From $300 Cookie Jar to $13.4 Billion Empire: 11 Game-Changing Business Lessons from Dick’s Sporting Goods

🤖
AI-Assisted Research This article was created with AI assistance

The incredible entrepreneurial journey that transformed a grandmother's life savings into America's largest sporting goods retailer From a tiny bait shop to over 720 stores generating $13.4 billion annually In 1948, an 18-year-old high school graduate who barely made it through school stormed out of his job at an Army surplus store. His boss had just torn up his carefully crafted list of fishing equipment recommendations, calling him a "dumb kid who didn't know what...

2014 Resolutions

2014 Resolutions

"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times." — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist Looking Back, Moving Forward My 2013 Year in Review & 2014 Resolutions Something I haven't done in past resolutions is reflect on the past year. 2013 was one of my more difficult years, I have to admit. I even checked with Christina tonight to verify I wasn't missing anything. In 2014, I'm ready to...

My Fascination With Amazon

The Visionary Strategies of Jeff Bezos Inside Amazon's massive warehouse operations For the future of retail, I'm sure you are looking at Amazon like everyone else is. I'm convinced the Internet will continue to disrupt traditional retail. Bezos is one of the most brilliant minds of our time, some say the next Jobs. I have tremendous respect for Bezos. Just a few of the things he's done... I'm sure I missed lots of things. I...

Explore More Posts

Use arrow keys to navigate Swipe left or right to navigate