Herb Kelleher: Founder of Southwest Airlines

What I learned from reading "Nuts!: Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success" (https://a.co/d/ax41Lja) by Kevin and Jackie Freiberg and "Herb’s Heroes" (https://a.co/d/ajMPHNj) by David Sanders. https://www.founderspodcast.com/ Full Transcript and Show Notes: https://www.founderspodcast.com/episodes/68535864/senra-322-herb-kelleher-southwest-airlines David Senra: https://x.com/FoundersPodcast?s=20

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Apr 9, 202444mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: April 9, 2024
Duration: 44m
Channel: Founders Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

What I learned from reading "Nuts!: Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success" (https://a.co/d/ax41Lja) by Kevin and Jackie Freiberg and "Herb’s Heroes" (https://a.co/d/ajMPHNj) by David Sanders. https://www.founderspodcast.com/ Full Transcript and Show Notes: https://www.founderspodcast.com/episodes/68535864/senra-322-herb-kelleher-southwest-airlines David Senra: https://x.com/FoundersPodcast?s=20

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David Senra
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Host/creator of the Founders Podcast, narrating entrepreneur biographies and business lessons.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Founders Podcast, featuring David Senra, Herb Kelleher: Founder of Southwest Airlines explores herb Kelleher built Southwest through speed, low costs, and constant questioning Senra traces Kelleher's resilience to his childhood, when his widowed mother taught him that adversity is normal, and to a work ethic honed over six years in a soup factory.

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