Founders

#107 Sol Price (Costco)

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What I learned from reading Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary & Social Innovator by Robert E. Price. ---- What was it about this man that engendered so much admiration and respect? [0:01] Sol Price’s early life  [4:39] Sol Price was a misfit / “If you want to understand the entrepreneur, study the juvenile delinquent. The delinquent is saying with his actions, "This sucks. I'm going to do my own thing.”  [5:40]  Learning to love being productive / Sol Price on the importance of time / DO IT NOW! [12:20] The beginning of FedMart [16:00]  Sol Price learned from other founders [21:25]  Sol Price’s business philosophy [28:50] What happened when Sol opens a pharmacy in FedMart / A creative solution to being cut off by gasoline suppliers [36:25]  Sol Price’s idea on teaching and “alter egos” / “You train an animal. You teach a person.” —Sol Price [39:13]  The intelligent loss of sales [42:00]  The idea for Price Club [52:37]  What Sol Price meant to his son [1:05:28] ---- Founders Notes gives you the ability to tap