Started As

The untold origin stories behind the brands, products and inventions you use every day.

How did a pharmacy syrup become Coca-Cola? Why did a diabetes drug reshape the entire pharma industry? Who invented the shopping cart, and why did shoppers hate it?

Started As opens the case on one familiar thing at a time: the idea, the near-collapse, the turning point and the part the company would rather you forget. Every episode is researched from documented sources.

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