Entrepreneur’s Secret to Success: Dad
Entrepreneurs often get a helping hand from their parents. In honor of Father’s Day, we asked successful business owners how their fathers helped them succeed in business. The responses contain nuggets of wisdom any entrepreneur can learn from.
Anne Beiler, founder of Auntie Anne’s, inherited an ethic of hard work and risk-taking by watching her dad bring up eight kids on the family farm. Black Enterprise founder Earl Graves learned to dress sharply to win respect in the business world. And Travelocity CEO Michelle Peluso’s father taught her that building a lasting enterprise is more important than turning a quick profit.
Jim Koch, founder and chairman of Samuel Adams, built a craft beer empire on the family lager recipe his father retrieved from his dusty attic. Koch’s father supported his son’s venture although he thought it was foolish for him to leave a corporate career and try to break into a beer industry dominated by mass-market brewers.
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