Business story

Short story about business success

Sometimes we all need something to point us in the right direction and if you are thinking of starting a business but are worried about how to go about it, here are 20 inspirational stories to give you all the motivation you need. Harland had to toughen up after his father died since he had to drop out of school to take care of his siblings.

He was a troubled teenager who kept getting into fights with his coworkers and by the time he was 30 he started a ferry boat firm. Harland tried selling the ferry boat business and establish a lamp manufacturing company only to realize another store was selling better versions. At 40, he was selling chicken dishes from a service station. He bought a motel, but later it burned down, but that did not stop Harland; he built another motel.

He then looked for someone to buy his franchise, but his secret recipe only came to be accepted on the 1,th time. The franchises came to be known as Kentucky Fried chicken which today is a worldwide brand. They say education is the key to success and for Jack Ma, it was quite a hurdle. In his primary school education Jack failed twice, then after going to Middle School, he failed thrice.

Getting into university was difficult because he failed thrice in the entrance exams before getting into Hangzhou Normal University.