TIP490: Lessons from Home Depot, Sam Walton and giving away $2 Billion w/ Billionaire Bernie Marcus

<p><strong>IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:</strong></p><ul><li>08:06 - How today’s economy compared to the early eighties when Bernie was co-founding Home Depot.</li><li>14:11 - Bernie’s early jobs as a waiter, comedian, and even hypnotist.</li><li>37:15 - Bernie’s take on ESG, given that Home Depot, won the Most Socially Responsible Company award the year he retired</li><li>40:02 - What it was like to travel around and sharing business tips with Sam Walton.</li><li>54:11 - Lessons from philanthropic efforts in integrative medicine and the Georgia Aquarium.</li><li>And much, much more!</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>BOOKS AND RESOURCES</strong></p><ul><li>Kick Up Some Dust <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kick-Up-Some-Dust-Thinking/dp/0063259923?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=tipnetwork-20&amp;linkId=6e20d202146f416afec8ac9e94590662&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Book</strong></a>.</li><li>Built from Scratch <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Built-Scratch-Regular-Nothing-Billion/dp/0812933788?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=tipnetwork-20&amp;linkId=70d2ce9bfacbf2d0dcff5764de7aced1&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Book</strong></a>.</li><li>Trey Lockerbie <a href="https://twitter.com/treylockerbie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Twitter</strong></a>.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>NEW TO THE SHOW?</strong></p><ul><li>Check out our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/we-study-billionaires-starter-packs/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>We Study Billionaires Starter Packs</strong></a>.</li><li>Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts)<strong>&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/we-study-billionaires/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>.</li><li>Try our tool for