Editore: Brand: Crown Publishing, 1999
ISBN 10: 0812930584 ISBN 13: 9780812930580
Da: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: USED_GOOD. First Edition. One of the greatest entrepreneurial success stories of the past twenty yearsWhen a friend told Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank that "you've just been hit in the ass by a golden horseshoe," they thought he was crazy. After all, both had just been fired. What the friend, Ken Langone, meant was that they now had the opportunity to create the kind of wide-open warehouse store that would help spark a consumer revolution through low prices, excellent customer service, and wide availability of products.Built from Scratch is the story of how two incredibly determined and creative people--and their associates--built a business from nothing to 761 stores and $30 billion in sales in a mere twenty years.Built from Scratch tells many colorful stories associated with The Home Depot's founding and meteoric rise; shows that a company can be a tough, growth-oriented competitor and still maintain a high sense of responsibility to the community; and provides great lessons useful to people in any business, from start-ups to the Fortune 500.Great Stories"Ming the Merciless": The inside account of the man who fired Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus"My people don't drive Cadillacs!" How Ross Perot almost got involved with The Home Depot"Take this job and shove it!" The banker who put his career on the line to get The Home Depot the loan that enabled it to survive"Folks, I tell ya, if these Atlanta stores were any bigger, we'd be paying Alabama sales tax." Home Depot's first good ol' southern advertising campaignA Company with a ConscienceWhen disasters like the Oklahoma City bombing or Hurricane Andrew happen, Home Depot associates don't ask for permission to respond. They react from their hearts--whether that means keeping their store open all night or being on the scene with volunteers and relief supplies.The Home Depot doesn't just contribute money to organizations like Habitat for Humanity and Christmas in April, but also provides its people to help lead and grow these community efforts.Great LessonsKnow your customer: In The Home Depot's case, customers don't pay for wider aisles and a pretty store, but for a wide assortment and low pricesWhy everyday low prices mean more sales overall: The marketing philosophy The Home Depot learned from talking with Sam WaltonMarket leadership: Why The Home Depot never goes to a major new market with plans to open just a few storesThe strategy for profitable growth: How The Home Depot redefined its U.S. market from its $135 billion traditional "do-it-yourself" base to a much larger pond of $365 billionHow to change the rules of the game: How The Home Depot bypassed almost all middlemen, allowing it to pass on huge savings to customersBuilt from Scratch is the firsthand account of how two regular guys created one of the greatest entrepreneurial successes of the last twenty years.Opening the First Store"What the hell happened? Who screwed up the store? . . . Whatever time remained before the doors were scheduled to open for the first time, we sped around in forklifts, stomping on the brakes, scuffing up the flooring so it would once more look like a warehouse."Customer Service"If ever I saw an associate point a customer toward what they needed three aisles over, I would threaten to bite their finger. I would say, 'Don't ever let me see you point. You take the customer by the hand, and you bring them right where they need to be and you help them.'"Giving Back"When The Home Depot went public we realized that we had the financial capacity and wherewithal to give back to the communities where we did business. There is a concept in Judaism called tzedaka, which means 'to give back.' It is considered a mitzvah, a good deed, to give to someone who doesn't have, and we believe strongly in giving back to the community."Selling the Vision"We had to be p.
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Editore: Crown Business, 1999
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Editore: Crown Business, 1999
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Editore: Crown Business, 1999
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Editore: Crown Business, 1999
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Editore: Times Business Random House, Toronto, 1999
ISBN 10: 0812930584 ISBN 13: 9780812930580
Da: Elefante de los Libros, Madrid, MADRI, Spagna
Prima edizione
Cartone Editorial Ilustrado. Condizione: NEW. 1ª Ed. 332pp.Sobre el autor::Bernard "Bernie" Marcus (nacido en 1929 en Newark, New Jersey ) es un farmacéutico de América y al por menor empresario. Había nacido para judíos - Ruso inmigrantes a los padres en Newark, Nueva Jersey . Se crió en un conventillo y se graduó de la Escuela South Side de alta en 1947. [2] Marcus quería ser médico, pero no podía pagar la matrícula, por lo que trabajó para su padre como carpintero a través de la Universidad de Rutgers para ganar una farmacia grado. [3] Si bien no se unió a la Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternidad. También fue un hermano de Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternidad de negocios.Más tarde, trabajó en una farmacia como farmacéutico, pero se interesó más en la parte comercial y la venta del negocio. Trabajó en una cosmética empresa y varios otros trabajos al por menor, llegando finalmente a un puesto de alto ejecutivo de los Centros de Handy Dan mejora , un Los Angeles basado en la cadena de tiendas de mejoras para el hogar. En 1978, después de un desacuerdo con su jefe en Handy Dan, él y Home Depot co-fundador Arthur Blank fueron despedidos. Juntos, con la ayuda de Nueva York, el banquero de inversión Ken Langone , que reunió a un grupo de inversores y su socio Arthur Blank , que lanzó la exitosa tienda de mejoramiento del hogar The Home Depot en 1979. La tienda revolucionó el negocio de mejoramiento del hogar con su concepto de depósito y los tres se hicieron millonarios como resultado. Fue primer director ejecutivo de la compañía durante 19 años y se desempeñó como presidente de la junta hasta su jubilación en 2002. El Sr. Marcus fue incluido en el Junior Achievement Empresas de los EE.UU. Salón de la Fama en 2006. El 17 de octubre de 2008, Marcus participó en una conferencia telefónica instando a los clientes enviar "grandes contribuciones" a los grupos de trabajo en contra de la Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), así como a los grupos vulnerables republicanos en el Senado, que podría ayudar a bloquear el paso de la factura. En el transcurso de una hora, Marco y Rick Berman, un agresivo oponente EFCA, enmarcado en la legislación como una amenaza existencial para el capitalismo estadounidense, o algo peor. "Esta es la desaparición de una civilización", dijo Marcus. "Esto es cómo una civilización desaparece. Estoy sentado aquí como un estadista y estoy viendo que esto ocurra y yo no lo creo." . "Si un comerciante no ha metido en esto, si no ha gastado dinero en estas elecciones, si no ha enviado dinero a Norm Coleman y todos esos otros muchachos, que deben ser fusilados. Deben ser expulsados ??de sus puestos de trabajo maldito ", declaró Marcus. Size: 16x24cm.
Editore: Crown Business, 1999
ISBN 10: 0812930584 ISBN 13: 9780812930580
Da: Campbell Bookstore, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
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Editore: Crown Business, 1999
ISBN 10: 0812930584 ISBN 13: 9780812930580
Da: 369 Bookstore _[~ 369 Pyramid Inc ~]_, Dover, DE, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: USED_GOOD. One of the greatest entrepreneurial success stories of the past twenty yearsWhen a friend told Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank that \"you\'ve just been hit in the ass by a golden horseshoe,\" they thought he was crazy. After all, both had just been fired. What the friend, Ken Langone, meant was that they now had the opportunity to create the kind of wide-open warehouse store that would help spark a consumer revolution through low prices, excellent customer service, and wide availability of products.Built from Scratch is the story of how two incredibly determined and creative people--and their associates--built a business from nothing to 761 stores and $30 billion in sales in a mere twenty years.Built from Scratch tells many colorful stories associated with The Home Depot\'s founding and meteoric rise; shows that a company can be a tough, growth-oriented competitor and still maintain a high sense of responsibility to the community; and provides great lessons useful to people in any business, from start-ups to the Fortune 500.Great Stories\"Ming the Merciless\": The inside account of the man who fired Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus\"My people don\'t drive Cadillacs!\" How Ross Perot almost got involved with The Home Depot\"Take this job and shove it!\" The banker who put his career on the line to get The Home Depot the loan that enabled it to survive\"Folks, I tell ya, if these Atlanta stores were any bigger, we\'d be paying Alabama sales tax.\" Home Depot\'s first good ol\' southern advertising campaignA Company with a ConscienceWhen disasters like the Oklahoma City bombing or Hurricane Andrew happen, Home Depot associates don\'t ask for permission to respond. They react from their hearts--whether that means keeping their store open all night or being on the scene with volunteers and relief supplies.The Home Depot doesn\'t just contribute money to organizations like Habitat for Humanity and Christmas in April, but also provides its people to help lead and grow these community efforts.Great LessonsKnow your customer: In The Home Depot\'s case, customers don\'t pay for wider aisles and a pretty store, but for a wide assortment and low pricesWhy everyday low prices mean more sales overall: The marketing philosophy The Home Depot learned from talking with Sam WaltonMarket leadership: Why The Home Depot never goes to a major new market with plans to open just a few storesThe strategy for profitable growth: How The Home Depot redefined its U.S. market from its $135 billion traditional \"do-it-yourself\" base to a much larger pond of $365 billionHow to change the rules of the game: How The Home Depot bypassed almost all middlemen, allowing it to pass on huge savings to customersBuilt from Scratch is the firsthand account of how two regular guys created one of the greatest entrepreneurial successes of the last twenty years.Opening the First Store\"What the hell happened? Who screwed up the store? . . . Whatever time remained before the doors were scheduled to open for the first time, we sped around in forklifts, stomping on the brakes, scuffing up the flooring so it would once more look like a warehouse.\"Customer Service\"If ever I saw an associate point a customer toward what they needed three aisles over, I would threaten to bite their finger. I would say, \'Don\'t ever let me see you point. You take the customer by the hand, and you bring them right where they need to be and you help them.\'\"Giving Back\"When The Home Depot went public we realized that we had the financial capacity and wherewithal to give back to the communities where we did business. There is a concept in Judaism called tzedaka, which means \'to give back.\' It is considered a mitzvah, a good deed, to give to someone who doesn\'t have, and we believe strongly in giving back to the community.\"Selling the Vision\"We had to be psychologists, lovers, romancers, and con artists to get vendors aboard. Our ability to paint a picture of how that would take place.
Editore: Crown Business, 1999
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Editore: Crown Business, 1999
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ISBN 10: 0812930584 ISBN 13: 9780812930580
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Condizione: USED_GOOD. hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket 332 pages Here is one of the greatest entrepreneurial success stories of the past twenty years. It's the story of how two incredibly determined and creative people built a business from nothing to 761 stores and $30 billion in sales in a mere twenty years! The book includes many colorful stories associated with The Home Depot's founding and meteoric rise; shows that a company can be a tough, growth-oriented competitor and still maintain a high sense of responsibility to the community; and provides great lessons useful to people in any business, from start-ups to the Fortune 500. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket.
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ISBN 10: 0812930584 ISBN 13: 9780812930580
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Editore: Crown Business, 1999
ISBN 10: 0812930584 ISBN 13: 9780812930580
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Hardcover. Condizione: USED_FINE. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, but second printing. Inscribed by Marcus on the half title page. A fine copy in a fine DJ, now protected in removable archival mylar. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. All books are wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #137. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).
Editore: Crown Business, 1999
ISBN 10: 0812930584 ISBN 13: 9780812930580
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Editore: Crown Business, 1999
ISBN 10: 0812930584 ISBN 13: 9780812930580
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Editore: Crown Business, 1999
ISBN 10: 0812930584 ISBN 13: 9780812930580
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Editore: Crown Business, 1999
ISBN 10: 0812930584 ISBN 13: 9780812930580
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Editore: Random House, 1999
ISBN 10: 0812930584 ISBN 13: 9780812930580
Da: Collectors Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgio
Hardcover. Condizione: USED_FINE. Built From Scratch by Bernie Marcus. Published by Random House in 1999. Hardcover ISBN:9780812930580. Collectible item in very fine condition.