From $0 To $13 Billion: How John Mackey Built and Sold Whole Foods Market
Description
John Mackey is the founder of Whole Foods Market.
In this episode, he discusses his views on Capitalism, what it takes to build a massive business, and why now is the best time in history to be alive.
John gave this talk as part of our NFT Mastermind experience.
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Timestamps:
(0:00 ) - Introduction
(1:45 ) - How Psychedelics sparked the idea for Whole Foods Market
(6:45 ) - How Whole Foods Began
(10:00 ) - There’s nothing to be afraid of
(16:45 ) - Fear vs. Love
(22:00 ) - Having No business background
(28:00 ) - John’s thoughts on Capitalism
(32:00 ) - Whole Foods being a co-op
(35:00 ) - John’s podcast on Joe Rogan
(37:50 ) - “Conscious Capitalism”
(55:00 ) - Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods
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