The Woman Who Made Tupperware Famous (And Was Fired for It)

Tupperware sat unsold on store shelves until a single mother named Brownie Wise started selling it at home parties. The party plan made Tupperware a household name and put her on the cover of Business Week. Then Earl Tupper fired her, sold the company for $16 million, and the company erased her from its history. The story of distribution, ownership, and what happens when the person who built the market doesn't own a share of it. Chapters: 0:00 Cold open 0:40 The story begins 1:57 A Saleswoman Without a Store 2:52 The Party Was the Store 4:20 Building a Sales Army 5:48 The Founder and the Face 7:21 What Came After 8:40 Distribution Is a Product Facts in this episode are checked against company histories, archives and published reporting. Stories that are legends are labelled as legends. More Business Lens Stories (Season 2):    • The Business Lens Stories: Season 2   B-roll courtesy of Pexels: AP Vibes, Adam Fackelman, Alena Darmel, Anastasia Shuraeva, Antonio Banuelos, ArtHouse Studio, Artem Podrez, Big Bag Films, Caleb Oquendo, Chris The Island, CityXcape, Dan Cristian Pădureț, Elder Bejarano, Emrul Kausar Emon, Erkan Avanoğlu, Everett Bumstead, Gustavo Fring, Gül Işık, Ike Unger, Ivan Fedorych, Ivan S, J.S. McDuff, Jan Moser, K, Kaji Rimon, Kampus Production, Kenosha News, Ketut Subiyanto, Kindel Media, Kiwi and Camera, KoolShooters, Los Muertos Crew, Luis Moraleda, MART PRODUCTION, Magda Ehlers, Manoo Media, Michael Yakimelin, Miguel Á. Padriñán, Mikhail Nilov, Monstera Production, Nazar Matveichev, Nicola Narracci, Ous Njie, Oğuzhan Kara, PNW Production, Paul Cruz, Pavel Danilyuk, Polina ⠀, PureRaw: Camera & Film Grain, RDNE Stock project, Ranjeet Chauhan, SHVETS production, Sam Lion, Scott Portier, Sergei Starostin, Somogro Bangladesh, Suika Chan, SuperEVG, Syed Shahzaib, T Leish, Taryn Elliott, Tatsiana Sa, Thirdman, Tiger Lily, Tima Miroshnichenko, Traveling on the Go, Vincuk Konan, Vitaliy Haiduk, Werner Pfennig, Yan Krukau, bruno lucas, https://kaboompics.com/, olia danilevich, 우장춘박사의게이밍PC #Tupperware #BrownieWise #BusinessHistory