TIP135: Henry Ford & the Secrets of his Success w/ Christopher Whalen (Business Podcast)

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Stig Brodersen

Education, Investing, Business

4.6 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: How Henry Ford almost destroyed his company several times. How Henry Ford closed down the entire banking system in the US. Why the product launch of the Ford Edsel in 1958 is still considered the best marketing case today. Two takeaways from Ford Motor Company that all business owners should know. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Christopher’s Whalen’s book, Ford Men – Read reviews of this book. Jesse Jones’ book, Fifty Billion Dollars – Read reviews of this book. Christopher Whalen’s website. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. 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0:00.0	You're listening to TIP.
0:02.4	Hey, how's everyone doing out there this week?
0:04.9	We got a very exciting episode for you.
0:08.2	One of the people that we have never covered is the one and only Henry Ford.
0:14.8	If Henry Ford was around today and you took his net worth and you looked at it from an inflationary
0:20.6	impact here in 2017, Henry Ford would be worth $199 billion.
0:27.9	That's twice as much as Warren Buffett.
0:31.1	To say his impact was huge would be the biggest understatement ever, but there's a little
0:36.1	catch with Henry Ford.
0:38.6	Our guest today, his name is Christopher Whalen.
0:42.2	Christopher Whalen has done a ton of research on Henry Ford and what it was that made him
0:47.5	so successful.
0:49.2	I think when you hear this interview, you're going to be very surprised because it might
0:53.8	be a little bit different than the history that you studied, maybe in your high school,
0:58.3	history class or your college history class because some of the facts that Mr. Whalen's
1:02.8	going to disclose today are going to really surprise you about Henry Ford.
1:06.6	In this episode, you'll learn the true and fascinating story about Henry Ford and the Ford
1:11.5	dynasty.
1:12.5	We will learn how this great company was built and it's lasted for more than a century,
1:17.8	perhaps not because of the Ford family, but just as much despite the family.
1:23.5	Our guest will teach us that contrary to public belief, him, Ford didn't invent the
1:28.1	assembly line.
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