[Outliers] Bernie Marcus: The Home Depot Story

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This hits Brian's entrepreneurship and side project interests hard - Home Depot's story of building culture, persistence through rejection, and scaling retail operations has direct parallels to his print-on-demand automation and web agency tools. The "culture of ownership" angle especially resonates with someone running multiple projects and thinking about sustainable business systems.

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Side projects/automation/earning from skills Personal finance/risk/long-term planning (secondary) Engineering craft/architecture/productivity (culture/systems angle)

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"Building Ownership Culture in One-Person Businesses"

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"The Technical Founder's Guide to Retail-Level Customer Experience"

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"When Everyone Says No: A Technical Take on Persistence"

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"Systems Thinking: What Home Depot Teaches About Scaling Side Projects"

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#entrepreneurship #side-projects #company-culture #persistence #scaling #retail-lessons #ownership-mindset