Mentions Across Episodes
“Bezos would go around giving copies of Sam Walton's autobiography with his own highlights and annotations to early leaders in Amazon.”
“The speaker highly recommends reading Sam Walton's autobiography, stating it should be on a top 10 list of entrepreneur biographies.”
“The autobiography includes insights on bureaucracy and simplicity in business, reflecting on the importance of eliminating unnecessary layers.”
“The speaker discusses insights from Sam Walton's autobiography, emphasizing the challenges of bureaucracy as companies grow.”
“The excerpt references a story from Sam Walton's autobiography that illustrates how obsessed they were about cost control.”
“The speaker mentions having read Sam Walton's autobiography multiple times, reflecting on its insights about running an efficient operation.”
“Jeff is famous for reading and being heavily influenced by Sam Walton's autobiography. He'd have the executives inside Amazon read it and would hand out copies where he would highlight important parts.”
“The speaker mentions rereading Sam Walton's biography multiple times and reflects on its ideas about investing in technology.”
“The speaker reflects on lessons learned from Sam Walton's autobiography, emphasizing the importance of studying and learning from others in business.”
“I actually did a podcast on Sam Walton's autobiography that talks about Sam's use of his plane.”
“The speaker compares the writing style of Ray Kroc's autobiography to that of 'Sam Walton's autobiography', noting it is written in plain language.”