Episode · Founders · 2026-09-21
Books mentioned on #434 Sam Walton
What I learned from reading Sam Walton: The Inside Story of America's Richest Man by Vance Trimble. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.
David Senra recommended Sam Walton, Made in America by Sam Walton and others, and discussed Sam Walton by Vance H. Trimble and The Everything Store by Brad Stone.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Sam Walton
Sam Walton: The Inside Story of America's Richest Man by Vance H.
Discussed“It's one of my favorite paragraphs in the book I'm going to talk to you about today, which is Sam Walton, the inside story of America's richest man, and it was written by Vance Trimble.”
Where to get it
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The Everything Store
The Everything Store by Brad Stone is a non-fiction book that chronicles the first twenty years of Amazon and the leadership of Jeff Bezos.
Discussed“This is a great line in this book of Jeff Bezos that I read. It's in the Everything Store, where it says that, you know, if you're good, Jeff will jump on your back and kind of ride you into the ground.”
Where to get it
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Sam Walton, Made in America
Sam Walton, Made in America by Sam Walton and John Huey is the autobiography of the legendary entrepreneur who founded Walmart.
Recommended“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.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Sam Walton, Made in America
“It was actually written before Sam's famous autobiography, Made in America.”
Ad read Zero to One
“One of my all-time favorite quotes is from the book Zero to One. In that book, Peter Thiel writes, he says, The single most powerful pattern I have noticed is that successful people find value in unexpected places, and they do this by thinking about business from first principles instead of formulas.”