how a couple of regular guys grew the Home Depot from nothing to $30 billion Marcus, Bernie. creator text New York Times Business 1999 monographic xx, 332 p 25 cm. Built from Scratch tells many colorful stories associated with The Home Depot’s founding and meteoric rise; shows that a company can be a tough, growth-oriented competitor and still maintain a high sense of responsibility to the community; and provides great lessons useful to people in any business, from start-ups to the Fortune 500 Includes index Home Depot (Firm)-History 381.456 9780812933789 20260623065628.0