What are the secret ingredients of business growth?
Some people spend their time making excuses, others invest the same time in getting things done.
When Walt Disney came up with the concept of Disneyland, he struggled to find the then-gigantic $17m construction fees to build his first theme park in California. So, in 1955, he enlisted Coca-Cola to help finance the project. A deal was struck where Coca-Cola was given rights to be the sole supplier of soft drinks within the park in return for its backing. Some people always find a way, even when the banks won’t lend. Sound familiar?
Last month I attended the Investec Entrepreneurs’ Summit, hosted by Real Business. The delegates were people who had fought through – and survived – the worst recession in living memory and they all shared two common ingredients: self-belief; and perseverance.
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Posted: June 2nd, 2010 under Martin Leuw.