For every company that’s making headlines today, there were those a decade or two ago that had already espoused a similar product, service or idea. Before Netflix in the 2000s, there was Vestron in the 1980s. Before Impossible Foods in the 2010s, there was Quorn in the 1970s.

Delve into the business stories of pioneering companies: early predecessors who operated in burgeoning markets, and newer companies which are making headlines today. What are the lessons to be gleaned?  And how their life-changing products and services have shaped the way we live, eat and connect.