Bernie Marcus, every mention
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tap a year for its mentions
every year anyone Shane Parrish 193Adam Carr 1
Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Bernie Marcus comes up
Bernie Marcus: The Story of Home Depot
- ▶ 0:06 Shane Parrish Bernie Marcus is 49 years old, and his boss has just called the newspapers to announce that he's firing him. 19 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:01 Shane Parrish Bernie Marcus exists because a doctor gave his mother the strangest medical advice I've ever heard. 17 times in the scene
- ▶ 4:14 Shane Parrish Bernie became a pharmacist by default, but he hated every minute of it. 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:13 Shane Parrish After two guys, Bernie bounced through the executive roles, eventually landing at Daling Corporation as vice president of hard goods. 14 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:08 Shane Parrish This went back and forth for months until Bernie, sick of being in the middle of all these negotiations, told Ken, get Sigilov off my back. 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 17:33 Shane Parrish After his call with Ken, Bernie had to call one other person, Saul Price, and if you listened to our Saul Price episode, you've heard a little bit of this story. 14 times in the scene
- ▶ 21:13 Shane Parrish Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank were unemployed.
- ▶ 24:05 Shane Parrish They were betting on Bernie and Arthur themselves more than a business plan. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:14 Shane Parrish But as Bernie was driving the investor to the airport after supposedly sealing the deal but not signing, the man revealed his conditions. 12 times in the scene
- ▶ 31:29 Shane Parrish As Bernie later reflected, the name is not the most important thing. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 35:32 Shane Parrish In the early days when customers were so scarce that Bernie could count them individually, he took every empty-handed exit personally. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 38:54 Shane Parrish Bernie wanted the Home Depot to be the first truly national home improvement brand in America. 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 46:21 Shane Parrish Bernie had discovered something crucial. 8 times in the scene
- ▶ 50:38 Shane Parrish Bernie Marcus knew something most successful founders forget. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 53:30 Shane Parrish Bernie became a billionaire many times over, and so too did Arthur and Ken. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 55:21 Shane Parrish Bernie could have spent years suing Handy Dan. 12 times in the scene
Sol Price: The Retail Legend Who Taught Sam Walton, Jim Sinegal, and Jeff Bezos [Outliers]
- ▶ 35:50 Shane Parrish Bernie Marcus shows up. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 42:03 Shane Parrish It's built by Bernie Marcus after Saul told him to stop whining and start building.