
Built from Scratch
How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion
Autobiography
by
Bernie Marcus, Arthur Blank, and Bob Andelman
2019
2019
How the founders grew The Home Depot from an idea to a $30 billion retail giant. Details decisions and strategies around focusing on customers, empowering employees, and challenging conventional wisdom that led to outsized success. Home Depot story is one of risk taking and relentless hard work.

Jermaine's Notes
March 2024
Complementary foundering team. Copied Sol Price's model (Costco). Read 2019 paperback.
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Sol Price
August 2026
A biography of Sol Price, the retail pioneer who helped create the discount retail and membership warehouse club models that influenced Walmart, Home Depot, Costco, and others. The book explores Sol’s life, the companies he founded, the principles behind his retail success, and his later efforts to improve underserved communities through philanthropy and social innovation.
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