39 min 19 sec
By the mid-1960s, Sam no longer has to prove that Walmart can work. Now he has to build a real company. He brings in Claude Harris, Ferold Arend, Jim Henry, and Bob Thornton, opens rough early stores like an old Coca-Cola bottling plant in Morrilton, Arkansas, and starts Saturday morning meetings where managers share prices, promotions, mistakes, and ideas.
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How did Sam actually talk? Read the Sam Walton Voice Card: real lines from his own book, plus famous quotes he never said.
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