketing Mobile Apps - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 55]

205

Afterpay: Buy Now, Pay Later - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 54]

206

Block: Square, Cash App, and Economic Access - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 53]

207

McKinsey & Company: The First Management Consultants - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 52]

208

Fanatics: Growing the Sports Economy - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 51]

209

Anchorage Digital: Serving Institutional Crypto Needs - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP. 12]

210

Adyen: A First Principles Payment Platform - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 50]

211

Cadence: Software Behind Semiconductor Design - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 49]

212

The New York Times: The Empire Strikes Back - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 48]

213

Basic-Fit: Increasing Returns to Scale - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 47]

214

UPS: Leaders of the Package - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 46]

215

Twitter: Towing the Clown Car Out of the Goldmine - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 45]

216

ViacomCBS: A Content King in the Streaming War - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 44]

217

Peloton: Reinventing the Wheel - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 43]

218

Cannabis: Legalizing the Leaf - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 42]

219

Finch Therapeutics: Empowering Immune Systems - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 41]

220

London Stock Exchange Group - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 40]

221

The National Football League - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 39]

222

NextEra Energy: The Renewable Leader - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 38]

223

Novocure: Using Physics to Fight Cancer - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 37]

224

AutoZone: Exemplary Capital Allocation - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 36]

225

Amazon Aggregators: Buying Third-Party Sellers - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 35]

226

HelloFresh: Delivering on Process Power - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 34]

227

MongoDB: The Database Platform - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 33]

228

Universal Music Group: The Gatekeepers of Music - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 32]

229

Uber: The Undeletable App - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 31]

230

John Deere: Centuries of Farming Innovation [Business Breakdowns, EP. 30]

231

Salesforce: The Cloud & SaaS Pioneer [Business Breakdowns, EP. 29]

232

Solana: Faster, Cheaper, More Scalable [Business Breakdowns, EP. 28]

233

Taboola: The Open Web’s Suggestion Engine - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 27]

234

Sky Mavis: The Builders Behind Axie Infinity - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 26]

235

Datadog: The Realtime Data Monitor - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 25]

236

Wyndham Hotels: Loyalty Matters - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 24]

237

Dexcom: Digitizing Diabetes Management - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 23]

238

SmileDirectClub: Closing the Gap with Affordability - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 22]

239

ZoomInfo: The Go-To-Market Platform - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 21]

240

Blackstone: Beyond Buyouts - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 20]

241

A Primer on Space: The Final Frontier - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 19]

242

Petco: Capturing the Pet Economy - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 18]

243

Cardlytics: The Ad Platform with Purchasing Power - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 17]

244

Exxon Mobil: An Aging Energy Empire - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 16]

245

Facebook: The Trillion Dollar Listing - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 15]

246

Formula One: The Iconic Motor Sport - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 14]

247

Moderna: The Software of Life - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 13]

248

Pinduoduo: Rise of Social Commerce - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 12]

249

Invisalign: Patents, Patients, and Profits - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 11]

250

Wix: The Internet Storefront - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 10]

251

Ethereum: Into the Ether - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 09]

252

Calm: The Sleeping Giant - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 08]

253

Visa: The Original Protocol Business - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 07]

254

Twilio: Messaging, Margins, and Markets - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 06]

255

Cinnabon: The Omnichannel Approach to Indulgence - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 05]

256

Costco: Relentless Focus on the One Thing - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 04]

257

Alibaba: A Giant Among Giants - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 03]

258

Chipotle: Simplicity as the Recipe for Success - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 02]

259

Shopify: The E-commerce On-Ramp - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 01]

260

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