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Henry Flagler’s “Surfing” - Standard Oil (General Research Notes #7)
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Henry Flagler’s “Surfing” - Standard Oil (General Research Notes #7)

Notes on Standard Oil's Henry Flagler, and Charlie Munger's model of "surfing".

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Dec 05, 2022
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Flagler’s “Surfing” (1850s - 1860s)

A part of Flagler’s history caught my attention, given I just added notes on Patterson of NCR and Munger saying part of Patterson’s success was from Munger’s model of “surfing” and being early to catch and ride the wave of change.

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