The Empire Builders Podcast
#87: Culver Restaurant – Family business to successful franchise
February 8, 2023
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Started in 1984 in Sauks City, Wisconsin, a city of just over 3000 people. Today Culver’s has over 900 locations and is one of the most profitable per-store franchises in ...
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#86: Schlitz – Discover the Schlitz Maneuver
February 1, 2023
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The origin story of the beer that made Milwaukee famous and the character behind it. Dave Young: Welcome to the Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not-so-secret techniques that ...
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#085: American Tobacco Company – The origin of the smoke break
January 25, 2023
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Freemiums, Baseball trading cards, automatic cigarette machines, smoke breaks, Buck Duck and Duke University all in one podcast. Dave Young: Welcome to the Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not so ...
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#084: Entenmann’s – Creates a packaging revolution
January 18, 2023
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The next time you look at the white powdered donuts through the clear window in the box, pay a little homage to Martha Entenmann. Dave Young: Welcome to The Empire Builders ...
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#083: Tempur-Pedic – Seeing an idea and being open to it.
January 11, 2023
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I just gotta sell ten thousand mattresses. How hard can that be? Dave Young: Welcome to the “Empire Builders Podcast,” teaching business owners the not so secret techniques that took ...
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