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Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus were both fired in 1978 bycorporate raider Sandy Sigiloff. Blank, a CPA, and Marcus, anex-pharmacist, were devastated. Bernie, heartbroken and virtuallybroke, fell into a deep funk. Arthur considered becoming a privateCPA. Both thought a former associate was crazy when he told them:"You've just been hit in the ass by a golden horseshoe".
They proved him right. Blank and Marcus both recovered from theirprofessional downturn to found The Home Depot, a phenomenallysuccessful business with 1,000 locations, 200,000 employees, and$30 billion in sales. The Home Depot story is one of the greatentrepreneurial tales of the last twenty years -- how incrediblydetermined and creative people built a business empire fromnothing. It's an inspirational tale of two people who had to begfor capital to begin and grow their business but never forgot theirprinciples.
They proved him right. Blank and Marcus both recovered from theirprofessional downturn to found The Home Depot, a phenomenallysuccessful business with 1,000 locations, 200,000 employees, and$30 billion in sales. The Home Depot story is one of the greatentrepreneurial tales of the last twenty years -- how incrediblydetermined and creative people built a business empire fromnothing. It's an inspirational tale of two people who had to begfor capital to begin and grow their business but never forgot theirprinciples.