Tumi & Roam Luggage: Charlie Clifford
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So nineteen eighty two. This is the first year since since you founded to me in seventy five that you actually lost money. And and the bank. I guess that was lending you money started to get nervous. Yes, we had uh got a call from the bankers saying that they wanted us to come down and
Right a very traditional bank building. And I recall getting off the elevator. Uh walking down the hall. And the sign on the frosted glass above the door said Asset Recovery Department. That's not a good sign.
Welcome to How I Built This, a show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements. They built. I'm Guy Roz, and on the show today, how Charlie Clifford's time as a Peace Corps volunteer inspired an import business.
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