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Business Breakdowns — 258 episodes

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1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

Cognex: Vision Quest - [Business Breakdowns, REPLAY]

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

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

29

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

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

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

37

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

38

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

39

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

40

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

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

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

45

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

46

AMETEK: Industrial Excellence - [Business Breakdowns, REPLAY]

47

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

48

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

49

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

50

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

51

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

52

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

53

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

54

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

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

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

59

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

60

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

61

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

62

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

63

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

64

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

65

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

66

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

67

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

68

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

69

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

70

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

71

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

72

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

73

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

74

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

75

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

76

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

77

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

78

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

79

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

80

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

81

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

82

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

83

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

84

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

85

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

86

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

87

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

88

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

89

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

90

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

91

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

92

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

93

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

94

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

95

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

96

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

97

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

98

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

99

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

100

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

101

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

102

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

103

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

104

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

105

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

106

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

107

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

108

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

109

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

110

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

111

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

112

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

113

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

114

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

115

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

116

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

117

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

118

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

119

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

120

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

121

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

122

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

123

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

124

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

125

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

126

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

127

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

128

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

129

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

130

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

131

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

132

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

133

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

134

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

135

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

136

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

137

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

138

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

139

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

140

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

141

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

142

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

143

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

144

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

145

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

146

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

147

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

148

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

149

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

150

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

151

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

152

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

153

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

154

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

155

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

156

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

157

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

158

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

159

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

160

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

161

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

162

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

163

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

164

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

165

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

166

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

167

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

168

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

169

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

170

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

171

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

172

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

173

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

174

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

175

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

176

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

177

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

178

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

179

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

180

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

181

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

182

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

183

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

184

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

185

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

186

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

187

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

188

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

189

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

190

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

191

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

192

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

193

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

194

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

195

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

196

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

197

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

198

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

199

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

200

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

201

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

202

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

203

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

204

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

205

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

206

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

207

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

208

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

209

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

210

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

211

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

212

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

213

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

214

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

215

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

216

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

217

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

218

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

219

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

220

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

221

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

222

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

223

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

224

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

225

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

226

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

227

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

228

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

229

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

230

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

231

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

232

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

233

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

234

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

235

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

236

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

237

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

238

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

239

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

240

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

241

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

242

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

243

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

244

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

245

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

246

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

247

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

248

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

249

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

250

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

251

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

252

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

253

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

254

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

255

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

256

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

257

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