The Evolution of the Credit Card Industry

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The credit card industry evolved from branded charge cards for a particular retail store or gas station and then turned into a diners club, which is a card for many restaurants. They didn't understand that it was actually a platform where you want to cover as many types of people as possible. And Visa is one of the highest margin businesses in the world right now.

7 Powers author Hamilton Helmer and his Strategy Capital colleague Chenyi Shi join us again to discuss their latest research on a topic that’s highly relevant to the recent Acquired canon: how to build a second business line. This incredibly important “transforming” question faces every great company who has achieved initial product success (as well as their investors). Do we continue solely along the established path, or do we attempt to grow new branches on the tree? Some companies grow new businesses with tremendous success — Amazon and AWS, Nintendo and video games, Nvidia and CUDA — yet many others fail miserably. For the first time Hamilton and Chenyi share their research-based playbook on how companies should approach this decision and choose wisely. Tune in!

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