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1. The air mattress that became Airbnb2026-06-18
2. Spanx and the red backpack2026-06-19
3. FedEx and the overnight promise2026-06-26
4. Starbucks and the Third Place2026-07-03
5. NVIDIA and the Thirty-Day Company2026-07-10
6. Patagonia and the company that chose purpose2026-07-17
7. Nike and the waffle iron2026-07-24
8. Disney and the Folly That Worked2026-07-31
9. LEGO and the brick that clicked2026-08-07
10. Toyota and the loom that taught cars how to move2026-08-14
11. McDonald’s and the system behind the arches2026-08-21
12. WhatsApp and the message that refused to become a network2026-08-28
13. Hewlett-Packard and the light bulb that built Silicon Valley2026-09-04
14. Coca-Cola and the One-Dollar Bottling Deal2026-09-11
15. IKEA and the flat pack that made the low price possible2026-09-18
16. Huawei and the switch nobody would sell him2026-09-25
17. Bank of America and the loans made on a handshake2026-10-09
18. Sony and the name they refused to sell2026-10-16
19. Southwest and the four years it spent on the ground2026-10-23
20. Pfizer and the ice plant that made penicillin2026-10-30

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