Business Wars, Death Row vs Bad Boy

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In the nineties, two hiphop record labels shock parents and one over fans world wide. The battle between the two labels escalated as they fought to reach the top of the charts. Death row versus bad boy has the story of how these rap rivalries turned hip pop into a multi billion dollar global industry. You can listen to business wars on apple pod casts, amazon music, or you can listen one week early, completely ad free, by joining wondery plus in the wondery ap what's new and brodcasting.

Great ideas often come from a simple spark: A soccer player on the New Zealand national team notices all the unused wool his country produces and figures out a way to turn them into shoes (Allbirds). A former Buddhist monk decides the very best way to spread his mindfulness teachings is by launching an app (Headspace). A sandwich cart vendor finds a way to reuse leftover pita bread and turns it into a multimillion-dollar business (Stacy's Pita Chips). In this week's episode award-winning journalist and NPR host Guy Raz speaks to Carl Miller about uncovering the stories of highly successful entrepreneurs. To find out more about Guy's book click here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Built-This-Unexpected-Entrepreneurs/dp/0358216761

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