Binding: Hardcover
Description: A candid rollicking business memoir from the Home Depot cofounder filled with personal stories savvy business advice and timeless lessons for a life well lived" A classic Cinderella story of the American dream fulfilled told with humor and honesty." GARY Sinise" An extraordinary story. Tells Marcus's version of the American dream from tenement to boardroom homespun into lessons for readers wanting to make it in business or philanthropy." Financial Times The start of Home Depot sounds like the beginning of a bad joke: Two Jews and an Italian decide to build a new kind of hardware store In 1978, Bernie Marcus's livelihood depended on just such a scenario. Having been fired at the age of forty - nine he teamed up with Arthur Blank and Ken Langone on a bold new endeavor. Their first day in business was so disastrous that the next morning Marcus's wife wouldn't let him shave because she didn't want a razor in his hands. But the last laugh would be theirs as the business partners grew Home Depot into the world's largest home improvement retailer empowering millions of Americans to "do it yourself."" Doing it yourself" has been the theme of Bernie Marcus's entire life. By the time he was fifteen he had held more than a dozen jobs joined a gang and worked as a hypnotist in the Catskills. The son of a cabinetmaker and garment worker who survived the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire Bernie overcame a hardscrabble upbringing to author one of the best entrepreneurial stories in American history. Today Home Depot employs 500,000 associates at 2,300 stores and is one of the most recognized and admired companies in the world. The same energy that made Home Depot successful has helped Bernie give away more than $2 billion and pioneer a new model for philanthropy transforming millions of lives. There is no single winning formula for trying to make the world a better place but Bernie shares what he's learned that the skills needed to build a Fortune 500 company are the same ones that can help cure cancer treat veterans with PTSD and transform autism treatment. And it doesn't take a fortune to make a big difference in your community. Kick Up Some Dust will inspire you to dream build and give and maybe change the world.
Title: Kick Up Some Dust Lessons On Thinking Big Giving Back And Doing It Yourself
Author(s): Marcus Bernie
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063259928
Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 10/18/2022