Mentions Across Episodes
“Sam Walton talked about this in his autobiography. He says, for 25 years running, long before Walmart was known as the nation's largest retailer, we ranked number one in our industry for the lowest ratio of expenses to sales.”
“The speaker mentions having read Sam Walton's autobiography twice and highlights the significant investment he made in technology for Walmart.”
“Sam references his experiences and lessons learned while running a Ben Franklin franchise, including his naivete and the challenges he faced.”
“Bezos had invited Walton's book thoroughly and wove the Walmart's founder's credo about frugality and a bias for action into the cultural fabric of Amazon.”
“This is the reason I think almost every entrepreneur should read this book. Not only one the way I found out about it is because if you google Jeff Bezos book recommendations, this is on there.”