Founders: #51 Wild Company: The Untold Story of Banana Republic
David Senra 12/17/18 - Episode Page
What I learned from reading Wild Company: The Untold Story of Banana Republic by Mel and Patricia Ziegler
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For every business, there is an appropriate scale [0:01]
Fundamentally Unemployable [5:18]
the prehistory of Banana Republic [10:02]
"We didn't have any money, we didn't have any technology, and we didn't have a plan." –Jack Ma [14:30]
A republic is born [18:13]
when something is not selling, increase the price [20:45]
relentlessly resourceful [25:45]
finding assets hiding in liabilities [28:30]
the catalog! [30:33]
Eddie Murphy on why you shouldn't have a backup plan [36:40]
media was the initial distribution strategy [42:15]
Understanding the internet before the internet existed. A lesson on publicity/attention [45:22]
when all else fails, expand [51:05]
selling the company [56:24]
the end of freedom [1:04:40]
Misfits, quotes from Steve Jobs and what this has to do with the podcast industry [1:08:00]
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