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Today, we'll take a dive into the story of the meal replacement company Soylent. We'll cover everything from the unlikely team, to the product's side effects, and even Neil deGrasse Tyson's live reaction to the drink. *** This episode is brought to you by: Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings! Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.com Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship The Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The history of Nintendo traces back to 1889, when it was founded to produce handmade hanafuda. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (任天堂株式会社, Nintendō kabushikigaisha) is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It eventually became one of the most prominent figures in today's video game industry, being the world's largest video game company by revenue. Today we explore their 130 year history from making handmade playing cards to one of the largest video game console manufacturers in the world. *** This episode is brought to you by: Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings! Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.com Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship The Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we look back at the history of Apple's iCar to try and figure out what went wrong, and if we can expect it to come out in the future. *** This episode is brought to you by: Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings! Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.com Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship The Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we’ll be digging into one of the biggest meal delivery kit services out there, Blue Apron. We'll dive into their rise, their IPO, and where they stand in the market today. *** This episode is brought to you by: Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings! Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.com Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship The Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1995, Netscape made a splash with a huge IPO. But later that year, Windows 95 threatened to make Netscape irrelevant. Today, we'll take a look at how Netscape rose to prominence, and eventually came crashing down. *** This episode is brought to you by: Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings! Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.com Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship The Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we'll take a look at Disney+, a streaming service that Disney hopes can go toe to toe with big streamers like Netflix and Amazon Prime. *** This episode is brought to you by: Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings! Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.com Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship The Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2017 Justin Kan, the founder of Twitch which sold for $1B to Amazon in 2014, set out to build his next billion dollar company. But this time it wasn’t so easy.  *** This episode is brought to you by: Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings! Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.com Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship The Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While Elon Musk is known for his high profile ventures like Tesla and SpaceX gain tons of attention, his lesser known project Neuralink looks to connect humans with computers using brain implants. Today, we'll walk through the company's quick growth as well as its controversies. *** This episode is brought to you by: Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings! Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.com Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship The Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CNN+ was live for less than a month before it’s parent company Waner Brothers Discovery decided to shut it down. Low subscriber numbers is part of the equation, but the real story behind the $100 million dollar failure is much more complicated. *** This episode is brought to you by: AMS: Visit ams-insights.com/rocketshipfm to start accelerating innovation in your business. Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings! Magic Mind: Go to MagicMind.co/ROCKETSHIP and use code ROCKET for 20% off your first order Compiler: Listen to Compiler in your favorite podcast player. Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.com *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we embark on a brand new branded season focused on telling more product stories. Today, we'll look at the beginnings of the dating app Bumble, and how CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd has grown it to success, becoming the youngest women to bring a company to IPO. *** This episode is brought to you by: AMS: Visit ams-insights.com/rocketshipfm to start accelerating innovation in your business. Carnegie Mellon MIIPS Program: Learn more about how your ideas could change the world at https://www.cmu.edu/iii/degrees/miips Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings! Magic Mind: Go to MagicMind.co/ROCKETSHIP and use code ROCKET for 20% off your first order Compiler: Listen to Compiler in your favorite podcast player. Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.com *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices