13A – Reading Reflection No. 1

1.  Book: Grinding It Out

•  What surprised me the most - Ray Kroc went from nothing to something all because of the invention of a milkshake machine called the Multi-mixer. This machine changed his life and rise of McDonald. The name which belonged to the guys who made the milkshake machine. The fact that he also had numerous physical ailments, and had people called him Danny Dreamer.

• What about the entrepreneur did you most admire? - How he was able to go from a paper cups sales man to building up an empire of burgers and milkshakes.

•  What about the entrepreneur did you least admire? - Leaving the McDonald brothers yet keeping their name. Trying to leave his wife for another woman.

•  Did the entrepreneur encounter adversity and failure? If so, what did they do about it? - His pay was cut during the great depression which lead to him quitting, but he got the job back and worked harder then ever to rise back up and show his worth.

2. What competencies did you notice that the entrepreneur exhibited? - He was a leader who looked for the best people to help him run his operations. He wanted McDonald's to commit to the "Quality, Service, Cleanliness, and Value" or "QSC and V".

3. Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you -
How the McDonald brothers  were doing nothing to help Ray Kroc improve or the help company. That they only wanted to run their San Bernardino shop and didn't care about expanding or helping. Why give up a growing flourishing business.

4.  If you were able to ask two questions to the entrepreneur, what would you ask? Why? - I would ask how big did he think McDonald would grow to be. And if he could have changed McDonald's name to something else early on what it would have been.

5. For fun: what do you think the entrepreneur's opinion was of hard work? Do you share that opinion? - I think he thought of hard work as the most naturalist thing to do to get to where you wanna be in life and achieve your goals and dreams. I would agree, with out ambition and self motivation, your dreams and riches wont just fall into your lap.