Friday, January 7, 2011

Kelloggs

  • inventide litle flakes of corn which soon became corn flakes
  • Nearly dies of Terbiculosis when a child
  • Did not like factory work
  • decided he wantewd to be a teacher
  • Enrolled in medical school in New York
  • eliminated use of water therapy
  • after the war, men drank, smoked, and spat,
  • opened a "Health Spa"
  • you either loved or hated doctor kellogg, there was no middle ground
  • this made him obnocious to many people
  • Salt and sugar were considered unnatural to somebodies diet
  • meat lead to indigestion
  • obsessed with constipation
  • "a boel movement afgter each meal is what mother nature intended"
  • went to the zoo to study bmowl movements
  • believed the colour white absorbed the heat of the sun
  • Masturbation = "the silent killer of the night"
  • Had a scary out of control beard
  • invented shredded  wheat
  • Charles W Post - Entrepreunier
    • saw a gold mine in kelloggs products
  • Post was hanging around and watching kelloggs inventions
  • markited a cereal in the summer called "grape nuts"
  • Cereal captain of the world (similair to gold rush)
  • at age 42, WK Kellogg (brother) wanted to add sugar to the flakes
  • became $1,000,000.00 business
  • created a 6 hour shift
  • in 1920's W.K. Kellogg was one of most respected men
  • in 1930's set up child welfaire foundation
    • lkater became kellogg foundation
  • lawyers told him lawsuite was unwinable
  • lost touch with reality
  • Dr. J.H. Kellogg died at age of 91
    • wrote his brother a letter of reconcilliation
  • W.K. Kellogg dies at age of 91
    • did not get letter until his death-bed

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Undercover Boss ABM

  • was not aware how hard the jobs really are
    ABM - showing him where the twin towers had fallen
  • Was unable to do some of the jobs

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Famous Entrepreneurs

  • Donald trump
    • had 6mill by age 22
    • father gave him money to start his life
    • owned sports teams
  • Richard Branson
    • Owns Virgin
    • Owns an island
    • very wealthy
  • Orville Redenbacher
    • THIS KID IS AN IDIOT!!
  • Howard Shultz
    • Born in Brooklyn, New York
    • Started Starbucks
  • Bill Gates
    • Born in seattle
    • Went to harvard
    • dropped out of harvard to start microsoft
    • THIS KID AS ANOTHER IDIOT
  • J.D. Rockefeller
    • 'Con" Artist
    • Merchant commission and produce distributor
    • No business plan,
    • Gave over $500 million to charity
  • Ray Kroc
    • Opened Mcdonalds
    • Most well known business
    • wanted a place for familys to go after church
    • aimed for the cheapest, and fastest place to get food
  • Phil Knight
    • Started Nike
    • Competition was a weakness to him
    • Named the shoe "nike" after a greek goddess of victory

Friday, December 10, 2010

Conrad Hilton

  • Known for Honesty and Hospitality
  • Ritch man
  • decided to build hotels
  • became popular
  • known as "the man who bought the waldarth"
  • Net worth: $100,000,000.00 +
  • in 1941 married Elizabeth Taylor

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Post-It Notes & Uro Club

  • Made a mistake trying to make super glue, that stuck to paper but nothing else
  • Used as low power sprasy adhesive or to puut up papers for advertisement
  • would use scraps piece of paper for bookmarks
  • decideed to put adhesive on bookmarks so they would stick
  • Sent samples to all companies executives, they soon ordered more


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  • A object to pee in desguised as a 7 iron
  • Holds 18 ounces... more than the average person pees
  • sold over 3000
  • Final stake was $25,000.00 for 70%
  • Original stake was $25,000.00 for 51%