Introducing.... How We Got Here

About this episode

Chris Kohler explores the wild and significant moments in business history that shaped the modern corporate landscape.

Business history is wilder than you think.   Join finance journalist and digital storyteller, Chris Kohler, as he delves into the corporate moments that were too ridiculous to make up, but too important to ignore. The deals that collapsed empires. The decisions that accidentally built them. The scandals that still echo through every boardroom today. Tested and refined through millions of social media views, these are the stories that explain why modern business looks the way it does. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Chris Kohler

Topics covered

• business history
• corporate scandals
• finance
• storytelling
• business decisions

Keywords

• business history
• corporate moments
• finance journalist
• scandals
• business decisions

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