The Empire Builders Podcast

The Empire Builders Podcast


Latest Episodes

#193: Jacuzzi – Propellers to Propellers
February 19, 2025

The Jacuzzi Seven were obsessed with flight and engineered better propellers. What is the difference between propellers of air or water???Dave Young:Welcome to the Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not-so-secret techniques that

#192: Polaroid – Instant Idea, Instant Pic, Instant Empire
February 12, 2025

What happens when you are in the polarization film business and your daughter asks why she can't see the picture right away? You invent Polaroid.Dave Young:Welcome to the Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not-so-secret techniq

#191: Three Levels of Trust – From Surface to Deep
February 05, 2025

Stephen has been studying and learning how to use and explain trust for Organizations. Let's just say, you need to get vulnerable for this one.Dave Young:Welcome to the Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not-so-secret technique

#190: Care & Repair – A True Empire Building Story
January 29, 2025

Sergei Kaminskiy started his empire by taking jobs that he didn't know how to do and then hiring a professional to learn from. Wow.Dave Young:Welcome to the Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not-so-secret techniques that took

#189: Birkenstock – Went Public At 7 Billion
January 22, 2025

You know you have a great idea when you start having competitors copy you. Well, Dr. Scholl's copied the foot bed from Birkenstock.Dave Young:Welcome to the Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not-so-secret techniques that took

#188: Walmart – Big Dreams for Small Towns
January 15, 2025

Sam Walton left JC Penny and realized that people in rural America had to travel to shop in department stores. He changed all that.Dave Young:Welcome to the Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not-so-secret techniques that took

#187: Willy Wonka – More Than A Movie!
January 08, 2025

Stephen and Dave stroll down memory lane to discover just how the Willy Wonka bar came to be. Dave was a little disappointed. But you won't be.Dave Young:Welcome to the Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not-so-secret techniqu

#186: Rolex – How To Promote a Premium Brand
January 01, 2025

Affinity marketing at it's very, very finest. Rolex has made Mariners, Aviators, Drivers, etc, seek out and own a luxury time piece.Dave Young:Welcome to The Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not-so-secret techniques that took

#185: Dirty Dough (part 2) – No Money? Invest Time.
December 26, 2024

Bennett Maxwell continues by explaining how, when you are starting out, it is critically important to invest time and win peoples hearts.Dave Young:Welcome to the Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not-so-secret techniques that

#184: Dirty Dough (Part 1) – A Chairman’s Story
December 20, 2024

Bennett Maxwell understood that to run a successful company he needed to know the business and be the least important person in it.Dave Young:Welcome to the Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not-so-secret techniques that took f