10 Strongest Coca Cola Competitors
The Coca Cola Company is among the largest and most well known companies in the world. With a revenue of around 40 billion dollars, few people have never heard the name coke. Boosted by their flagship brand, from which the company name is drawn, it has been a big business for over a century. But […]
Ikea Competitors: 10 Biggest Competitors To Ikea
Ikea is one of the world’s largest companies, with a revenue of more than 40 billion dollars. Boasting 445 locations, few places are untouched by the Ikea brand, the best known of all Swedish brand names. Known for their iconic ready to assemble furniture, the name IKEA is based on the initials of it’s founder […]
10 Billionaires You’ve Never Heard Of
Some of the most famous and powerful people in the world are billionaires. Think Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg. But not all wealthy people are so accepting of public attention. Across the world there exist billionaires who insist on keeping a low profile, billionaires you’ve never heard of. Yet their stories are interesting, […]
6 Famous Robber Barons Who Ruled America
Robber barons were a group of powerful businessmen, named robber barons by the media, who felt they had gotten their sometimes hundreds of billions (in today’s money) through immoral and unscrupulous methods. Some robber barons made the equivalent of over $300 billion in 2016 dollars. Many of these people were the richest men in the […]
10 Shocking Social Media Acquisitions
Social media has made countless millionaires and even a few billionaires. Facebook is currently valued at almost 200 billion dollars, with some predicting it will one day be worth 1 Trillion or more. They do have over a billion users. The social network market is always growing, with new networks being founded to take advantage […]
10 Of Apple’s Biggest Competitors
Who are Apple’s biggest competitors? Well, the markets are constantly valuing Apple and Google as the most valuable company on earth, with it switching between them. Apple is widely considered the most valuable company in real terms, as Apple create physical products as the main part of their business model, but google is more virtual […]
10 Perfect Rebranding Examples
To rebrand a business is a big step. A rebrand is basically when significant changes are made to an established brand. It could be changing the name, logo, corporate structure, or all three. The goal of a rebrand is to change the perception of your business to a point where you’re satisfied with the way […]
20 Amazing Facts About Microsoft
Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It’s known for a lot of things. One of which is making it’s founder the most wealthy person on Earth. Another is that it’s currently the world’s largest producer of software. With their huge leaps in home computer technology, Microsoft helped shape the last […]
10 Best Degrees For Entrepreneurs
What are the best degrees for entrepreneurs? Well, these days we tend to think that Entrepreneurs should either drop out of college or just never enroll in the first place. This is clearly because the media serves us examples of billionaires who never got their university level degrees – people like Richard Branson and Mark […]
10 Dead Social Networks
To launch a successful social networking website is to hit the jackpot. Just look at how much money was made in Facebook and Twitter, and look at how rapidly the valuation is growing on Instagram and Snapchat. But building and maintaining a social media website is difficult. It completely relies on other people’s willingness to […]
10 Dot Com Bubble Failures
The dot com bubble lasted from around 1996 to 2000. It was when stock prices for internet based businesses grew incredibly rapidly. This led to an explosion of tech startups, and billions of dollars in investments focused on these startups. There was a time when any idiot with any idea for a website could receive […]
10 Interesting Mcdonalds Lawsuits
In it’s 70 years of existence, Mcdonalds has become the world’s largest fast food chain. But that’s far from where it started, as a small burger stand set up by the Mcdonalds brothers back in 1940. Their business was then soon purchased by a man named Ray Kroc. People laughed at him when he paid […]
10 Best Guerilla Marketing Campaigns
Guerilla marketing is, in my opinion, the most efficient marketing strategy if done well. It’s the idea that you promote your product in an unusual way, drawing people’s attention much more than a regular boring advert. Guerilla marketing campaigns also tend to cost very little, and many guerilla marketing campaigns go viral. Guerilla marketing emerged […]
10 Most Interesting Steel Tycoons
The steel industry is a big deal. Along with oil, it’s the foundation of the global economy. Countries that produce high levels of steel usually do well for themselves. If you’re British, you’ll know by now what happens to a country when they lose their steel industry – it’s bad news. But while the steel […]
10 Amazing Thomas Edison Patents
Thomas Edison has gone down in history as one of America’s most influential inventors. A self-educated man, he’s known for creating the light bulb and the video camera. His magic touch earned him the nickname “The wizard of menlo park”. He was a beast when it came to the business side of things. This makes […]
10 Of Google’s Biggest Competitors
Google often fluctuates between being the most and second most valuable corporations in the world, the other corporation being Apple. In just under 20 year Google has gone from a tiny piece of code to being a corporation more wealthy and powerful than some independent nations. Their business model is stung together by the search […]
8 Billionaires Who Lost It All
Easy come easy go – that’s the old saying regarding this kind of thing. Few of us can ever hope to experience the joy involved with becoming a billionaire. Even fewer know what it’s like to then lose everything! But there are several billionaires who lost it all. Imagine it – you have enough money […]
10 Interesting Real Estate Moguls
“Buy land, AJ, ’cause God ain’t making any more of it” – that famous Soprano quote seems to have genuinely inspired many people in real life to invest their money in real estate. It’s a volatile business and most end up losing their investments. But there is also a lot of money to be made […]
10 Failed Business Mergers
Business mergers are a really interesting thing. Two businesses coming together to form one single organization. A marriage of two corporate giants can change the world in many ways. If it goes well it could revolutionist their industry. If it goes badly it could destroy both companies and shake the international economy. So the stakes […]
10 Epic Business Wars
The Art of war is seen by many as the ultimate business book for one simple reason – business is war. This is how some see it at least. There are certain industries that seem to be more prone to corporate battles and rivalries. It’s no mystery that certain large multinational corporations can come across […]
10 Interesting Oil Barons
The oil business has made many billionaires. It’s a vital industry that just so happens to be in limited supply. This is the perfect situation for those wanting to make a killing. It makes sense that terrorist groups target oil fields in the middle-east – the oil can transform them from a small group of […]
5 Incredible Facts About McDonald’s
I’m sure you have all heard of McDonald’s. It’s one of the true success stories of the 20th centuries. Along with Walmart and Microsoft, it’s well known all over the world, and for good reason. McDonald’s have a regular net income of several billion dollars. Any student of business should be aware of the company […]
5 Coolest Jobs On Earth To Apply For
Are you bored of your current job and looking for something new? This may be the list for you if you enjoy learning about amazing things you will likely never achieve. It’s like career porn in a way. From reviewing luxury hotels and getting paid, to cuddling Koalas and swimming with dolphins. This is a […]
10 Interesting Media Moguls
Media is a rapidly changing industry. The old ways of print media are nearly gone and the current ways of broadcast media are swiftly fading. Everything is switching to the internet these days. It’s always interesting to see which media moguls can keep up with the changing climate and which media moguls fail to do […]
10 Most Expensive Domain Names Ever
Sometimes I go onto auction websites simply because I’m interested in how much web domains are being sold for. Website domain names really are the real estate of the internet, and some end up being sold for more than most houses. Grab yourself a single word domain name and you might see a 6 figure […]
10 Easy Business Ideas For 2016
Most people have the goal of starting their own company in one point or another. But most people never truly commit to their idea – and even fewer people actually have business ideas to begin with. There are some businesses that are quite straight forward, some would even say easy. The truth is that no […]
5 Bizarre Patents Owned By Google
Google is a company with ambition. In just 17 years it has gone from a faulty computer program on a dodgy hard-drive to the most highly valued publicly traded company in the world. It was expanded beyond search to video sharing websites, social networks, mobile phone systems, cloud computing, and many many more areas. If […]
How Much Is 7 Figures In Terms Of Income?
How Much Is 7 Figures? I always hear people talking about how they would love to be on a 7, or even an 8 figure salary. But it took me a while to realize what they were talking about. I just thought they were crazy talking about figures all the time, the the mathematician in […]
10 Interesting Newspaper Moguls
These days, print media is clearly on it’s way out. But there was a time when it was the major way of spreading information. In fact, it was for several hundred years. The business of informing people on current issues has made many newspaper moguls into billionaires and countless others into millionaires. Newspaper moguls are […]
10 Best Languages For Business
Jim Rohn consistantly taught his students that learning more than one language would likely increase their income. It’s really quite simple – the more languages you know, the more people you can communicate with. The more people you can communicate with the more people you can do business with. So he also spoke about the […]
5 Worst Bosses EVER
Have you ever been treated badly by your boss? Not in comparison to the cases in this list! From the head of the FBI, who made secret agents clean up cat poo,to a boss who caused a protest that led to the death of Martin Luther King. These are the 5 worst bosses ever. J. Edgar Hoover […]
Ridiculous Business Jargon You Need To Stop Using
Business jargon. Does anyone like it? Well, some people must do, or it wouldn’t exist. But there are some phrases used in business that make your skin crawl and signposts the users as lightweights. Here are a few of my (least) favorite examples. Low hanging fruit Okay, we all know that this is another […]
3 Reasons Why Small Businesses Fail
Businesses fail all the time. Every day, in fact. But behind every failed business is a crushed dream, impoverished founder, or in the case of many small businesses a traumatized family. This post identifies three of the most common reasons for small business failure. Pay attention to these lessons and you could avoid becoming one of […]
6 Emerging Business Trends That Are Becoming Huge
6 Emerging Business Trends That Are Becoming Huge: The climate of business is constantly changing. New areas are constantly emerging; so some of these areas can only grow larger. In this article we count down the 6 emerging business trends that we at Eskify are most excited about. 6) Cloud Computing: Cloud computing is simply a type […]