Mid-Week Mini: The Gamble That Saved FedEx

About this episode

This episode discusses how a trip to the casino helped save FedEx's future.

In this week’s Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about how the future of FedEx was once saved by a trip to the casino. Did you know The Internet Says It’s True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589 Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent

People in this episode

Host: Michael Kent

Topics covered

• business
• history
• gambling
• entrepreneurship
• success stories

Keywords

• FedEx
• gamble
• casino
• business history
• Michael Kent

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FedEx

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