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Back to SearchHow Duolingo Aims to Diversify Beyond Language Learning
Episode 255
Launched in 2011, Duolingo grew into the most downloaded education app in the world. By late 2024, it boasted 100 million monthly active users, 8 million paid subscribers, and a market capitalization…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Nuqul Group Works to Preserve Its Founder’s Legacy
Episode 254
In 1948, Elia Nuqul fled his hometown in Palestine with his family to Jordan. The refugee overcame many hardships and started a trading business in 1952. Nuqul Group subsequently grew into one of Jor…
Published on 5 months ago
Calyx Global: Improving the Quality of Carbon Credits
Episode 253
In 2021, Donna Lee and Duncan van Bergen founded Calyx Global, a carbon credit rating company. The startup worked to improve the quality of carbon credits sold in the voluntary carbon market. Organiz…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
How Lanco Medical Group Fosters Workforce Happiness to Motivate Employees and Grow Fast
Episode 252
How important is it to maintain a happy workforce? With this question in mind, Lanco Medical Group, a small but fast-growing pharmaceutical distributor serving Latin America, approached the design of…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
The Evolution of Luxury Brand Porsche
Episode 251
Porsche has reigned as one of the world’s leading sports and luxury car companies for nearly 80 years. Central to the German automaker’s growth strategy is creating stellar customer experiences and g…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Should Google Stay in the Cloud Gaming Business?
Episode 250
Google formally announced the innovative video game service Stadia at the 2019 Game Developer Conference. The company invested substantial resources and time into building a network able to support t…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Celebrating 10 Years of Cold Call
Episode 249
Cold Call is celebrating its tenth year of distilling Harvard Business School case studies into podcast episodes. To kick off the 2025 anniversary, the show’s production team has curated three of the…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Managing the Future of Work: Microsoft’s AI Perspective
Episode 248
Artificial intelligence is changing how we live and work in ways large and small. It’s why Cold Call has tackled the topic several times. And it’s why today we’re sharing an episode of Harvard Busine…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Leadership Style of Football Legend Deion Sanders
Episode 247
In 2022, Deion Sanders, known as “Coach Prime,” became head football coach of the University of Colorado Boulder (CU). Sanders was hired to bring CU’s struggling football program, which had only one …
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
Scaling a Family Business While Maintaining Founding Values
Episode 246
One of the oldest Black-owned security firms in the United States, Johnson Security Bureau, provided mainly unarmed guards to New York banks, public works, and hospitals. The company’s status as a wo…
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago