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Should Colonel Sanders be labeled as one of the greatest men of all time? - Baxter Dewall - 10-12-2012 11:27 PM
The dude was a such a great example for teaching kids hard work and never giving in. He started as a cook and eventually started serving meals out of his apartment to make money. Built himself up some reputation, and opened a restaurant. He had a dream, and motivation to do what he wanted to do. He had a decent restaurant, then the govn. moved the interstate over and his business fell apart. He went on social security, got his first check, said f that, and packed his bags and a bucket of chicken and hit the road thinking "I know I can make some good chicken, now I need to go sell it". He tried peddling his chicken for a while, 1000s of people turned him down, then he got his chance. Eventually he built his chicken empire up. Learned marketing, opened more stores, franchised out, and eventually sold his empire for a ton of cash. He did not fall back on the government to make decisions for him, he understood capitalism, he got off his a$$ and made something happen when all was looking bleak. Not only did he make something happen for himself, he employed multitudes of people and gave so many others a life as well. Dave from Wendys actually started as a cook in one of the Colonels restaurants or some crap like that. I wonder why schools only focus on the MLK's and such in this world and not the ordinary folks who turn chicken chit into chicken salad.
tugboat, guess I went offtrack with that. I was meaning to ask how come kids never learn about real life success stories, people other then scientists and civil rights leaders, in schools.
- anonymous - 10-12-2012 11:35 PM
In the end, he was a sellout, and he was ashamed of what KFC turned into. I believe he used the word "prostituted."
- Aw yeauh - 10-12-2012 11:35 PM
I read that a long time ago but yeah most big business people will tell you in this day and age they would have never been able to pull it off because of the oppressive atmosphere towards startups. Big business has too many favors with the government to allow small business to squeeze in. They are even trying to squash the internet vendors.
- Natural - 10-12-2012 11:35 PM
No
- Nathan - 10-12-2012 11:35 PM
yes yes he should
- tugboat - 10-12-2012 11:35 PM
...that's very impressive!...thanks for the social success story ...
