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Sam Walton, Made in America
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Sam Walton, one of the best books you can ever read is Made in America.
Patrick Bet-David · Modern Wisdom · Nov 2023 Listen at 22:04 What they say about it
- Recounts stories from the book“amazing story that Sam tells”2
- Discusses details in the book“Sam Walton talks about this”2
The best things said about it
Sam Walton's book, Made in America, it's fantastic. Hidden beneath this veneer of folksiness is this unbelievable story where he just sort of makes it seem like, hey, I woke up out of bed for 40 years, and accidentally Walmart is the biggest company on earth.
We do have to thank the man Sam Walton himself and his co-author John Huey for his autobiography Made in America which is just amazing.
What Sam Walton talks about in the book is he would pick an area based on zip code and some demographics, and he would fly around in his plane.
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Why people recommend it
Sam Walton, Made in America by Sam Walton and John Huey is the autobiography of the legendary entrepreneur who founded Walmart. The book has garnered enthusiastic recommendations from prominent podcast hosts and business commentators. David Senra recommended the autobiography on Founders, suggesting that readers start with Walton's personal account before exploring other related works. On Modern Wisdom, Patrick Bet-David praised the concise, two-hundred-page volume as one of the absolute best books a person can read regarding business building. Similarly, David Rosenthal highlighted the autobiography on Acquired, expressing gratitude for the foundational history it provided for their corporate profile episodes, and he later referenced specific anecdotes from the text regarding Walton studying discount store competitors like Price Club and borrowing management ideas from Saul Price. Jonny, hosting Modern Wisdom, also recommended the book to listeners interested in retail history and business growth, connecting its core principles to the popular corporate flywheel concept. Across these various appearances, the book is consistently celebrated as an indispensable roadmap for understanding discount retailing, relentless operational execution, and the mindset required to build a massive global enterprise from humble origins.
Every mention
David Rosenthal well we do have to thank the man Sam Walton himself and his co-author John Huey for his autobiography Made… 8
“of course Sam Walton actually wrote in made in America that he stole more ideas from Saul than anyone else in his business career”
“I mean Sam Walton talks about this in made in America by the time Walmart was starting people knew what fed Marts were”
“there's this amazing story that Sam tells in made in America where a few years later Sam is going around again to Price Club”
“made in Japan and made in America”
“but at the end of made in America Sam writes oh in 1992 literally as he lays dying Sam Walton writes at the end of the biography”
“well we do have to thank the man Sam Walton himself and his co-author John Huey for his autobiography Made In America which is just amazing”
“actually the anecdote that he and John Huey open made in America with is I think it's 1985 when Forbes ranked him the richest man in America”
Zack Kanter Sam Walton's book, Made in America, it's fantastic. Hidden beneath this veneer of folksiness is this unbeli… 2
“Sam Walton's book, Made in America, it's fantastic. Hidden beneath this veneer of folksiness is this unbelievable story where he just sort of makes it seem like, hey, I woke up out of bed for 40 years, and accidentally Walmart is the biggest company on earth.”
“And what Sam Walton talks about in the book is he would pick an area based on zip code and some demographics, and he would fly around in his plane. And he'd look around and say, you know, that looks like a pretty good spot for a Walmart.”
David Senra Highly recommend reading the book. If you haven't read Sam's autobiography, I would start with that first.… 1
“Highly recommend reading the book. If you haven't read Sam's autobiography, I would start with that first. But if you had read Sam's autobiography, I would definitely buy this book.”
Patrick Bet-David Sam Walton one of the best books you can ever read is made in America it's 200 Pages 1
“Sam Walton one of the best books you can ever read is made in America it's 200 Pages”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
“i think it's called made in america by sam walton i believe who's the i may have got those names wrong but he's the guy who founded walmart who talks about this idea that's then been popularized by jeff bezos which is this idea of a of a flywheel”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“It was actually written before Sam's famous autobiography, Made in America.”