Sam Walton
Sam Walton
Samuel Moore "Sam" Waltonwas an American businessman and entrepreneur best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth29 March 1918
CityKingfisher, OK
CountryUnited States of America
business team winning
Individuals don't win in business, teams do.
exercise psychology way
Don't get so stuck in your ways that you can't change.
business educational causes
We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.
ideas america trying
I probably have traveled and walked into more variety stores than anybody in America. I am just trying to get ideas, any kind of ideas that will help our company. Most of us don't invent ideas. We take the best ideas from someone else.
college names people
I learned early on that one of the secrets to campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak to people coming down the sidewalk before they speak to you. I did that in college. I did it when I carried my papers. I would always look ahead and speak to the person coming toward me. If I knew them, I would call them by name, but even if I didn't I would still speak to them. Before long, I probably knew more students than anybody in the university, and they recognized me and considered me their friend.
competition advantage expenses
Control your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive advantage.
long limits would-be
I had confidence that as long as we did our work well and were good to our customers, there would be no limit to us.
wanted retailing
I not only knew I wanted to go into retailing, I also knew I wanted to go into business for myself.
senior teamwork jobs
The job of senior management is to cultivate an environment where store managers can learn from the market and from each other.
trying
Do it. Try it. Fix it.
retail today stills
I loved retail from the beginning, and I still love it today.
paper littles financial
It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.
reading learning hands
I learned a lesson which has stuck with me all through the years: you can learn from everybody. I didn't just learn from reading every retail publication I could get my hands on, I probably learned the most from studying what John Dunham was doing across the street
everyday mind get-up
I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.