Description |
1 online resource (11 hr., 49 min.) |
Note |
Downloadable audio file. |
Performer |
Narrated by Mike Chamberlain. |
Summary |
When a friend told Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank that "you've just been hit in the ass by a golden horseshoe," they thought he was crazy. After all, both had just been fired. What the friend, Ken Langone, meant was that they now had the opportunity to create the kind of wide-open warehouse store that would help spark a consumer revolution through low prices, excellent customer service, and wide availability of products. Built from Scratch is the story of how two incredibly determined and creative people-and their associates-built a business from nothing to 761 stores and $30 billion in sales in a mere twenty years. Built from Scratch tells many colorful stories associated with The Home Depot's founding and meteoric rise; shows that a company can be a tough, growth-oriented competitor and still maintain a high sense of responsibility to the community; and provides great lessons useful to people in any business, from start-ups to the Fortune 500. |
Subject |
Marcus, Bernie.
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Blank, Arthur (Arthur M.)
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Home Depot (Firm) -- History.
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Marcus, Bernie |
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Blank, Arthur (Arthur M.) |
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Home Depot (Firm) |
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Businessmen -- United States -- Biography.
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Do-it-yourself products industry -- United States -- History.
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Building materials industry -- United States -- History.
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Entrepreneurship -- United States -- Case studies.
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Hommes d'affaires -- États-Unis -- Biographies. |
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Construction -- Matériaux -- Industrie -- États-Unis -- Histoire. |
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Entrepreneuriat -- États-Unis -- Études de cas. |
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Entrepreneurship |
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Do-it-yourself products industry |
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Businessmen |
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Building materials industry |
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United States |
Genre |
Downloadable audio books. |
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History
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Case studies
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Biographies
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Audiobooks
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Audiobooks.
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Livres audio.
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Added Author |
Andelman, Bob.
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Blank, Arthur.
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Chamberlain, Mike. Narrator.
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Tantor Media.
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ISBN |
9781515999782 |
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1515999785 |
Music No. |
Z100123261 Recorded Books |
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