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Ryan Holiday on Opening a Bookstore During a Pandemic

Jul 5, 2021

47:17

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

Is There a Pandemic in the Supply Chain?

3min

The Pandemic and the Painting Porch Podcast

4min

Are Most Book Stores Today Multi Use Space?

4min

The Motley Fool's Top Stock Picking Service for 99 Doll

4min

Can We Look Ourself in the Mirror and Be Part of the Problem?

3min

Did You Get Help From the State or Federal Government?

5min

Keeping Books in Stock During the Pandemic

3min

Are We Reading Less Than We Used to Be?

5min

10.

How Do You Choose Your Shipping Rates?

3min

11.

Bloomberg Is Brought to You by Dialpad

4min

12.

Is There a Labor Shortage in Texas?

4min

13.

Amazon and Indie Bookstores

4min

14.

Are You Working on Anything at the Moment?

2min

15.

The Challenges of Starting a Brick and Mortar Book Store

2min

16.

The Odd Loghts Podcast - Is the Book Shortage Resolving?

3min

Bookstores typically aren't seen as the most attractive businesses in the year 2021. Add in the pandemic, and that makes it even tougher. And if you're in Texas, dealing with multiple blackouts, then it gets even harder than that. Our guest on this episode did all of that. We speak with the author Ryan Holiday, the author of several books including The Daily Stoic and Ego Is the Enemy, as well as Conspiracy, a book about the takedown of Gawker. He talks about his new bookshop in Bastrop Texas, and all of the various difficulties he's faced over the last year in running the operation.

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