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Bernie Marcus: The Story of Home Depot

Dienstag, 16. Dezember 2025 · 1 h 01

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Bernie Marcus co-founded Home Depot and served as its first CEO.

This is the wild and crazy story of how he and his co-founders got fired and went on to build one of the best-performing businesses in history.

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Approximate Timestamps:

() Introduction

() Part 1: An Accidental Miracle

() Part 2: A Golden Horseshoe Kick

() Part 3: Building From Nothing

() Part 4: Orange Everywhere

() Part 5: The Legacy

() Lessons

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Sources:

Marcus, Bernie, and Arthur Blank. Built from Scratch: How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion. New York: Crown Business, 1999.

Best Practice Institute. "Bernie Marcus Interview." YouTube video. youtube.com/watch?v=KNP0YYDi1FY.

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