How We Got Here

Currently Playing: Hang on... was Tupperware a pyramid scheme?

Tupperware is one of those words so common we forgot it's a brand. It's also one of the great untold business stories, with a pioneer who was deliberately erased from view. Did she design a pyramid scheme? Not really. There's more to it than that. This is the story of Brownie Wise... and what it costs to build something you don't own. 0:00 Intro 4:55 Two truths and a lie 7:14 The product nobody wanted 13:42 The woman with a plan 16:24 The genius of the party 20:09 The empire 27:30 The fall 35:20 The point 39:38 Two truths and a lie