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Costco’s $1.50 Hot-Dog Ultimatum

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Eric Ries recounts Jim Sinegal’s legendary threat—“If you raise the price of the effing hot dog, I will kill you”—and explains the deep business wisdom behind defending Costco’s iconic deal.

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