
More Than a Hobby
How a $600 Startup Became America's Home and Craft Superstore
Memoir
by
David Green
2005
2005
A memoir about David Green's life and journey to build Hobby Lobby from rural Oklahoma into a major home-and-craft retail chain with hundreds of stores and over $1.4 billion in annual revenue. Starting with a $600 bank loan, Green shares the business and life principles that guided him, including faith-driven decision-making. He shows how learning by doing and a relentless focus on keeping the business simple led to his outsized success in an often overlooked category.

Jermaine's Notes
May 2026
Green built a massive business in an unsexy space. He's very intentional about avoiding an IPO and maintaining family ownership. Read 2005 hardcover
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