More Than a Hobby: How a $600 Startup Became America's Home and Craft Superstore
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (636 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1595559833 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Green went beyond surviving in a competitive retail market to thriving, ultimately expanding his $600 start-up company into a $1.3 billion per-year enterprise.Green’s incredible accomplishments were based not on business-school theory but on his grassroots experiences as a store manager and his creative application of cutting edge ideas, including:Allow managers to spend no more than thirty minutes per day on paperworkInstead of paying a middleman, assemble as much of the product as possible in-houseGive buyers the freedom to purchase without restraintbut within the realm of common senseKeep God and family firstMore Than a Hobby <
How business should be done! My wife "discovered" Hobby Lobby while I was training for my job in Oklahoma City several years ago. We were newly weds at the time, and my wife was far from home with no friends, and was very homesick. She enjoyed going in and looking around the store as an escape, and eventually took some classes there.After a couple of . Smart Man, Smart Business David Green is a smart man, there is no doubt. "More Than A Hobby" profiles Green's background from his childhood through the present. He writes of the strong influence his parents had on his work ethic and the values that drive him to make a difference in the way his business is run.He outlines how he found a void in the . "Five Stars" according to Our Precious Grandma. Fascinating.
Currently David serves on the Board of Reference for Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 2013, he was honored by receiving the World Changer award, and is also a past Ernst & Young national retail/consumer Entrepreneur of the Year Award recipient. In June of 2014 the Supreme Court of the United States
As of 2015, Hobby Lobby employs over 32,000 people, operates 600 stores in forty-seven states, and grosses 3.6 billion dollars a year. He is also the founder of the largest privately owned arts and crafts retailer in the world. In 1970 David Green borrowed $600.00 to buy a molding chopper, set up shop in his garage at home, and started making miniature wooden picture frames. In 2013, he was honored by receiving the World Changer award, and is also a past Ernst & Young national retail/consumer Entrepreneur of the Year Award recipient. In June of 2014 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of David