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Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 7:34 David Rosenthal And then when he graduates, he goes out to the west coast, actually to the Pacific Northwest, and he works fairly early at Microsoft and then, uh, Mentor Graphics down in Oregon.
Epic Systems (MyChart) · Acquired
- ▶ 1:15:38 Ben Gilbert Wasn't there like a, almost like, cousin organization that was northwest?
- ▶ 1:15:44 David Rosenthal So they had, I don't know if it was just northwest or they had maybe some other smaller regional operations at the time, but they had a Pacific Northwest small region based in Portland, Oregon.
- ▶ 1:17:13 David Rosenthal So this was happening, and as physicians from the Northwest started coming down to California, they'd be like,
Starbucks (with Howard Schultz) · Acquired
- ▶ 38:51 David Rosenthal All in the northwest.
- ▶ 42:43 Howard Schultz I think there was a time in the Northwest when we were really at our peak where the average customer was coming 18 times a month.
- ▶ 1:07:40 David Rosenthal So, you know, we've studied, um, lots of amazing companies on this show who have lots and lots of different business models, but one thing that just kept striking us as we were preparing for Starbucks are the similarities to your neighbor…
Microsoft Volume I: The Complete History and Strategy of founding through Windows 95 (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 6:13 David Rosenthal So she never works full-time in a corporate setting, but it is not an overstatement at all to say that Mary Gates became one of the most powerful business people in the Pacific Northwest, period.
Costco (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 1:08:09 David Rosenthal We're retailers up in the Northwest, up in Seattle.
- ▶ 1:08:48 David Rosenthal They were, but they weren't planning to go to the Northwest.
- ▶ 1:09:16 David Rosenthal We actually think the Northwest is a great market for this.
- ▶ 2:12:04 David Rosenthal Maybe this is like a Pacific Northwest thing.
Nike (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 33:37 David Rosenthal He drives around to track meets around the Pacific Northwest and, um, sells them out over the back of his car.
Walmart · Acquired
- ▶ 1:13:33 David Rosenthal Costco was a merger of Costco in Seattle, in the Northwest, with Price Club,
- ▶ 1:13:49 David Rosenthal Yes, and then left to do the same concept up in the Northwest, and then they ended up merging together.