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The Bottom Line

Life after a Blockbuster

The Bottom Line

BBC

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Business

4.6606 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Whether it's creating Angry Birds, the best-selling mobile app, or developing the best-selling Alzheimer's drug or discovering one of the world's biggest oil fields in recent years, every company dreams of blockbuster success.

But what happens after you hit the jackpot? How do you sustain that level of success? And what's needed to adapt from small start-up to big business?

Evan Davis and guests share the secrets of success and explore their experiences of trying to maintain their market position.

Guests:

Kati Levoranta, CEO, Rovio Entertainment (creators of Angry Birds)

Dr David Jefferys, Global Senior Vice President, Eisai Pharmaceuticals

Jón Ferrier, CEO, Gulf Keystone Petroleum

Producer: Sally Abrahams.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Thank you for downloading this program.

0:02.4

In this edition of the bottom line, we look at how companies cope after achieving

0:06.7

blockbuster success.

0:08.6

Hello and welcome to the program.

0:11.1

I never thought I'd be quoting Charlie Sheen on the bottom line, but he kind of hit on the

0:15.2

theme of today's program.

0:16.8

He once said, as kids, we're not taught how to deal with success.

0:21.1

We're taught how to deal with failure.

0:23.1

If at first you don't succeed, try try again.

0:26.4

But if at first you do succeed, then what?

0:29.5

Well, coping with success is our topic.

0:32.1

A surprisingly common problem in life and in business and a particularly interesting one.

0:37.4

Charlie Sheen knows all about

0:39.3

the two-phase challenge that success can pose. First, keeping your head when things are going

0:45.4

well, and second, keeping your head when they stop going well. In business terms, we're talking

0:51.5

of companies that strike gold, but who naturally struggle to strike gold again and again.

0:57.6

Think BlackBerry or Nokia.

1:00.3

Well, my three guests are all from companies that have achieved blockbuster success

1:04.6

and all have had to cope with that, so let's meet them.

1:07.9

First up, Kati Leveranta, CEO of Rovio Entertainment,

1:12.7

creators of the best-selling app, Angry Birds.

1:16.7

In case some of our listeners are not amongst the three billion to have downloaded your game,

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