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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Entrepreneur's Journal: Building a business that Buffett would buy]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/14/entrepreneur-s-journal-building-a-business-that-buffett-would/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/14/entrepreneur-s-journal-building-a-business-that-buffett-would/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/14/entrepreneur-s-journal-building-a-business-that-buffett-would/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/competitive-strategy/" rel="tag">Competitive Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/books/" rel="tag">Books</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/entrepreneurs/" rel="tag">Entrepreneurs</a></p><p><img  hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/08/buf.jpg" align="right" vspace="4" border="1" alt="" />While in an airport bookstore recently, this title caught me eye: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1606410415?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mergerforum0f-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1606410415"><em>How to Build a Business Warren Buffett Would Buy: The R.C. Willey Story</em></a><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height="1" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mergerforum0f-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1606410415" width="1" border="0" />.</p>
<p>How could I resist? I bought a copy and read the whole thing on my flight (OK, the book is only 192 pages).</p>
<p>The author of the book, Jeff Benedict, tracks the entrepreneurial career of Bill Child, who transformed a furniture business -- R.C. Willey -- into a retailing giant (he came on board the company in the mid 1950s when his father-in-law died).</p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/14/entrepreneur-s-journal-building-a-business-that-buffett-would/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Entrepreneur's Journal: Building a business that Buffett would buy</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/14/entrepreneur-s-journal-building-a-business-that-buffett-would/">Entrepreneur's Journal: Building a business that Buffett would buy</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/14/entrepreneur-s-journal-building-a-business-that-buffett-would/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19063937/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/14/entrepreneur-s-journal-building-a-business-that-buffett-would/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Bill Child</category><category>business turnaround</category><category>debt</category><category>entrepreneurs</category><category>featured</category><category>honesty</category><category>Jeff Benedict</category><category>R.C. Willey</category><category>value</category><category>Warren Buffett</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Taulli]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
