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4 books recommended · 5 episodes
Books they recommend that someone else wrote.
“He also wrote a fantastic oral history memoir of his time at NBC called Top of the Rock, which is well worth reading about Seinfeld…”
Why: It is worth reading about Seinfeld and other great NBC shows from that era.
Top of the Rock by Warren Littlefield
Host on AcquiredSeinfeld - Full Episode (Audio)
“And as a recent book, The Bogle Effect argues, Vanguard's actions also forced the hand of the rest of the industry to cut their fees, totaling another $500 billion over time.”
The Bogle Effect by Eric Balchunas
Host on AcquiredVanguard: The communist capitalist who saved investors a trillion dollars (Audio)
“and just recently published, I think, the best business history book of Formula One called The Formula.”
Why: It is described as the best business history book of Formula One.
Formula by Joshua Robinson
Host on AcquiredFormula 1: Fast cars, celebrities, and B2B software (Audio)
“there's this famous moment that Bob writes about where he's at the opening parade of Hong Kong Disneyland in 2005.”
The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger
Host on AcquiredDisney: The Renaissance and the Empire (Audio)
Their own books, or books they discussed with the author. Not counted as recommendations.
“Bernie was actually in a gang as a kid, which I discovered hilariously reading Bernie's book, Kick Up Some Dust, the foreword of which was written by his good friend, the rapper Pitbull.”
Why: It offers hilarious and surprising insights into Bernie Marcus's childhood, including a foreword by Pitbull.
Kick Up Some Dust by Bernie Marcus
Host on AcquiredThe Home Depot: How America's aging houses built the best stock of the last 45 years (Audio)
“Bernie and Arthur dispute the claims in Built from Scratch, in the memoir that they wrote. But even just the fact that the company ended up in this position shows that corporate management wasn't exactly tip-top, shall we say, in this era.”
Built from Scratch by Bernie Marcus
Host on AcquiredThe Home Depot: How America's aging houses built the best stock of the last 45 years (Audio)
“So I, I looked this up, David, in the book Built from Scratch- Yep. -which is the awesome book that It's kind of the canonical Home Depot story written by Bernie and Arthur.”
Why: It is the canonical Home Depot story detailing the early founding days.
Built from Scratch by Bernie Marcus
Host on AcquiredThe Home Depot: How America's aging houses built the best stock of the last 45 years (Audio)
“Bernie's actual quote to Ken when Ken calls him and tells him who the next CEO of Home Depot is going to be is, "I can't believe you brought in another goddamn GE guy to run my company."”
I Love Capitalism! by Ken Langone
Host on AcquiredThe Home Depot: How America's aging houses built the best stock of the last 45 years (Audio)