t***@yahoo.com
2005-05-22 16:14:16 UTC
Dear all:
I was watching one of those business success stories on TV. There
is a middle aged woman who started a real estate business when she had
$550 in her pocket. She was wildly successful. Then, to cut down on
the demands of work, she sold it and opened a McDonald's.
She ended up with three McD and 250 employees. Then, she saw the
bun making plant. She begged and begged to become the plant head. She
continuously wrote to McD head quarters to be allowed to become the
head. This is because she was passionate about buns. Ever since she
first saw the plant, she knew she wanted to run it. She started
talking the language of a bun maker: ie flour from China; Sesame prices
in Singapore; and the acquisition of Yeast for low prices.
Eventually, McD let her be the head. She renovated the process
and improved it. She now grosses 550 million and is launching a line
of trucking company to deliver to not just McD, but several other big
chains.
I thought it was a remarkable story. All the more remarkable is
that she is just an ordinary woman. She is a single mother of three
kids. She used to cry morning when the sun came up because she started
driving to work @ 3AM and would see the sun rise. It was very hard on
her to work so hard while she had the three young kids.
My question is: how did she do it? How can an ordinary lady
become so wildly successful? Is it a natural talent for business?
What is it about her that she is successful in all she does? Is it her
passion (ie she is passionate about buns)?. She started with only
$550. [They showed a picture of her Mercedes Benz. The plate reads:
BUNLADY]. [she also joked: "when I wanted to own my own business, it
was so I could have more time for myself; but I have yet to figure out
how to do that :-) "]
Can anyone shed light on this? Why and How can someone do it?
My wife and I are both Physicians, but we are looking for ways to
invest money. We are pretty book smart and have graduated medical
school. My wife is a family physician with the Air Force, and I am
planning to specialize in Psychiatry somewhere down the line. So,
we've had professional success, but what about business? I guess we
are looking for some words of wisdom so we would get over our
apprehension about venturing into a new territory of investing.
After seeing the BUN-LADY story, we wonder if we can open a
McDonald's. I hear that you have to have 1 million dollars. I also
hear that before buying any business, one would be smart to work it for
six months. So, if we were ever to purchase one, you can be sure that
I would work it for six months--at least we know that much.
Any input would be appreciated.
signed: McDman
I was watching one of those business success stories on TV. There
is a middle aged woman who started a real estate business when she had
$550 in her pocket. She was wildly successful. Then, to cut down on
the demands of work, she sold it and opened a McDonald's.
She ended up with three McD and 250 employees. Then, she saw the
bun making plant. She begged and begged to become the plant head. She
continuously wrote to McD head quarters to be allowed to become the
head. This is because she was passionate about buns. Ever since she
first saw the plant, she knew she wanted to run it. She started
talking the language of a bun maker: ie flour from China; Sesame prices
in Singapore; and the acquisition of Yeast for low prices.
Eventually, McD let her be the head. She renovated the process
and improved it. She now grosses 550 million and is launching a line
of trucking company to deliver to not just McD, but several other big
chains.
I thought it was a remarkable story. All the more remarkable is
that she is just an ordinary woman. She is a single mother of three
kids. She used to cry morning when the sun came up because she started
driving to work @ 3AM and would see the sun rise. It was very hard on
her to work so hard while she had the three young kids.
My question is: how did she do it? How can an ordinary lady
become so wildly successful? Is it a natural talent for business?
What is it about her that she is successful in all she does? Is it her
passion (ie she is passionate about buns)?. She started with only
$550. [They showed a picture of her Mercedes Benz. The plate reads:
BUNLADY]. [she also joked: "when I wanted to own my own business, it
was so I could have more time for myself; but I have yet to figure out
how to do that :-) "]
Can anyone shed light on this? Why and How can someone do it?
My wife and I are both Physicians, but we are looking for ways to
invest money. We are pretty book smart and have graduated medical
school. My wife is a family physician with the Air Force, and I am
planning to specialize in Psychiatry somewhere down the line. So,
we've had professional success, but what about business? I guess we
are looking for some words of wisdom so we would get over our
apprehension about venturing into a new territory of investing.
After seeing the BUN-LADY story, we wonder if we can open a
McDonald's. I hear that you have to have 1 million dollars. I also
hear that before buying any business, one would be smart to work it for
six months. So, if we were ever to purchase one, you can be sure that
I would work it for six months--at least we know that much.
Any input would be appreciated.
signed: McDman