Sally Helm

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385 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 30 Jul

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Throughline · The lightbulb conspiracy is both real and everywhere · 30 Jul 2026 podcast

Thank you, Sally.

You're so welcome.

So in one of his first jobs, Sloan basically saves a failing company.

And by 1918, he has caught the eye of General Motors.

GM is...

Maybe not failing, but struggling.

Because the car business is tough in the 1920s.

Henry Ford has already sold a car to, like, many of the people who would want to buy one.

So why would they buy a car from General Motors?

Sloan had some ideas.

First up, he introduced different makes and models.

This is a total innovation for cars.

This has not been done before.

And then Sloan starts looking at the data on who is buying things.

Not necessarily cars, just things.

But remember, the Model T was plain, simple, and made for men.

This last thing, colors, was huge.

Because before this, cars were covered in a lacquer that just like did not hold colors all that well.

Like it would sometimes like fade to yellow.

It was just not really working.

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