Cross Border
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Vince McMahon's Direct-to-Fans WWE Network
Pro wrestling billionaire Vince McMahon sucker punched his traditional television partners when he launched his direct-to-the-fans WWE Network earlier this year. The unorthodox manoeuver could transform his business— or he could fall flat on his face
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Sequoia Capital: Creating Disruptions, and Billionaires
Apple, Google, Oracle. Cisco, Yahoo, LinkedIn. WhatsApp, Airbnb, Dropbox. Sequoia Capital is Silicon Valley's search engine for disruption—and billionaires. That's why the firm dominates Forbes's 2014 Midas List—and has made its principals as wealthy as the entrepreneurs they nurture
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iCracked: The World's Repairman for iPads and iPhones?
Break your iPhone? Good news for AJ Forsythe, who is scaling the repairman model
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Cleveland's Invention Machine
John Nottingham and John Spirk are the most successful inventors you've never heard of, with a can't-lose business model that would make Edison blush
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Michael Steinhardt, Wall Street's Greatest Trader, Returns
Michael Steinhardt forged the model for making hedge fund billions before exiting the game. With WisdomTree, he's back to upend Wall Street again—this time, with the little-guy investor at his side
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Medidata Solutions: Using Software to Make Better Drugs
Medidata Solutions believes software can revolutionise the way Big Pharma develops new medicines. It has Oracle in its sights
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Inside Endgame: Second Act for the Blackwater of Hacking
Endgame wants to rewrite its reputation as a cyberwar arms dealer—without apologies
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The Brewing of Sierra Nevada
Decades before the boutique beer boom Ken Grossman tasted opportunity. Sierra Nevada is now a juggernaut—and he might be worth $800 million
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Can PayPal Win the Wallet Wars?
PayPal is in the centre of two battles: One for control of every transaction on the Planet, the other for control of its own destiny
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Teaching English and Minting Money
Duolingo teaches English to millions for free, as the non-profit Khan Academy does with math. But its founders want to make real money so the service lasts
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Brooklyn's Billionaire Is Betting On The Borough, Again
Cash crises, political grudge matches, suicide. None of it stopped David Walentas from forging a 10-digit fortune by creating an entire neighbourhood in New York's underdog borough. And he's about to do it all again