Ray Kroc had an Overnight Success with McDonalds

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“I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night.” –Ray Kroc. Ray Kroc was indeed an overnight success; he basically created a multi-million dollar franchise from a small diner that he did not even own. Kroc intended on making high quality burgers that “tasted just the same in Alaska as they did in Alabama,” and this slogan changed the world forever .Ray Kroc was an influential person of the 20th century because he built a fortune 500 restaurant from an idea that was technically not even his, set a standard for all fast food restaurants to follow, and left a historic legacy of a man who earned everything from another man’s mistake.
“In amassing a $500-million fortune, the king of the hamburger transformed the nation's cultural landscape and forged an industry that is among America's greatest exports.”(Wiley) Ray Kroc was 37 when he started a fortune 500 fast-food restaurant. Before he created this franchise, he was a high school dropout selling cups for Lily- Tulip Cup Company. While selling cups, he quickly became the company’s best salesman. After seeing a Multimixer, he left Lily and spent a decade selling them to drug stores and restaurant owners.” One small restaurant in San Bernardino, California, ordered eight machines. Interested in the people who made this order, Kroc left for California to see for himself what kind of restaurant needed to bust out 40 milk shakes at a time. There he found a small hamburger stand run by two brothers, Richard and Mac McDonald” (Ray Kroc Story). The Mcdonald brother’s restaurant was unlike any other restaurant. This restaurant was self-serve, had no indoor seating, and limited to only cheeseburgers, hamburgers, fries, drinks and milk shakes, all of which were produ...

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... think that most restaurants and fast food businesses would be around today. Ray Kroc created and left a legacy of a man who can become one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world from just a little elbow grease and a dream.
As one could tell just by walking around a town, Mcdonalds’ or Ray Kroc has indirectly impacted life as we know it from his fast food chain. Ray Kroc is an influential person of the 20th century because he built a fortune 500 restaurant from an idea that was technically not even his, set a standard for all fast food restaurants to follow, and left a historic legacy of a man who earned everything from another man’s mistake. Kroc changed the world with hamburgers and French fries, and to me, that is a pretty dang good change.
"The definition of salesmanship is the gentle art of letting the customer have it your way."-Ray Kroc (Ray Kroc)

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