Random Reminiscences of Men and Events

💼 Non-fiction 👤 Biography & Memoir 💰 Business & Money

144 episodes · full original text

America's first billionaire, in his own words: starting out as a $3.57-a-week bookkeeper, building Standard Oil, and the hard art of giving money away well.

Every word as the author wrote it, split into 1-minute episodes.

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Some Old Friends

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The Difficult Art of Getting

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

The Standard Oil Company

39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55

Some Experiences in the Oil Business

56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87

Other Business Experiences and Business Principles

88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104

The Difficult Art of Giving

105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125

The Benevolent Trust—the Value of the Coöperative Principle in Giving

126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144