Founders: #6 Sam Walton
What I learned from reading Sam Walton: Made In America by Sam Walton. ---- Founders Notes gives you the ability to tap into the collective knowledge of history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. Use it to supplement the decisions you make in your work. Get access to Founders Notes here. ---- “I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — Gareth Be like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast
[00:00:00] I want to talk to you about the autobiography of Sam Walton. It's called Made in America. And this book was published about a year before he died. So he was suffering from a rare form of bone cancer. And he knew he was going to die, so he decided to put all his thoughts down on paper. So I want to jump right into the book. If you've heard previous episodes, then you know that we have this section that I affectionately call critics don't know shit. [00:00:32] And I do that because in almost every, and actually in every biography, there's always people around the entrepreneurs…
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