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Harvey Firestone in Podcasts

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American entrepreneur and CEO of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, known for strategic business decisions during crises.

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The Knowledge Project
Harvey Firestone: Men and Rubber [Outliers]

After leaving the farm, Harvey's brief stint as a bookkeeper led to his first real business venture with a man named Jackson selling flavoring extracts and patent medicines.

The Knowledge Project
Harvey Firestone: Men and Rubber [Outliers]

Having a surplus is the greatest aid to business judgment that I know, Harvey later reflected, and I bitterly know what I'm talking about, for I went through years of upbuilding without being able to accumulate a surplus.

The Knowledge Project
Harvey Firestone: Men and Rubber [Outliers]

By this standard, Benjamin excelled through three principles that would later define Harvey's own approach to building an empire.

The Knowledge Project
Harvey Firestone: Men and Rubber [Outliers]

Harvey Firestone learned his most valuable business lessons not from formal education, but from his father, Benjamin, a man he would later call the best businessman I have ever known.

The Knowledge Project
Harvey Firestone: Men and Rubber [Outliers]

Whether you're navigating technological disruption, fighting entrenched competitors, or building something from nothing, Firestone's principles will give you an unfair advantage.

The Knowledge Project
Harvey Firestone: Men and Rubber [Outliers]

While others built elaborate organizations, Firestone asked two simple questions that cut through every problem.

The Knowledge Project
Harvey Firestone: Men and Rubber [Outliers]

That crisis revealed the principles that separated Firestone from every other businessman of his era.