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Arthur G. Gaston: Entrepreneur Against All Odds
The grandson of slaves, Arthur George Gaston was born in 1892 in Demopolis, Alabama, to Rosie Gaston. There is no record of his father’s name, who died shortly afterward. A. G. Gaston started with nothing but the encouragement of his mother and grandparents. Over the...![General Robert Wood: The Forgotten Man Who Changed Sears and the World](https://www.archbridgeinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/robert_wood-01-1080x628.jpg)
General Robert Wood: The Forgotten Man Who Changed Sears and the World
Before there was Amazon, there was Sears, Roebuck, using the mail-order catalog where the Internet is used today. Before Walmart was the world’s largest retailer (and company of any type), there was Sears, Roebuck, in its glory days by far the largest retailer on...![Brand Man: The HJ Heinz Story](https://www.archbridgeinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Heinz-train-advertising-1-e1643253734758.png)
Brand Man: The HJ Heinz Story
It’s December 1875. Thirty-one-year-old Henry John “HJ” Heinz is bedridden the entire month with deep depression. On some days, he cannot even get out of bed. His world has collapsed around him. For the last six years, he and his friends and financial backers, the...![Jim Casey: The Unknown Entrepreneur Who Built the Great UPS](https://www.archbridgeinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/jim_casey-01-1080x628.jpg)