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OverviewA candid, rollicking business memoir from the cofounder of the Home Depot, filled with life stories, sage business advice, and timeless lessons for a life well lived. Do it yourself has been the theme of Bernie Marcus's entire life. By the time he was fifteen, he had held more than a dozen jobs, joined a gang, and worked as a hypnotist in the Catskills. The son of a cabinetmaker and garment worker who survived the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, Bernie overcame a hardscrabble upbringing to author one of the most entrepreneurial stories in American history. Success was far from assured. As Bernie wryly remarks, The start of Home Depot sounds like the beginning of a bad joke: Two Jews and an Italian decide to build a new kind of hardware store... Instead, they built the world's largest home improvement retailer and transformed the industry. It was a wild ride. After being fired at the age of 49, Marcus teamed up with Arthur Blank and Ken Langone in 1978 to build a better hardware store. That first day was so disastrous that the next morning, Bernie's wife wouldn't let him shave because she didn't want a razor in his hands. The company went public in 1981, and today it employs 500,000 associates at 2,300 stores. The same energy that made Home Depot successful helped Bernie give away more than $2 billion. There is no single, winning formula for success, but Bernie shares his secrets to show that the skills needed to build a Fortune 500 company are the same ones that can help cure cancer, treat veterans with PTSD, and transform autism treatment. Kick Up Some Dust will inspire you to dream, build, and give, and, maybe, change the world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bernie Marcus , Iva-Marie PalmerPublisher: HarperCollins Imprint: HarperCollins Edition: Library Edition ISBN: 9798212037099Publication Date: 18 October 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationBernie Marcus is a businessman and philanthropist. With fellow billionaire Arthur Blank, he cofounded The Home Depot in 1978. Bernie was the company's first CEO; he served as chairman of the board until retiring in 2002. Iva-Marie Palmer is the author of The Summers and The End of the World as We Know It. She grew up in Chicago's south suburbs and now lives in Los Angeles with her husband. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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