History, with something to take away.

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History’s greatest cons, gambles, and power plays. Told in 90 seconds, with one idea you’ll remember long after.

TL;DR: Vellum makes fact-checked, 90-second true cases about power, money, and deception. Each one gives you one decision and one named model you can retell. New cases go up daily on TikTok and Instagram. Join the Founding 200 to get tomorrow's case by email now and a free year when the app ships. No card.

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Stories you can actually retell
Eiffel Tower con · Board that fired Jobs · Quarter Enron ran out of room

Start with a story90 seconds

Deception & evidence

The man who sold the Eiffel Tower. Twice.

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Small stories. Lasting ideas.

Ninety seconds.
A new way to see it.

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A real moment when money, power, or a reputation was on the line.
Make the call.

See the choice they faced. Ask what you would have done.
Keep the model.

Leave with a name for the pattern, so you can spot it again.

Inside Vellum

Follow your curiosity.

Great cons. Boardroom betrayals. Fortunes won and lost.

Illustrated scene from the Steve Jobs case

Empire decisions

The board that fired its founder.

Twelve years later, Apple had one option left.

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Illustrated scene from the Enron case

The quarter Enron ran out of room.

The numbers worked. Until someone looked.

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The Vellum difference

The story stays with you.
So does the lesson.

Every case gives a familiar human pattern a name. Something you can bring to a conversation, a decision, or the next too-good-to-be-true pitch.

Built from filings, chronicles, and court records. When the history is disputed, we say so.

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