Toronto, every mention
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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Toronto comes up
Panera Founder Ron Shaich
- ▶ 1:32:39 Ron Shaich It worked in Eaton Center in, you know, in Toronto kind of thing.
How John Bragg Built 3 Empires From a Small Town [Outliers]
- ▶ 51:01 Shane Parrish Industry conferences in Toronto.
- ▶ 53:50 Shane Parrish Not from Toronto, not from New York, from Oxford, Nova Scotia.
- ▶ 57:01 Shane Parrish On the flip side, if you're from Toronto or New York and your business is worth one million, you pretend it's worth 10.
Harley Finkelstein: You Must Requalify for Your Role, Every Year
- ▶ 1:12:57 Harley Finkelstein It's done in Montreal and Toronto.
Jimmy Pattison: Building a $16B Empire Without Connections, Capital, or Credentials [Outliers]
- ▶ 30:56 Shane Parrish Starting in September, 1967, Jimmy bought small blocks through the New York and Toronto brokers.
- ▶ 37:17 Shane Parrish Jack Leach, Toronto establishment royalty, and Bruce Norris, a loud American who owned the Detroit Red Rings at the time. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 40:30 Shane Parrish He called a board meeting in Toronto when one director couldn't attend, flew in loyal directors by private jet, and outmaneuvered the coup.
Pierre Poilievre: What I Want to Build (and Break) To Fix Canada
- ▶ 1:03:47 Pierre Poilievre In Toronto, they say if you, uh,
Timothy Eaton: How to Build an Empire (And Why It Crumbled) [Outliers]
- ▶ 4:54 Shane Parrish Picture Toronto in 1869. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 10:13 Shane Parrish When Timothy Eaton opened his Toronto store in 1869, it wasn't just another shop, it was a laboratory for testing his theories about the future of retail. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 23:10 Shane Parrish His first act, transforming the entire floor of Toronto Store into Toyland at Christmas.
- ▶ 24:44 Shane Parrish Jack's biggest bet was out west when he proposed expanding to Winnipeg, 1500 miles from Toronto. 3 times in the scene