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Family Reputation as Credit Line, Management by Suggestion Not Order, Negatives Fuel Forward Momentum
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for Harrison. Bob knew that Carleton County potato farmers were shipping a lot of potatoes to the Birds Eye plant in Maine that processed them into frozen french fries. He felt that there was something promising there,…
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"for Harrison. Bob knew that Carleton County potato farmers were shipping a lot of potatoes to the Birds Eye plant in Maine that processed them into frozen french fries. He felt that there was something promising there, something worth exploring, and he was right. Fast food restaurants with french fries as a central focus were slowly making their pres- ence felt. McDonald’s, Burger King, A&W, Kentucky Fried Chicken all appeared in the mid-1950s in the United States, and the list has kept growing ever since, as did their demands for french fries. Fast food outlets had arrived to stay and they were grabbing a large share of the restaurant food market.25 Bob suggested to Harrison that the time was ripe for a home-grown"
Harrison McCain - Single-Minded Purpose
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Family Reputation as Credit LineManagement by Suggestion Not OrderNegatives Fuel Forward MomentumCultivated Image as Negotiation ArmorImprovise the Entire Machine Then Scale ItEccentric Genius on RetainerRide Two Tailwinds Nobody Else Sees YetQuit First Then Figure It OutMistakes Tolerated Speed RewardedDecision Speed as Competitive WeaponGovernment Money Before Private ScaleSecond-Hand Equipment Until Forced Otherwise