undercover boss/ abm

american building maitenence
33 years old ceo
didnt get the first job driving
didnt get the second job window washing
sucked at being a janitor
tryed being an elivator operator
he was impressed with all their work
donated 25gs to a world trade center fund
sends elivator operator on a vaction and gets him a union in his name
gets kenny a manager job at abm and pays for his firefighter school
gave peter a safety council job, pays for his sons treatement

young entraprenuers

bill gates- born in seattle, wanted to expand computer uses
JD rockafeller- born in richmond new york, brought up by his mother
1870 created standard oil
walt disney- created the most famous fictional charectors in the world, rakes in 35 million annually
jim pattison- born in Vancouver, went to ubc got a loan to buy gm motors, opened overwaitea foods,started ripleys beileve it or not, etc.
recieved larger loans eventually buying 13 more dealerships
owns fourth largest company in canada, the jim pattison group employes over 25000 people
Martha stewart- sucessful buiseness woman, went to prison, doesnt sounds very nice.\
Henry Ford: developed ford motors, young entraprenuer, fixed pocket watches for money at school ,mother died at age 13, was self motivated by not wanting to do farm work.
Jerry Yang: electrical engineer, yahoo with 44.6 billion
Ray Kroc: milkshake machines, paper cup sales man
Phil knight: blue ribon sports( nike ) first year 364 $, 1969 over 1 million

Mr. Giesbrecht

Owner of spa utopia since '02
world is constantly chaning find somthing you can give
imagine things and have an exact plan, most people start things but dont really have a set plan
Find a good partner to be with so theres no arguing and difference in thought
find somthing you are passionate about
read, you can learn from other peoples experiance without having to go through it yourself
stay humble
create pleasure in the workplace