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The Outlier Playbook: The Patterns Behind Enduring Success
- ▶ 2:37 Shane Parrish Let's take a look at this with Harvey Firestone, the founder of Firestone Tires, and one of the most underrated businessmen of the last century. 4 times in the scene
Les Schwab: Why Real Ownership Outperforms Experience, Capital, and Credentials [Outliers]
- ▶ 31:46 Shane Parrish No more Firestone banners.
- ▶ 56:13 Shane Parrish Back then, tire shops were essentially Goodyear or Firestone franchises.
Harvey Firestone: Men and Rubber [Outliers]
- ▶ 1:14 Shane Parrish In 1920, Harvey Firestone returned from vacation to find his company drowning in forty-three million of debt. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 22:42 Shane Parrish While Swinehart contributed 10,000 dollars and his patent, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was born. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:03 Shane Parrish George Ludington, a Firestone employee, proposed creating tires in continuous lengths that could be cut to size as needed. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 29:17 Shane Parrish While Firestone was thriving with solid rubber tires, a technological revolution loomed ahead. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:23 Shane Parrish Just when Firestone's vehicle tire initiative seemed destined to remain a small experiment, 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 37:37 Shane Parrish Ford customers could only use Firestone's straight-side tires, but Firestone lacked nationwide distribution. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 45:33 Shane Parrish In 19 oh seven, just as Firestone was experiencing tremendous growth, the Knickerbocker Trust Company in New York suddenly failed, triggering a financial panic that spread like wildfire.
- ▶ 47:51 Shane Parrish By 1910, Firestone Tire Company had exploded from 12 employees to 1000 in just eight years. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 53:21 Shane Parrish As World War I approached, the Firestone Tire Company was expanding rapidly. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 56:55 Shane Parrish Firestone's Akron headquarters sprouted an elaborate hierarchy, east, west, and south divisions, each with their own managers, sub-managers, and accounting departments. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:01:55 Shane Parrish The company bought full-page newspaper ads and hung enormous red banners proclaiming Firestone Tire's 25% discount on dealer shops across America. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:05:25 Shane Parrish By October 3119 24, the company did not owe a dollar to any bank.
- ▶ 1:06:50 Shane Parrish Of building his company, he had no plans to stop. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:18:32 Shane Parrish Harvey's two questions, is it necessary, and can it be simplified, transformed operations throughout Firestone. 2 times in the scene