# Rose Blumkin
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rose blumkin (December 3, 1893 – August 9, 1998) founded the Nebraska Furniture Mart in 1937. She was a renowned businesswoman. Warren Buffett said of her, "One question I always ask myself in appraising a business is how I would like, assuming I had ample capital and skilled personnel, to compete with it.
Rose Blumkin: Women of Berkshire Hathaway [Outliers]
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Rose Blumkin didn’t just build a business. She revolutionized retail. After fleeing Russia with $66 in her purse, she opened a basement furniture store in Omaha at 43 years old—with no English, no education, and no connections. Her formula? Sell cheap, tell the truth, don't cheat the customer. Nebr…
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The Outlier Playbook: The Patterns Behind Enduring Success
What do some of the greatest outliers in business history have in common?
For the past year, I’ve been sharing the stories of history's greatest outliers like James Dyson, Estée Lauder, Sol Price, Henry Singleton, Les Schwab, Rose Blumkin, Jim Clayton, and Andrew Mellon. These are names that deser…
The Outlier Playbook: The Patterns Behind Enduring Success
What do some of the greatest outliers in business history have in common? For the past year, I’ve been sharing the stories of history's greatest outliers like James Dyson, Estée Lauder, Sol Price, Henry Singleton, Les Schwab, Rose Blumkin, Jim Clayton, and Andrew Mellon. These are names that deser…
Rose Blumkin: Women of Berkshire Hathaway [Outliers]
Rose Blumkin didn’t just build a business. She revolutionized retail. After fleeing Russia with $66 in her purse, she opened a basement furniture store in Omaha at 43 years old—with no English, no education, and no connections. Her formula? Sell cheap, tell the truth, don't cheat the customer. Nebr…
Warren Buffett - Investing Principles, Intrinsic value, Opportunity Costs, Compounding, Leadership & Character
Buffett opens with a thought experiment for the students. If you could buy ten percent of one classmate's lifetime earnings, who would you pick? Not the one with the best grades, he argues, but the one whose character you'd bet on. That leads into the three qualities he hires for: intelligence, ene…
Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letters 1983
Warren Buffett's 1983 Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letter is one of the richest in the series. He lays out his famous "Owner-Related Business Principles" — the rules governing how Berkshire treats shareholders — and tells the remarkable story of Rose Blumkin, the Russian immigrant who built Nebra…
Warren Buffett's Favourite Retail Business? The Story of Nebraska Furniture Mart
Why did Warren Buffett buy Nebraska Furniture Mart, and what made Rose Blumkin (Mrs. B) one of the greatest entrepreneurs he ever encountered?
In this episode of Intelligent Investment Today, David Coombs explores one of Warren Buffett's most fascinating acquisitions and uncovers the timeless inves…
Warren Buffett: Small Businesses Can Beat Big Companies | University of Georgia 2001
Can a small business compete against billion-dollar corporations? Warren Buffett explains why small businesses can have a powerful advantage through customer focus, speed, and better execution. Learn how Sam Walton, Rose Blumkin, and other entrepreneurs built successful businesses despite starting …
#303 Rose Blumkin (Warren Buffett's Favorite Founder)
What I learned from reading The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's Female CEOs and Directors by Karen Linder. ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts: Invest Like the Best and listen to episode 326 Alexis Rivas—A New Blueprint for Homebuilding ---- Episode outline: Mr. Buf…
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