Cross Border
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Can the kombucha billionaire survive the rush of competition?
George Thomas Dave convinced America to love the tangy, tart, fermented beverage from Asia—and it made him a billionaire. Now, competitors are flooding the market he once had all to himself
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KKR: Build up rather than break up
"Barbarians" Henry Kravis and George Roberts were the 1980s poster boys for slash-and-burn leveraged buyouts. Now, with trillions pouring into private equity, KKR and its peers have little choice but to buy and build
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Good at strategy games? You could become a software mogul
The story of Matt Calkins, board game god and geek billionaire
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Viking Saga: Reimagining the ideal European vacation
In his 76 years, Norwegian billionaire Tor Hagen worked his way from McKinsey consultant to cruise line CEO, got fired, lost millions, survived cancer, then built a titanic business
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How do you beat Amazon at retail?
Sell cheap. Be opportunistic. Micromanage the stores. And stay off the internet. Lessons from Ollie's, perhaps the only American company whose brick-and-mortar stores are not just surviving, but thriving
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Zoom: Silicon Valley's sexiest IPO
Wall Street's hottest new stock isn't that of a social network or ride-hailing platform, but a video app that wins by just working better
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Mumbai's chef Garima Arora, GAA's rising star
Garima Arora is the first female Indian chef to earn a Michelin star
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TuSimple: Bringing driver-less trucks on the fast track
Self-driving cars are at least five years away. Eighteen-wheelers are coming first, and a 34-year-old Caltech PhD's unicorn is king of the road
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How Burger King had a whopper of a turnaround
To fix Burger King, Daniel Schwartz, 38, turned to 3G Capital's standard recipe for comebacks: Cut costs, incentivise management—and stay hungry for acquisitions. This time it worked
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Blockchain goes to work
While bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies seem frozen in a bear market, corporations worldwide are quietly co-opting the underlying technology for their own purposes
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The miniature four-wheeler super models
Want a vintage Bugatti, a classic Ferrari or a modern McLaren supercar at a fraction of the cost? Amalgam Collection will build one—at a fraction of the size