Vivendi Bigger Than You Know

Founded by Napoleon III Emperor of France. This company has owned or currently owns: Activision, Blizzard, Ubisoft, NBC/Universal, Universal Music Group, Spotify, Game loft, Daily motion, and much of television/radio…

The Rise and fall of Palm Inc

They went from having phones and other hand held devices to eventually being bought out by HP and then completely dissolved.

A companies life

You outline a basic tech (specifically software) life cycle (maybe one video for pre IPO and another for post IPO– so like funding pre ipo and basic things about IPOing

Hastings Book Stores

A few years ago, Hastings Book Store, went out of business and I never knew why? It can’t be because of Wal-Mart because Wal-Mart doesn’t sell what Hastings used to…

EA

Because it used to be one of the best video game companies then it failed

Aldi/Lidl

European companies that have bridged the gap to America, so they are relatible to both an American and European Audience. I’m Irish and I can say that either one of…

Honda

How big are they? Engines for cars, trucks, bikes, scooters, lawnmowers, weedeaters, boats, generators, etc.