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Summary: Excelent Book
Review: The book shows the exact history of the construction of one of the most big retailer companys in the world, in a simple language.
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Summary: A surprisingly good read!
Review: I didn't really expect to like this book. Afterall, what could be so compelling about some guy who started a bunch of discount stores in Arkansas? Boy, was I wrong. This book is a jewel. It's a must read for anyone in business, whether a small business or a big corporation. You'll never look at a store the same way again after you read this book. You can easily believe that Sam Walton's approach would improve most business. Work hard. Work smart. Learn from your mistakes. Treat people right (employees and customers). Keep your eye on the ball and the bottom line. Don't listen to naysayers. Keep a smile on your face. Sounds like good advice to me!
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Summary: Real American Story
Review: This book is not only the history of one of the best American enterprises ever, but also a word for the future. Those who are looking for some good advices how to sell this or that would be disappointed, but those who are looking for inspiration in their business or life might find it very fulfilling. There is no recipe for a good business in the book, but among the rules, that Sam Walton formulates at the end the most important, he says, is "Break all rules!". This book is a must read for every businessman.
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Summary: Must-read book for entrepreneurs
Review: After working for Wal-Mart stores, I have seen first-hand the greatness of this man and his business. This book teaches one to follow his/her dreams, because you can reach your goals.......Sam was proof.
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Summary: A Must Read for Dreamers
Review: Sam not only makes you dream big but inspires you to follow your dreams.
For someone not having 'lived' the 60s and 70s in small town America, it was an insight into the All American values of old.
My business and personal links with Wal-Mart testify to how Sam's basic values are still a driving force at Wal-Mart
It is a book that makes you dream and gives you 10 rules to achieve your dream.
I read only one - it was all I needed.
The rule was 'Swim Upstream - Break all the Rules'. - Murtuza Vasowalla
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Summary: A great story about a great man.
Review: Sam Walton knew the price of success and paid it. He changed retailing forever. He also made himself a billionaire and made millionaires of many others who shared his dream. But the greatest value of this book to me is its inspiration. Sam's "Ten Rules That Worked For Me" will work of anybody. You can run a company or a life by them. Anybody who becomes the country's richest man is worth listening to. He'll make you a believer.
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Summary: The Most Valuable Book in the World
Review: I can say without doubt that I have come across the most valuable book ever published in the whole of history, which is estimated to be worth around $80 Billion... encouraging, inspiring, insightful, interesting, modest... SIMPLY SUPERB!!!
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Summary: Sam Walton the Tyrant, Is More Like It.
Review: This book is so bad, it's almost not even worth writing about. The book proports to shine some sunny light on the man solely responisble for making minimum wage and "full time" work (often defined as 20-30 hours) popular in keeping lower-class America in its place. Look no further for an account of the man focused on plumbing the depths of the dark heart of corporate greed. You'd be better off reading Barbara Ehrenreich's book, Nickel and Dimed.
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Summary: A GREAT AUTOBIOGRAPHY!
Review: This marvelous book is a great read and is one of the best business books I have ever read.
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Summary: Very good - especially with Wal Mart now taking heat
Review: First off, this is a very strong story of a man and a business. Walton does a nice job of telling a clear, concise story about how he built the business of Wal Mart. It's very enlightening to hear him admit with pride that he invented very few of the ideas that made the store such a success, instead borrowing the best ideas from every store he visited (and he visited a lot).
Secondly, this book contains a valuable example of how capitalism forces the evolution - for better or worse - of industries. Walton takes the reader from the days of the small-town five and dime all the way through the mega Wal Marts of today. It's a valuable read for anyone interested in business.
Third, reading "Made in America" provides the reader with some important context for considering all of the attacks on Wal Mart in the popular press. You get to see that Wal Mart was built with really good intentions and that even though not everything born of Wal Mart's rise to dominance is an unmitigated good, it has done a lot of positive things for American consumers. That's really valuable because Wal Mart has become a bit of an unequivocal evil in the modern press and that simply isn't an even-handed treatment of the subject.
Highly recommended for those who would like to understand the motivations behind Wal Mart being what it is today and a great business story to boot.
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