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Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

The Ledger of Grit: Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Dec 4, 2025

Captain Startup

The Ledger of Grit: Erich Ko's Journey from Government Red Tape to Revolutionizing Employee Transportation

The Ledger of Grit: Erich Ko's Journey from Government Red Tape to Revolutionizing Employee Transportation

The Ledger of Grit: Erich Ko's Journey from Government Red Tape to Revolutionizing Employee Transportation

The Ledger of Grit: Erich Ko's Journey from Government Red Tape to Revolutionizing Employee Transportation

Nov 27, 2025

Captain Startup

Original 1999 NTT DoCoMo emoji designed by Shigetaka Kurita displayed on vintage mobile phone screen showing blocky 12x12 pixel heart and weather symbols, contrasted with modern high-resolution emoji on smartphone, illustrating how 144-pixel constraint created foundation for visual language now used by 5 billion people globally.

Original 1999 NTT DoCoMo emoji designed by Shigetaka Kurita displayed on vintage mobile phone screen showing blocky 12x12 pixel heart and weather symbols, contrasted with modern high-resolution emoji on smartphone, illustrating how 144-pixel constraint created foundation for visual language now used by 5 billion people globally.

Original 1999 NTT DoCoMo emoji designed by Shigetaka Kurita displayed on vintage mobile phone screen showing blocky 12x12 pixel heart and weather symbols, contrasted with modern high-resolution emoji on smartphone, illustrating how 144-pixel constraint created foundation for visual language now used by 5 billion people globally.

The Ledger of Grit: Shigetaka Kurita - When 144 Pixels Changed How 5 Billion People Communicate

Nov 6, 2025

Captain Startup

Ashifi Gogo's Sproxil mobile authentication system - African consumer verifying medicine authenticity via SMS text message by scratching verification code on pharmaceutical package, combating counterfeit drugs that kill 700,000 people annually in developing countries.

Ashifi Gogo's Sproxil mobile authentication system - African consumer verifying medicine authenticity via SMS text message by scratching verification code on pharmaceutical package, combating counterfeit drugs that kill 700,000 people annually in developing countries.

Ashifi Gogo's Sproxil mobile authentication system - African consumer verifying medicine authenticity via SMS text message by scratching verification code on pharmaceutical package, combating counterfeit drugs that kill 700,000 people annually in developing countries.

The Ledger of Grit: Ashifi Gogo’s Fight Against Counterfeit Drugs — Innovating Public Health through Mobile Technology

Oct 30, 2025

Captain Startup

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Wilglory Tanjong: From Grief to Beyoncé in 1,000 Days

Oct 24, 2025

Captain Startup

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

The Ledger of Grit: Jairo Trad - When Drought Becomes Data

Oct 16, 2025

Captain Startup

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

The Ledger of Grit: Drew Durbin & Lincoln Quirk - How Two College Hallmates Built Francophone Africa's First Unicorn

Sep 25, 2025

Captain Startup

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

The Ledger of Grit: Andrea Reynolds

Sep 18, 2025

Captain Startup

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

The Ledger of Grit: Guillaume Pousaz - Building Europe's €40B Payments Giant Through Patient Capital

Aug 28, 2025

Captain Startup

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

The Ledger of Grit: Careem

Aug 27, 2025

Captain Startup

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

The Ledger of Grit: Özlem Türeci

Aug 22, 2025

Captain Startup

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

When Sanctuary Becomes Strategy: The Whitney Wolfe Herd Story

Aug 14, 2025

Captain Startup

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

Konrad Bergström's Journey from Bankruptcy to Building a Billion-Dollar Audio Empire

The Quiet Rebellion: Why Chai and Code Exists

Aug 6, 2025

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