Sam Walton
3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 1, 2019 by Jim Collins · said 28 times in 10 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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2025 24 mentions in 7 episodes 3 per episode
- Sol Price: The Retail Legend Who Taught Sam Walton, Jim Sinegal, and Jeff Bezos [Outliers]
- Bernie Marcus: The Story of Home Depot
- Timothy Eaton: How to Build an Empire (And Why It Crumbled) [Outliers]
- Charlie Munger: The Psychology of Human Misjudgment [Outliers]
- Ed Stack: Lessons from Dick’s Sporting Goods [Outliers]
- Building Great Businesses | Tracy Britt Cool
- Estée Lauder: A Success Story
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2024 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2019 2 mentions in 1 episode
Everything said about Sam Walton, oldest first
Oct 1, 2019
Aug 12, 2025 positive
Copycat competitors validate sound business models, expand markets, and normalize innovations
“He understood that when you're that far ahead, when your principles are that sound, copycats just validate your model. They expand the market, they train your customers, and they make your innovation normal.”