Books : More Than a Hobby: How a $600 Startup Became America's Home and Craft Superstore
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by: David Green
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.87
EAN: 9780785208310
ISBN: 0785208313
Label: Thomas Nelson
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: July 19, 2005
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Sales Rank: 318676
Studio: Thomas Nelson
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More than a Hobby takes readers inside the mind of a low-key, likable Oklahoma entrepreneur who has created a unique shopping experience. How did his company go from a $600 loan to $1.3 billion in annual sales in just thirty-one years-especially when he wasn't groomed for this work either by heritage or by education?
Green was willing to go against the tide, allowing faith to play a huge part in the business. More Than a Hobby describes how this wildly successful business was built not on business-school theory, but on the founder's own experience as a grassroots store manager.
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Rating:  - Review of More Than a Hobby, by David Green
I ordered this book because of my familiarity with Hobby Lobby craft stores. I have found them to be a cut above other similar businesses, and was curious as to how Mr. Green got started and the way he runs them, especially in view of his practice of being closed on Sundays, closing the doors at 8:00pm instead of 9:00 or later, and his inspirational Christmas Day advertising in the newspapers.
The book did not disappoint me. In addition to satisfying my curiosity, it provided insight ... Read More
Rating:  - Smart Man, Smart Business
David Green is a smart man, there is no doubt. "More Than A Hobby" profiles Green's background from his childhood through the present. He writes of the strong influence his parents had on his work ethic and the values that drive him to make a difference in the way his business is run.
He outlines how he found a void in the retail store in which he was employed and set out with some business partners to create the product and bring it to market. He describes the lean times he and his ... Read More
Rating: - Worth reading
I thought the book would be the success story of Hobby Lobby but it is much more. The author's principles of retailing are solid practices that all retailers should adopt. That is the reason the store is a delight to shop.
Rating: - How business should be done!
My wife "discovered" Hobby Lobby while I was training for my job in Oklahoma City several years ago. We were newly weds at the time, and my wife was far from home with no friends, and was very homesick. She enjoyed going in and looking around the store as an escape, and eventually took some classes there.
After a couple of weeks, we went to a local church to visit, and the most pleasant woman came up to us and greeted us. She was kind and charming, and was one of the very few that morning ... Read More
Rating: - More stores needed.....
I found Hobby Lobby when we lived in Atlanta, Georgia and shopped in the Gwinnett store. When we moved to Chicago, I was thrilled to find Hobby Lobby in Vernon Hills and Round Lake, Illinois.
Now, however, we are moving back to New Jersey and I am dismayed to learn that there is no Hobby Lobby even remotely close to my new home. I wrote to the Headquarters and found that they do not build new locations more than 1000 miles from their headquarter location. I know that the east coast would be ... Read More
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