| Entrepreneurialism is a dynamic that has two | | | | times when Ben died in a plane crash leaving |
| primary sources of influence - passion and | | | | the young man to run the business alone. When |
| necessity. To become an entrepreneur is | | | | a second restaurant was opened and |
| enjoyable when you have a passion for a | | | | established, a fire on the uninsured business |
| business idea you are passionate about. | | | | was a huge setback. At that moment the man |
| However, if you have to become an | | | | determined he had no choice but to move |
| entrepreneur in response to a fight or flight | | | | forward. Eventually experiments with making |
| mentality the story might be different. This | | | | poultry a positive fast food choice led to |
| is the true story of a young man who served | | | | the development of a fast food chain the |
| his country in World War II, but had no idea | | | | serves no hamburgers. A business that began |
| what he could do to make a living once he was | | | | as a simple entrepreneurial effort based |
| discharged. In 1946 this young man went into | | | | exclusively on the need of a war veteran now |
| debt to develop the Dwarf House restaurant | | | | features nearly 41,000 employees and |
| with his brother, Ben. This young man's | | | | represents 1300 stores. That businessman is |
| family had been devastated by the stock | | | | Truett Cathy, owner of Chick-Fil-A. This |
| market crash just a few years before and it | | | | entrepreneurial effort remains a private |
| was those hard times that made it important | | | | company and Cathy has instituted a policy |
| for there to be a success with the | | | | that keeps the stores closed on Sunday so |
| restaurant. His father had been an insurance | | | | families can be guaranteed a day away from |
| salesman, so the boy leaned how to make a | | | | work each week. Cathy is also a well-noted |
| return on a simple investment and the | | | | and enthusiastic philanthropist. Cathy |
| importance of responding to the needs of | | | | provides some great advice for others seeking |
| others. He could make a nickel if he bought a | | | | to fulfill either an entrepreneurial dream or |
| six-pack of pop and sold them individually to | | | | a business birthed in necessity, "Contrary to |
| thirsty neighbors. This was the do or die | | | | what you may have been taught in business |
| mentality that drove the man to create a | | | | school, your net worth is not the sum of all |
| restaurant from a building that was too small | | | | you have managed to accumulate in your |
| in a less than idea location using money he | | | | lifetime. When you die, those who survive you |
| could not pay back if the business failed. | | | | will measure your net worth by what you have |
| One of the earliest difficulties this man | | | | given." |
| faced was trying to find supplies to run his | | | | |
| business. Wartime had made it difficult to | | | | Scott Lindsay is a web developer and |
| find enough supplies to keep a business | | | | entrepreneur. He is the founder of |
| going. It was even more so with a new | | | | HighPowerSites and many other web projects. |
| business. The business would fall upon hard | | | | |