Midwestern United States, every mention
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John D. Rockefeller: The Principles Behind The Greatest Fortune in History
- ▶ 29:49 Shane Parrish A Clark and Rockefeller circular went out across the Midwestern states in their second year of business. 2 times in the scene
Ray Kroc : How McDonald’s Took Over America
- ▶ 34:33 Shane Parrish The landlord at the first Midwest location, for instance, a banker was skeptical about the prospects of a 15 cent hamburger business.
Panera Founder Ron Shaich
- ▶ 22:47 Ron Shaich We had, uh, had always had manufacturing skills and built what was the, at that time, the largest frozen dough plant ever built in the, the Midwest.
Sol Price: The Retail Legend Who Taught Sam Walton, Jim Sinegal, and Jeff Bezos [Outliers]
- ▶ 19:54 Shane Parrish Military families from the Midwest and East Coast are pouring in, attracted by perfect weather and good jobs.
Jimmy Pattison: Building a $16B Empire Without Connections, Capital, or Credentials [Outliers]
- ▶ 1:03:07 Shane Parrish Can you imagine driving across Western Canada, basically the Midwest, in your pickup truck at 90 with a pillow and a blanket in case you can't find a hotel, and being one of the richest people in the country?
Cornelius Vanderbilt: The First Tycoon [Outliers]
- ▶ 1:04:30 Shane Parrish To access the lucrative Midwest markets, Vanderbilt needed cooperation from New York Central Railroad, a major trunk line running from Albany to Buffalo. 2 times in the scene
Blake Eastman: Learn to Read Anyone
- ▶ 1:04:41 Blake Eastman So you can look at like the proxemic differences between a Midwestern interaction versus the Middle East.
Proven Strategies to Accelerate Growth, Productivity and Profits with George Stalk, Jr.
- ▶ 10:16 George Stalk Jr. Uh, the way we found a way to fix it is we made this company able to make specialty papers in small volumes and deliver them next day within the greater Midwestern area.
Alan Mulally: The Power Of Working Together
- ▶ 2:35 Alan Mulally I grew up in the Midwest in Lawrence, Kansas, also where the University of Kansas is.
#130 Diana Chapman: Trusting Your Instincts
- ▶ 54:21 Diana Chapman And we all lived in the Midwest and we all, 2 times in the scene
#118 Doug Conant: Leadership With Integrity
- ▶ 9:10 Doug Conant You know, I'm this guy from the Midwest who shows up on the East coast, Pollyannish kind of perspective that you take care of the people, they take care of the work and, and the more I care about them, the more they'll care about our…
#94 Chamath Palihapitiya: Understanding Yourself
- ▶ 38:16 Chamath Palihapitiya Ask anybody that lives in the Midwest, um, you know, or the East coast.
- ▶ 45:49 Chamath Palihapitiya So, you know, I don't think people in the Midwest want, you know, hurricane season, and if there are experiments that we can run,
#55 Scott Page: Becoming a Model Thinker
- ▶ 10:11 Scott Page But there seems to be, you know, the Midwest, the economy's not doing as well.
#53 Howard Marks: Luck, Risk and Avoiding Losers
- ▶ 52:19 Howard Marks Those people lost their jobs in agriculture, and they moved to the upper Midwest to make cars and appliances, and then they, that was, they thrived, and people who worked in those industries who really maybe, maybe only had a strong back…