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Walmart's founder and an NCAA wrestling champion born with one leg used the same strategy to dominate their competition: local advantages. Sam Walton founded Walmart and grew it from a single discount retail store to well past 4,000 locations. Anthony Robles, born with one leg, developed a strategy that culminated in an undefeated senior season and achieving his dream: an NCAA title. 0:00:00 – Local advantages and asymmetry 0:03:00 – Competition Demystified and Sam Walton introduction 0:06:15 – Anthony Robles introduction and discussion 0:15:59 – Robles vs Gardner: overtime during the 2008 NCAA Division I Wrestling Tournament 0:27:21 – Robles vs McDonough: the detail that completed an undefeated season 0:29:15 – Strategic and tactical changes 0:32:13 – Summary of the Robles example 0:34:57 – Zooming out: context 0:35:16 – Sam Walton and the Walmart story 0:35:41 – Connection to Risk strategy: entry / pre-emption games 0:37:24 – Sam Walton's 3 density advantages 0:41:42 – Conclusions and takeaways 0:43:30 – Gratitude and support Rate and review the podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strategy-chain/id1492935567 Find Amazon affiliate links at http://strategychainpodcast.com/support Send me questions at http://strategychainpodcast.com/contact Sign up for the email list at http://strategychainpodcast.com/ Social Media @strategychain (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Medium)
By Michael RobersonWalmart's founder and an NCAA wrestling champion born with one leg used the same strategy to dominate their competition: local advantages. Sam Walton founded Walmart and grew it from a single discount retail store to well past 4,000 locations. Anthony Robles, born with one leg, developed a strategy that culminated in an undefeated senior season and achieving his dream: an NCAA title. 0:00:00 – Local advantages and asymmetry 0:03:00 – Competition Demystified and Sam Walton introduction 0:06:15 – Anthony Robles introduction and discussion 0:15:59 – Robles vs Gardner: overtime during the 2008 NCAA Division I Wrestling Tournament 0:27:21 – Robles vs McDonough: the detail that completed an undefeated season 0:29:15 – Strategic and tactical changes 0:32:13 – Summary of the Robles example 0:34:57 – Zooming out: context 0:35:16 – Sam Walton and the Walmart story 0:35:41 – Connection to Risk strategy: entry / pre-emption games 0:37:24 – Sam Walton's 3 density advantages 0:41:42 – Conclusions and takeaways 0:43:30 – Gratitude and support Rate and review the podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strategy-chain/id1492935567 Find Amazon affiliate links at http://strategychainpodcast.com/support Send me questions at http://strategychainpodcast.com/contact Sign up for the email list at http://strategychainpodcast.com/ Social Media @strategychain (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Medium)