{"product_id":"more-than-a-hobby-how-a-600-startup-became-americas-home-and-craft-superstore-the-inside-story-of-hobby-lobby-david-green-paperback","title":"More Than a Hobby: How a $600 Startup Became America's Home and Craft Superstore (the Inside Story of Hobby Lobby) -- David Green, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe retail industry has undergone enormous changes during the last thirty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there is one retailer that not only has remained consistent in the fluctuating?even tenuous?market, but also has grown in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMore Than a Hobby \u003c\/i\u003etakes you inside the story of David Green, the man who built the phenomenal success of Hobby Lobby. Green went beyond surviving in a competitive retail market to thriving, ultimately expanding his $600 start-up company into a $1.3 billion per-year enterprise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreen's incredible accomplishments were based not on business-school theory but on his grassroots experiences as a store manager and his creative application of cutting edge ideas, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAllow managers to spend no more than thirty minutes per day on paperwork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstead of paying a middleman, assemble as much of the product as possible in-house\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGive buyers the freedom to purchase without restraint--but within the realm of common sense\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeep God and family first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMore Than a Hobby \u003c\/i\u003eis a practical field manual, filled with revolutionary ideas for all those who dream of success in the world of retail business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595559838","brand":"David Green","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49844669317348,"sku":"9781595559838","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781595559838.jpg?v=1789199571","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/more-than-a-hobby-how-a-600-startup-became-americas-home-and-craft-superstore-the-inside-story-of-hobby-lobby-david-green-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}