The Disruption Machine
What the gospel of innovation gets wrong.
Entrepreneurs
Dr. Nicholas and Mr. Hyde
The fall of billionaire Henry Nicholas, co-founder and CEO of microchip-maker Broadcom, who lost his job and his marriage amidst allegations of drug use, cooking the books, and building a secret party lair beneath the house he shared with family.
"Let’s, Like, Demolish Laundry"
The laundry wars of Silicon Valley.
The Untold Story of Larry Page's Incredible Comeback
How the Google co-founder, forced out of a leadership role in 2001, came back to run the company 10 years later.
No Exit: Struggling to Survive a Modern Gold Rush
The dark side of startup life in Silicon Valley.
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Behind the Beanie Babies: The Secret Life of Ty Warner
A profile of the reclusive billionaire who orchestrated a collectible toy craze.
Blow Up the Box
An interview with Barry Diller about Aereo and the past, present and future of TV.
Previously: Vanessa Grigoriadis on the Longform Podcast.
A Broken Place: The Spectacular Failure of the Startup That Was Going to Change the World
Shai Agassi had nearly $1 billion in funding and a dream to replace gas guzzlers with electric cars. All he was missing was a plan.
A Toast Story
“More than a café, the shop is a carpentered-together, ingenious mechanism—a specialized tool—designed to keep Carrelli tethered to herself.”
Jesse Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet
How a 20-something made millions as an e-commerce hustler.
The Mysterious Story of the Battery Startup that Promised GM a 200-Mile Electric Car
How an up-and-coming company went bust.
Inside the Rainbow Gulag
The unraveling of Lisa Frank, Inc.
The Economics of Infomercials
The $200 billion industry behind the Snuggie.
For Thrill Seekers, a Bull Run With a Different Hook
How to get Americans to “pay $45 to $75 to run for their lives from 1,500-pound, bad-tempered beasts.”
For $99, This CEO Can Tell You What Might Kill You
On the personal genetic sequencing company 23andMe and why their long time term strategy is collecting spit, not cash.
The Secrets of Bezos
What it’s like to work for, compete against, and find out you’re the biological father of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. An excerpt from The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon.
"It Was the Biggest Game of Chicken I’ve Ever Seen."
A post-acquisition profile of Tumblr’s David Karp.
To a Chinese Scrap-Metal Hunter, America's Trash Is Treasure
On the road with Johnson Zeng, who buys up the metal “Americans won’t or can’t be bothered to recycle.”
The Truth About Marissa Mayer: An Unauthorized Biography
A 22,000-word profile of the Yahoo CEO.
Everywoman.com
On Martha Stewart, business icon.
Will Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley Finally Get It Right?
A startup’s rocky search for profitability.
Modern Warfare
The bizarre battle over the Call of Duty video game franchise.
Freeway Rick Is Dreaming
A profile of legendary L.A. crack dealer Freeway Rick Ross, now out of jail and trying to sell everything from weaves to his own biopic, written by a journalist who has known him for decades.
Facebook, One Year Later: What Really Happened in the Biggest IPO Flop Ever
How Wall Street won.
Caterpillar's Doug Oberhelman: Manufacturing's Mouthpiece
Caterpillar’s CEO made $22 million last year. Some of his employees are on food stamps.
