182 years ago the foundation was put in place for one of the world’s largest conglomerates. And it all started in a little town in Massachusetts. This episode, we’re headed down the Berkshire Hathaway rabbit hole to figure out how one boat ride from London to New York set off the events that would lead Warren Buffet to owning one of the most well-known businesses in the nation. Strap in for the journey as we talk cotton mills, sibling rivalries, and blind revenge.

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Books
Elizabeth Buffman Chace, 1806-1899: Her Life and Its Environment by Lillie Buffum Chace Wyman
Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. by Seabury Stanton
Memoir of Samuel Slater by George S. White
The Textile American, Volumes 9-10

Websites
Greener Pastures
Explore Adams
Find a Grave
Britannica
National Parks Service

Articles
The Berkshire Bunch
Warren Buffett’s $200B Berkshire Blunder and the Valuable Lesson He Learned
Berkshire Hathaway, The Legacy of a Yankee Carpenter
Nylon: A Revolution in Textiles

Videos
Berkshire Cotton Mfg. Co., Adams, Massachusetts, circa 1917

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Episode 3: Berkshire Hathaway