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Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

It's the mid-1800s and a young wholesaler called Levi Strauss is looking to cash in on the California Gold Rush.

But when a wandering tailor approaches Strauss with a revolutionary idea, his business takes an unexpected turn into the world of workwear — and it will change his family’s destiny.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to business wars at free on Amazon Music.
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0:07.0	It's Spring 1853, and in Sacramento, California, overnight steamboat from San Francisco is just
0:25.1	off.
0:29.1	It's packed and easy, filled with corn, you can ask for food.
0:36.2	When we estimat the classes, wealı
0:41.8	reminds birds and he's a long way from his native bataria.
0:45.8	Strauss holds his heavy tastes down the ganglion.
0:49.3	He stops and mobs as brow with a handkerchief.
0:52.0	The searing heat of куб
0:54.2	was a shock after San Francisco's seabintage.
0:57.7	A nearby stagecoat driver shows out
1:00.4	any more for Downeeville that is in Sandcгр.
1:04.7	The driver takes his taste and
1:09.5	crosses clambers onto the roof of the stagecoach.
1:12.5	There's only one seat left on the flat bench at the back.
1:16.5	Strauss squeezes in next to a burly minor in denim pants
1:19.5	and a grubby cotton shirt.
1:22.5	Before Strauss can say hello, they're all.
1:25.5	Strauss grabs onto his seat at the stagecoach,
1:28.5	gathers speed.
1:30.5	Every bump in the road jolt Strauss hard.
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