Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
4 Mar 2026 Acquired Costco
“David, the other crazy thing is, I think Robert may have signed every copy of this book because he signed yours, and he signed the one that I got.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 4 Mar 2026
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Costco
Transcript context
…It's self-published. I don't think there's anywhere else in the world that lays out in detail exactly how Costco works and its predecessor companies. It's amazing. Also super fun, Blinkist, sponsored the show, made a summary for us. Yes. I was texting David before this, listeners. I was like, I don't think a lot of people are going to be able to get this book if they want it. Blinkist agreed to order a copy and then turn it into a blink. You can get the Blinkist summary. We'll link to the show notes on how to do that. David, the other crazy thing is, I think Robert may have signed every copy of this book because he signed yours, and he signed the one that I got. Amazing. That's how rare this thing is. Back to Sol's growing up years, he says in the book, there's a quote from him, "In the New York Jewish community at the time, there was no such thing as Republicans. The Socialists were the Conservatives and the Communists were the radicals."…
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