My Personal Hero: Walter Elias Disney: My Personal Hero
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Walter Elias Disney, My Personal Hero Imagine going to Los Angeles California with only 40 dollars with you and trying to start a company. Sounds impossible right? Not! Walter Elias Disney was a very famous innovator and animator in the 1900’s and he created the famous company called “Disney” and the very famous cartoon “Mickey Mouse.” Walt Disney is a hero in my eyes because Walt failed throughout his lifetime at numerous things and was told that he coldn’t do anything, but he never gave up and he ended up building a huge company that is one of the world’s greatest known motion-picture companies in the world!
Walt’s Early Life was happy at times and sad at times. Walt faced many difficulties throughout his early life. Walter Elias Disney
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Walt would work at Disney often ’till midnight and demanded the same of his employees (JustDisney.org). (what does this say about him, as a person?) In grueling “sweatbox” sessions he could fire an animator for a poorly drawn dwarf’s thumb (JustDisney.org). But Walt also had a nice side, he built a corporate campus with airy rooms, air-conditioning and top furniture, in the manner of today’s coolest ad agencies or software firms. Dress, led by Walt, was casual and he also encouraged pranks among the staff (Forbes.com). I appreciate how Walt was rough at times but also nice and happy at times. There are not many bosses who can do that so I idolize Walt for that. But In 1941 Disney studio animators went on strike because they were promised a reward after they spent long hours and hardly ever left the Disney studio while they were working on the film “Snow White” (SaysDigitalCommons.ric.edu). But what set the workers off was when 17 workers were fired for “pro-union activity (SaysDigitalCommons.ric.edu). Later on fellow outraged employes made stirring speeches in support of their colleagues and the next day three hundred workers went on strike (SaysDigitalCommons.ric.edu). Walt was shattered (Forbes.com). He would never again feel the same passion for cartoons …show more content…
Walt Disney invented the multiplane camera in 1936 (Yahoo.com). The multiple camera brought a new way of seeing things from different angles that nobody ever thought was possible (Yahoo.com). Another one of Walt’s inventions was Mickey mouse who was actually named “Mortimer,” until Walt’s wife, Lily, suggested “Mickey” was a better choice (Google.com). But the thing I like most about Walt Disney was that Walt failed numerous times but never gave up. Before Walt Disney built the empire he has today, he was fired by a newspaper editor because “he lacked imagination and had no good ideas” (Forbes.com) Than when Walt first tried to get MGM studios to distribute Mickey Mouse in 1927, he was told that the idea would never work because a giant mouse on the screen would terrify women (Forbes.com). Later at age 22, Walt experienced bankruptcy after the failure of a cartoon series in Kansas City. He then headed to Los Angeles with $40 in cash and started making billions of dollars (MousePlanet.com). From Walt’s failures I have realized that every time Walt has failed it has lead him closer to success. An example is when Walt failed with a cartoon in Kansas, when Walt failed he headed to L.A. hoping he could get a job and that led him to richness and success. Walt’s fails has also helped me be more comfortable with
In this essay, the author
- Opines that walt disney is a hero because he failed throughout his lifetime at numerous things, but never gave up and built one of the world's greatest known motion-picture companies.
- Explains that walt's early life was happy and sad, and he faced many difficulties. his father was a strict and religious man who often physically abused his children.
- Narrates how walt's work for his father led to a bad relationship with his father. walt dropped out of school and joined the red cross, but was rejected for being underage.
- Opines that walt disney is a hero because he failed throughout his lifetime at numerous things, but never gave up and built one of the world's greatest known motion-picture companies.
- Explains that walt's early life was happy and sad, and he faced many difficulties. his father was a strict and religious man who often physically abused his children.
- Narrates how walt's work for his father led to a bad relationship with his father. walt dropped out of school and joined the red cross, but was rejected for being underage.
- Opines that walt's perseverance showed him to never give up and he started the most well-known motion picture company in the world.
- Explains that walt's life consisted of amusement parks and television, but he couldn't find the money to build the future "disneyland". walt took courage and went with television.
- Opines that walt was a hero because he had perseverance and persevered through his mother's death.
- Opines that walt had a good and dark side while working at disney. he was rough, but also nice and happy. in 1941, disney studio animators went on strike for pro-union activity.
- Opines that walt's end of life shows how perseverance pays off and it will reward you in the future.
- Opines that walt won 32 academy awards between 1931 and 1968, and still holds the record for most individual oscars won. walt created an amusement park that is worth 57 billion dollars and makes around 1 million dollars a day.
- Opines that walt's failures have led him closer to success. walt failed with a cartoon series in kansas and headed to l.a.
- Concludes that walt is superior to any other "hero" because he failed at so many things and had a rough childhood. walt became the leader and the voice of family entertainment.
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- Explains that walt's brothers and his self-had problems about their relationship with their dad that they all ran away from home early in their lives. he tried to enlist in the u.s. army, but was rejected because he was too young.
- Narrates how walt disney had a lot of struggles in his life, such as paying his bills, family problems, and the army taking over his studios.
- Describes walt's struggle with paying rent and bills, and how his brother, roy, helped him set up a studio in hollywood. the early flop of the alice comedies inoculated walt against fear of failure.
- Explains that walt's brothers and his self-had problems about their relationship with their dad that they all ran away from home early in their lives. he tried to enlist in the u.s. army, but was rejected because he was too young.
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- Concludes that walt disney was a successful man, but he had some difficulties in his life. he was like everyone else in the world.
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- Explains that walt disney had a unique business sense and work ethic. his risk taking and hardworking attitude all pushed him to become the strong businessman.
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- Explains that disney was born in chicago, illinois, to his father elias disney and his mother flora disney. they moved to marceline, missouri, where he began to love drawing and painting.
- Narrates how walt disney began to enjoy drawing and performing in front of his friends at school. he dropped out of high school and enlisted in the army.
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- Explains that disney was born in chicago, illinois, to his father elias disney and his mother flora disney. they moved to marceline, missouri, where he began to love drawing and painting.
- Narrates how walt disney began to enjoy drawing and performing in front of his friends at school. he dropped out of high school and enlisted in the army.
- Narrates how walt disney decided to become a newspaper cartoonist when he was 18 years old. he started working at pesmen-rubin art studio and met ub iwerks.
- Narrates how disney's brother roy and iwerks moved to hollywood and opened the disney brothers' studio. they also invented oswald and the lucky rabbit.
- Narrates how disney's career took off after a setback in 1941 and the animators went on strike.
- Opines that disney was the best artist since leonardo. he was always pushing himself to the limits, discovering new things, and finding a way to make his animations better.
- Explains that walt disney was able to overcome all of critics and obstacles making him an interesting life story and place a huge impact on america.
1911 wordsRead More - Disney's Success In The Success Of Walt Disneyanalytical essayNo one can be exempt from experiencing the hardships in life. Great success comes from failures. But not everyone has great success because they do not continue on after the failures. Some of us instead give up rather than continue to venture forward to achieve our goals and dreams. With that in mind, it is important to look at what motivates humans to continue on after failures. Walt Disney like everyone else in this world had successful ventures and complete failures. But, unlike those people who just give up after failing one time. Walt Disney kept on going and he soon succeeded. Walt Disney moved forward because of his goals and perseverance in life. There were many people who talked about Disney’s life, Neal Gabler stresses Disney’s early commitment to innovation’’(Gabler, 2006, p. 121). And as Schickel notes, ‘‘Mickey would become a symbol of the unconquerably chipper American spirit in the depths of the Depression’’(Schickel,1998, p.124). In essence, as shown by his life, his thoughts on work and achievements and his thought on his career and family, Walt Disney was motivated mostly by the goals he wished to achieve that had to do with motivation for art and his family rather than the being motivated by someone with incentives or being seemingly
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- Analyzes how walt disney, like everyone else, had successful ventures and complete failures, but he kept on going and soon succeeded. he was motivated by his goals and perseverance in life.
- Explains that walt disney's life was marked with many failures, but, this did not stop him from trying. he felt that he was strengthened because of his failings in life.
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- Analyzes how walt disney, like everyone else, had successful ventures and complete failures, but he kept on going and soon succeeded. he was motivated by his goals and perseverance in life.
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- Opines that walt disney was motivated by his goals and perseverance that shine through his work. he was relatable to others and had many faults.
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- Explains that disney is one of the most famous names in the animation industry. the company is known for international theme parks and a world-class animation studio.
- Explains that walt disney was born on december 5, 1901, in hermosa, illinois, and was the classic rags-to-riches story, beginning with his youth in the small missouri town of marceline.
- Explains that disney's children were denied a typical childhood environment, their father refused to provide toys, games, and sporting equipment. walt never got past the ninth grade.
- Explains that disney is one of the most famous names in the animation industry. the company is known for international theme parks and a world-class animation studio.
- Explains that walt disney was born on december 5, 1901, in hermosa, illinois, and was the classic rags-to-riches story, beginning with his youth in the small missouri town of marceline.
- Explains that disney's children were denied a typical childhood environment, their father refused to provide toys, games, and sporting equipment. walt never got past the ninth grade.
- Explains that disney didn't know what his future held or what he wanted to do. he tried joining the army, but was rejected due to his young age.
- Describes how walt discovered the great world of animation while working at pesmen-rubin art studio in kansas city. while keeping his day job, he began making laugh-o-gram ad films and animation shorts with artist ub iwerks
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1625 wordsRead More - Walter Disney Biographyexplanatory essayThere is no doubt that Walt Disney left the world a better place. After all of the significant achievements that he accomplished such as receiving more than 950 honors and citations from every nation in the world, including 48 Academy Awards and seven Emmys in his lifetime, there is not a person in the world that has not smiled due to Walt Disney’s impact on society. He did in fact become the legend; He became an example of the American Dream. Walt had reached the point where he didn’t work for money, only for what he loved the most – animation. He was perhaps the only man who was able to transform imagination into reality for the incentive of happiness in himself and others. Therefore, making Walter Elias Disney one of the most memorable and significant people of the 20th century.
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- Explains that walt disney was the dreamer and the do-er who brought his imagination to life through determination and hard work. he became the next leonardo davinci — a significant, genuine artist that impacted society at heart.
- Explains that walter elias disney was born on the 5th of december, 1901 in chicago, illinois. he was raised by his father, who was irish and canadian, and his mother, flora call disney.
- Explains how walt's fascination with trains developed into miniature train sets on his backyard, and eventually one at his very own theme park.
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- Explains that walter elias disney was born on the 5th of december, 1901 in chicago, illinois. he was raised by his father, who was irish and canadian, and his mother, flora call disney.
- Explains how walt's fascination with trains developed into miniature train sets on his backyard, and eventually one at his very own theme park.
- Narrates how walt disney relocated to chicago, where he continued his studies. he attended mckinley high school, the academy of fine arts and marceline's main street.
- Narrates how walt's "careless" years enabled him to develop love and admiration for nature, wildlife, family and community. he also discovered love for acting and performing.
- Explains that walt realized that he was born to make people smile and make the world a better place for good.
- Describes how walt wanted to pursue a career in commercial art and when he met ub iwerks in 1922, they began producing short animated films for local businesses. walt ran out of money and his company laugh-o-grams went bankrupt.
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- Explains that walt disney created the burbank studio, which had over 1,000 artists, animators, story men, and technicians involved with disney.
- Explains that walt's dream of owning a clean and organized amusement park became real when the $17 million park, known as disneyland, opened in 1955.
- Explains that walt disney wanted to expand his imagination into reality and make the world a better place — he directed the design of an experimental prototype community of tomorrow.
- Explains that walt disney died on december 15, 1966, just ten days after his 65th birthday. he wanted to provide a place for people to develop talent for the future.
- Opines that walt disney left the world a better place after receiving more than 950 honors and citations from every nation, including 48 academy awards and seven emmys in his lifetime.
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- Opines that one has to own up to their ignorance and find people who are eager to fill their heads with information.
- Opines that a person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there.
- Opines that there is more treasure in books than in pirates’ loot on treasure island and at the bottom of the spanish main... and you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.
- Opines that one has to own up to their ignorance and find people who are eager to fill their heads with information.
- Opines that a person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there.
- Opines that there is more treasure in books than in pirates’ loot on treasure island and at the bottom of the spanish main... and you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.
- Explains that they don't look backwards for very long. they keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because they're curious.
- Opines that the world is getting better; there is plenty of opportunity. when they were a kid, they thought it was already too late to make good at anything.
- Analyzes how walt disney's life and work show the value of imagination and dreaming big. hard work and persistence were the keys to overcoming the obstacles in his path.
- Explains that walt disney was an artist who changed animation and film-making forever and created disneyland, a place that still thrills the imagination of children and adults today.
- Opines that disney's formal education ended in the eighth grade, and his education up to that point was often interrupted. there is little credible evidence to suggest that this is true.
- Opines that a young boy who worked the paper route didn't regret having worked like he'd worked. he was happy, excited, and doing things.
- Analyzes how laugh-o-grams' failure helped him learn a lot from it. a kick in the teeth may be the best thing for one.
794 wordsRead More - The Story of Walt Elias Disneyanalytical essayFrom a small community area within the suburbs of Chicago to the hills of California, Walter Elias Disney’s journey through life is considered to be, at least by myself, an incredibly inspirational story. Walt Disney was the epitome of an innovator during the era that he was alive for. His determination and resiliency to follow his dreams were never stopped as he created one of the most successful corporations in the world today. His lasting legacy has shaped The Walt Disney Company’s business strategies for the present and ongoing future. In terms of revenue The Walt Disney Company, otherwise known as Disney, is currently considered the second largest media firm in the world, only to be behind Comcast (“Global 2000”). It is my goal to break down Walt Disney’s story towards becoming the influential leader that he will always be remembered as. After touching up on his background story, I want to walk you through the very beginnings of the Disney Company all the way to the end of Walt’s life. The story will begin where all he had was a small cartoon named Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and finish with Walt’s latest and greatest accomplishment, Mary Poppins. I will illustrate the difficult times and successful times throughout his almost 50 year reign within the media business. Notice how I only relate to Walt Disney’s life as a story; I do this because I firmly believe that his life was the greatest story of them all. He has brought so much joy to families with his revolutionary ideas and willingness to take risks because he wanted to share his imagination with the world. The story of Walt Disney’s life truly was a dream come true.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that walt disney's journey through life is considered an incredibly inspirational story. his determination and resiliency to follow his dreams were never stopped.
- Explains that walter elias disney was born in hermosa, illinois. his father was a contractor who built many buildings within the community. walt's family moved to kansas city, where he got his first job.
- Narrates how walt reenacted comedic skits with his best friend rather than playing at his own house. elias was supportive and allowed walt to pursue his dreams of wanting to be an artist.
- Opines that walt disney's journey through life is considered an incredibly inspirational story. his determination and resiliency to follow his dreams were never stopped.
- Explains that walter elias disney was born in hermosa, illinois. his father was a contractor who built many buildings within the community. walt's family moved to kansas city, where he got his first job.
- Narrates how walt reenacted comedic skits with his best friend rather than playing at his own house. elias was supportive and allowed walt to pursue his dreams of wanting to be an artist.
- Explains that walt disney was sent to france to deal with post-war injuries. he drew war cartoons and sent them back to the united states in hopes that they would be published in a magazine or newspaper.
- Analyzes how laugh-o-grams, which was purchased by a local theatre, revolutionized the art of animation. the biggest project was called alice's wonderland.
- Narrates walt's journey through life, which led him to take on a newfound love for animation.
1364 wordsRead More - Walt Disney: A Heroopinion essayAll the characters like Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, and all the Disney Princesses were created my and inspiration hero named Walt Disney. To be a hero in my mind you have to put everybody else before you. A hero doesn't have to save someone's life or be strong and rich. A hero can be anyone who does something because they know it's right and, in doing so they make and impact on someone. Walt Disney impacted many lives of little children. I believe that Disney is a hero because he was very creative, inspirational, and had a great impact on my life.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that disney is a hero because he was creative, inspirational, and had an impact on their life.
- Opines that walt disney created many characters such as mickey and minnie mouse, pooh and piglet and all of the disney princesses. he brought a whole new idea into play.
- Opines that walt disney was inspiration to many people through the characters he created. although the princess movies were about romance and fantasy, there was a lesson behind them.
- Opines that disney is a hero because he was creative, inspirational, and had an impact on their life.
- Opines that walt disney created many characters such as mickey and minnie mouse, pooh and piglet and all of the disney princesses. he brought a whole new idea into play.
- Opines that walt disney was inspiration to many people through the characters he created. although the princess movies were about romance and fantasy, there was a lesson behind them.
244 wordsRead More - A Brief Biography Of Walt Disneyexplanatory essayDisney began producing short animations for local business’, and then wound up starting his own company, “Laugh-O-Gram.” Unfortunately, after moving to Hollywood in his early twenties the company went bankrupt. But this set back didn’t stop Disney, he continued to work in order to make his desires become a reality. After marrying his wife Lillian and having two daughters, Walt came up with the iconic “Mickey Mouse.”
In this essay, the author
- Explains that passion, innovation, self-confidence, power to motivate, courage to take risks, and vision are what make a great leader. walt disney transformed the entertainment industry with his innovative trait.
- Explains that walt disney pioneered the fields of animation, created the world's best theme parks, and inspired generations through entertainment, establishing himself as a genuine part of america.
- Narrates how walt developed an interest in art from a young age, selling drawings to neighbors, and attending an arts school at night during his teenage years. after working for the red cross, he returned home to pursue an animation career.
- Explains that passion, innovation, self-confidence, power to motivate, courage to take risks, and vision are what make a great leader. walt disney transformed the entertainment industry with his innovative trait.
- Explains that walt disney pioneered the fields of animation, created the world's best theme parks, and inspired generations through entertainment, establishing himself as a genuine part of america.
- Narrates how walt developed an interest in art from a young age, selling drawings to neighbors, and attending an arts school at night during his teenage years. after working for the red cross, he returned home to pursue an animation career.
- Explains that disney began producing short animations for local business', and then wound up starting his own company, "laugh-o-gram." after moving to hollywood in his early twenties the company went bankrupt.
- Explains that mickey mouse was the true stepping-stone for disney. his animation and the final introduction of mickey hit the screen, november 18, 1928, in "steamboat willie."
- Explains that walt's "snow white and the seven dwarfs" became the first full-length musical feature and produced over a million dollars. walt acted out the story embodying all the characters and letting them visualize his idea.
- Explains that disney's staff grew to over 1,000 by 1940. more than 100 features were produced in his studio, and he even branched into using entertainment as a way to educate.
- Explains that walt's next dream was to make an amusement park unlike any other. he purchased 43 square miles in florida, spent seven years planning and 52 months constructing.
- Explains that disney branched off into tv production, and was the first to make full color programming. calarts, california institute of arts, was created in 1961.
- Opines that walt disney was a transformational leader who inspired change through his passion, inspiration, and creative mindset.
- Opines that walt disney demonstrated leadership that people could believe in, allowing his followers to see his visions and be inspired by them.
- Explains that walt understood that in order to be successful he had to move with change, but more importantly, strive for one step ahead. being a risk taker allows an individual to explore new innovations.
- Opines that walt disney's leadership skills are inspiring. he is a real role model, one who can look up to and see that through hard work anything is possible.
780 wordsRead More - Walter Elias Disneyexplanatory essayWalter Disney was born in Illinois to Elias and Flora Disney. He had four siblings: Roy, Ruth, Herb, and Ray. Walter was the youngest boy in the family but he wasn’t the youngest child. "Walter got his name from a preacher his father, Elias Disney, made a proposal with. The preacher's name was Walter Parr (Walt, 24)." Walter was a very artistic child. "Walter spent most of his time tagging after his mother to help with her chores. He also played alone and with his live animals (Walt, 27)." Walt started drawing pictures when he was around five years old. Walter liked to paint pictures and then he sold them to his neighbors and family friends. Everyone around him knew of his skill to draw and paint. Disney was close to his brother, Roy Disney. Roy Disney was only eight years older than Walter. Walter attended an elementary and then attended McKinley High School. In high school, Walter took...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that walter elias disney is a famous animator, producer, director, screenwriter, entrepreneur, and voice actor.
- Explains that walter disney was born in illinois to elias and flora disney. he had four siblings: roy, ruth, herb, and ray.
- Explains how walt disney hired fred herman as his first employee and started his own company, laugh-o-grams, in 1920.
- Explains that walter elias disney is a famous animator, producer, director, screenwriter, entrepreneur, and voice actor.
- Explains that walter disney was born in illinois to elias and flora disney. he had four siblings: roy, ruth, herb, and ray.
- Explains how walt disney hired fred herman as his first employee and started his own company, laugh-o-grams, in 1920.
- Narrates how walter disney renamed his studio "walt disney studio" to make many movies and films mostly for children. walter's multi-plane camera added the illusion of depth to the animated films.
- Narrates how walter and roy disney blamed themselves for their mother's death. they spent most of their time bettering their studio and everything about it.
- Narrates how walt disney decided to name his amusement park disney's "disneyland" after scouting different places for ideas. disney was among the first to use television as entertainment.
1292 wordsRead More - Walt Disney Company Case Studyanalytical essayWalter Disney was the entrepreneur who had the creative skills. Knowing his limitations, he let other people do what he couldn't do good enough himself. This is an important skill, as it leads to quality products being made. The step from making short cartoons to doing full length cartoons and later live-action movie production is quite natural. What is not that natural and straight forward, and at the same time significant to the success of Disney, is the way in which Disney started to integrate vertically when they created the Buena Vista Distribution. The vertical integration along with the horizontal diversification has allowed for the exceptional building and exploitation of the huge synergies that exists in Disney, and which has to be regarded as the main reason for the success of Disney.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that disney's success is a combination of creativity and innovations, and the managerial ability to identify and take advantage of every possible synergy.
- Analyzes how the strong branding of the name disney made it possible to go into the theme park industry. it created a spiral of synergies, where characters in movies get more popular due to the parks.
- Analyzes how the different business lines of disney are put together under one roof to promote the brand?disney? and their entertainment products.
- Explains that disney's success is a combination of creativity and innovations, and the managerial ability to identify and take advantage of every possible synergy.
- Analyzes how the strong branding of the name disney made it possible to go into the theme park industry. it created a spiral of synergies, where characters in movies get more popular due to the parks.
- Analyzes how the different business lines of disney are put together under one roof to promote the brand?disney? and their entertainment products.
- Opines that media networks, theme parks & resorts, consumer products, and internet and direct marketing are distibution channels for disney's studio entertainment products.
- Explains that disney is a large conglomerate with many different parts relying on the same product and brand, so communication between these becomes increasingly important.
- Illustrates how disney handles movie releases with a presentation so that the other departments can be brought into the process for them to form their own product strategy.
- Explains disney dimensions' corporate marketing function in 1987 to coordinate joint marketing activities. according to michael eisner, synergy is achieved through inter department relations.
- Analyzes how michael eisner is described as the sole leader of the company, although he encourages relations across departments.
- Argues that disney should apply their expertise and core competences in the areas where it is relevant and can result in a comparative advantage.
- Opines that disney's core competences lie within entertainment and they should stay in that area. disney has always targeted kids as their main segment but usually the whole family participates.
- Explains that disney already operates in the traveling business and hotel management in relation to the theme parks and open up hotels in other tourist sites. the same principle applies to restaurants and cruise ships.
- Opines that disney should explore these options only if it does not hurt the brand because that would cause them substantial losses in the long run. the success rely on disney studios producing movies which are the foundation for the parks.
- Argues that disney should keep the licensing agreement they have at present and not try to make these products themselves. from a legal perspective, they see no problem in growth from disney in relations to antitrust because although disney is present in many businesses, the markets in which they are present are characterized by more competitors.
- Opines that disney's npv would be higher if it splits up than the company in going concern in its current state.
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