Sam Walton
Made in America
Sam Walton
This book tells the story of the entrepreneur Sam Walton, who successfully turned a single dime store into the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart. Through hard work, risk-taking, and unwavering belief in his ideas, Walton achieved extraordinary success. In his candid and humble style, Walton shares the secrets of his achievements, providing inspiration for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Publish Date
1993-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
1993-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.13
ISBN
9780385426152
Categories
Recommendations
7
Recommendations
In his autobiography, Walmart's founder expounds on the principles of discount retailing and discusses his core values of frugality and a bias for action — a willingness to try a lot of things and make many mistakes. Bezos included both in Amazon's corporate values – source
2014-05-31T22:58:27.000Z
@thejimlewis start by reading Sam Walton's book "made in America". Then "grinding it out" by ray a Kroc – source2019-04-11T17:55:14.000Z
25/ Made in America. Sam Walton built one of the world’s greatest businesses by focusing relentlessly on delivering value to his customers - and building a culture and organization to do this at ever larger scales.
@Walmart @WalmartInc @WalmartLabs – source2020-08-16T22:50:52.000Z
@investing_city And probably the best book on entrepreneurship ever written – source2019-09-28T15:27:02.000Z
@tmac604 Read it earlier this summer, a great book 👍 and also hilarious to compare to current corporate excess ala WeWork – source2022-03-24T13:40:54.000Z
Sam Walton made in America is one of the best books I read this year. – source