Made in America
by Sam Walton · first published 2018
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"Made in America" by Sam Walton turned out to be an unexpectedly good read. "Let my people go surfing" by Yvon Chouinard (climber and founder of Patagonia) is an all-time favorite.
on “Ask HN: What are some good biographies to read?” ↗…Hsieh) - Setting the Table (Danny Meyer) Finding a Startup Job - Entering StartupLand (Jeffrey Bussgang) CIO as ICP - The CIO Paradox (Martha Heller) - Be the Business (Martha Heller) Stories - Made in America (Sam Walton) - Shoe Dog (Phil Knight) - The Everything Store (Brad Stone) - Built from Scratch (Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank) - Hard Drive (James Wallace) - Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson) - Elon Musk…
on “Ask HN: What books helped you in your entrepreneurship journey?” ↗I just finished Sam Walton's Book "Made in America". It's about Walmart, but I heard somewhere it's required reading for all Amazon managers. Anyway, it's a fantastic book, and there's something about their Anti-Union stance in it: "I have always believed…
on “Union's evidence in Amazon vote 'could be grounds for overturning election'” ↗…(2013) Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon Wallace, James and Jim Erickson (1992) Hard Drive: Bill Gates and Making of the Microsoft Empire Walton, Sam with John Huey (1992) Sam Walton: Made in America Wilson, Mike (1996) Difference between God and Larry Ellison: Inside Oracle Corp POLITICAL ECONOMY / THEORY / ECONOMIC HISTORY Arrighi, Giovanni (1994) Long Twentieth Century Braudel, Fernand (1979)…
on “Ask HN: What are the must-read books about economics/finance?” ↗Sam Walton's biography is one of the best business books I've ever read: http://amazon.com/Sam-Walton-Made-In-America/dp/0553562835 What's really instructive about his story is that he started his first retail store when he was in his mid-late 20s, sold that and earned his first stripes in his early 30s. And it wouldn't…
on “Ask HN: Do bootstrapped billion-dollar companies exist?” ↗…go to a primary and read Sam Walton's book, and I must say it gave me a new appreciation and understanding for the vast machine that is Walmart. I highly recommend it: http://www.amazon.com/Sam-Walton-Made-In-America/dp/05535628...
on “Why Wal-Mart Will Never Pay Like Costco” ↗…Economist walks into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk by Allison Schrager * The Devil’s Candy: The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to Hollywood by Julie Salamon * Sam Walton: Made in America by Sam Walton
on “Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?” ↗Sam Walton. While he started Walmart when he was 44, he had made headway by the time he was 36. His book "Made in America" is a must read.
on “Ask HN: Great tech entrepreneurs who saw success in their mid 30s?” ↗Everything you need to know about Jeff's strategy is in this book: http://www.amazon.com/Sam-Walton-Made-In-America/dp/05535628... Different medium and market, but basically the same overall strategy.
on “Amazon and the "profitless business model" fallacy” ↗I read it as part of my business degree. It's a great book, and a fascinating story: "Sam Walton: Made In America" by Sam Walton and John Huey.
on “How Amazon Plans To Use Whole Foods to Dominate the Retail Industry” ↗…enjoyed: 1. "When Genius Failed": about the failure of the hedge-fund LTCM 2. "The First Tycoon": Detailing Vanderbilt's life (he was a bad-ass businessman). Far more interesting than I expected. 3. "Made in America": I didn't really care about walmart or Sam Walton before reading this, but he's a man to be admired. 4. "Barbarians at the Gate": Private equity tries the largest hostile takeover ever (dramatic and…
on “I don't read web articles anymore, but I read books” ↗One of my favorites is Sam Walton: Made In America
on “Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things” ↗Loss from stealing was called 'shrinkage' by retail industry people, in Sam Walton's autobiography 'Made in America'. As you say, they expected to have some. I wonder why it can't be prevented 100%.
on “Many Swiss farmers use honor system to sell their products” ↗…thorough and to the point. For me, the business lessons from the internet startup world seem to be transmutable to brick and mortart business and back again. Sam Walton's autobiography (Sam Walton: Made in America : My Story) has a list of advice at the end of the book that describes what he thought made Wal-Mart successful. I think this list is something that would be very applicable to the internet startup world.
on “17 Mistakes Start-Ups Make by John Osher (inventor of Crest Spinbrush)” ↗Interesting. I've read both 1) Sam Walton's autobiography, Made in America, in which he mentions Bentonville (it was where he started his first Walmart, IIRC), and 2) an article long ago in the National Geographic about life in the Ozarks (the rural / wooded parts). Both the…
on “Ask HN: Do you live in lesser known, cheaper, less crowded places?” ↗