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#66 Henry Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West

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The Importance of Enthusiasm and Passion

By 1914 Kaiser had been negotiating bids for two years his skills were highly developed. His problem was gaining access to sufficient funds to accept contracts he won. He didn't need much machinery all he needed was shovels wheelbarrows and a few horse drawn scapers scrapers. Henry quickly hired Ord that's his nickname and several of his best men. When Hill's subsidiary Canadian mineral rubber company went bankrupt following the management shake up at the parent company Kaiser knew where to buy cheap equipment so he gets started on the cheap right.

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