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How Gustav Stickley Built a Movement on Purpose
Before the tech giants and the conglomerates, there was Gustav Stickley, a furniture maker who turned a moral vision into a business empire. In this episode of The CEO Diary, Lucas and Luna explore how Stickley's Arts and Crafts movement rejected mass production, built a loyal following through his magazine The Craftsman, and created a vertically integrated company that made everything from chairs to houses. They dig into the real numbers: a 25 percent growth rate in the early 1900s, a product line that expanded from furniture to entire homes, and the fatal mistake of expanding too fast…
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