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Built from Scratch: How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion
Written by Bernie Marcus, Arthur Blank and Bob Andelman
Narrated by Mike Chamberlain
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About this audiobook
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.
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.
Author
Bernie Marcus
BERNIE MARCUS co-founded Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, and served as its inaugural CEO and as its chairman until his retirement in 2002. Over the last several decades, he has redirected his entrepreneurial spirit toward hundreds of charitable endeavors to solve big problems. He has given away more than $2 billion and is a signatory of the Giving Pledge.
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Reviews for Built from Scratch
Rating: 4.1891891945945945 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great narrator. Loved the history of the HD up through the late 90s
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Truly such an inspiration to have the chance to read and listen to such humbling beginnings of one the biggest retailers in America from great early starts.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book! There is so many good real world advice in this book. I was a Lowe’s guy before, but now I am 100% The Home Depot. Thank you for the hard work and the great American success story.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I have always loved shopping the home depot. I have purchased thousands of dollars of Dewalt tools and building supplies. After listening to this I will always remain a loyal customer. Great story.