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    Movie Persistence

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    business drama released in 2016 that follows the rise of the McDonald’s empire. The film’s protagonist, Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton) is a struggling milkshake machine salesman, who happens upon a revolutionary “fast food” restaurant during one of his deliveries. He recognizes the potential of McDonald's and strikes a deal with the two brothers to franchise the company. As the film progresses, Kroc proves persistence is the key factor to success, as he turns a roadside burger joint into an international

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    "Shark Tank" financial specialist Lori Greiner forcefully captured an arrangement with Scrub Daddy organizer Aaron Krause in the show's fourth season in 2012, episode 407. She sweetened her offer to $200,000 for 20% value and guaranteed to make Krause a mogul inside a year. Krause had enchanted the Sharks with a vigorous live exhibition of his smiley-faced sponge, a scouring apparatus that he said cleans exceptional and is more sanitary over a conventional sponge. More than two years since Krause's

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    The Founder is a Non-fictional movie as it is based on the story of MacDonald’s, and how it rose to the top. The story starts off with a small business owner by the name of Ray Kroc, we see how he struggles to sell his product day to day until on day when two brothers place an order for eight of Ray’s milkshake mixers, this leaves Ray curious and thus he goes to investigate how a small shop could possibly require eight multi milkshake mixers. This leads ray to find a one of a kind revolutionary fast

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    In this reading, Schlosser observes Ray Kroc and Walt Disney’s relationship. How they both became the great salesmen they are today. Schlosser starts off in the reading by describing a visit to one McDonald’s Plaza in Oak Brook, Illinois. He described the building having oval windows in which he also mentioned a campus named Hamburger University where the McDonald’s managerial training is located. Ray Kroc was the founder of the McDonald’s Corporation who spread the McDonald’s brother’s Speedee Service

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    Ray Kroc Golden Arches

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    Before Ray Kroc, no man ever thought of creating a speedy business where people can get in and out of a restaurant in just a few minutes. No man ever thought of creating a ‘fast food’ restaurant that served cheap, high quality food that also came with speedee service. Ray Kroc was able to revolutionize America by taking the “McDonald brothers’ Speedee Service System and spread it nationwide, creating a fast food empire” (34). The golden arches have become a symbol all over the world and this all

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    Ray A. Kroc historical center. Schlosser stresses the "Disneyesque tone" of the gallery. The author’s objective is to draw parallels between the two companies and their organizers: Ray Kroc and Walt Disney. Ray Kroc's name to acclaim came while offering milkshake blenders in 1954 in San Bernardino, California. The McDonald's siblings were two of Kroc's greatest clients. Their McDonald's Self-Service Restaurant utilized Kroc's unit that could make five milkshakes without a moment's delay. Kroc was astounded

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    The phrase “The American Dream” is relatively old and has a long history, and although its ideas has changed tremendously throughout the centuries, it still holds great meaning behind it. It not only symbolizes financial success, but having the freedom to live independently. For some, living the American Dream means having justice, material possession, or just pursuing everlasting happiness. The new American Dream requires you to earn opportunity, and is has been more difficult for others based on

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    The golden arches are one of the most recognizable logos on the planet. McDonald’s is one of the biggest food companies in the world which does not seem hard to believe since they have served over a billion people. When someone goes to McDonald’s they come through the door expecting a certain quality of service and food. McDonald’s goal is to meet the guest expectations to build customer loyalty. With over 35,000 restaurants in 118 different countries, McDonald’s has created a very detailed and thought

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    position on a topic in a clear and concise manner. In doing so, writers’ arguments are essentially more effective in representing the chosen subject matter. In “Your Trusted Friends”, investigative journalist Eric Schlosser writes that Walt Disney and Ray Kroc perfected the art of selling to children, however, this writing is laced with numerous, hidden, implications. Schlosser’s work subconsciously suggests that companies like Disney and McDonald’s prey on children in order to gain profit. This, therefore

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    Ray Kroc Ray Kroc was born on October 5, 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois. Kroc was only 15 when World War One was going on, but that did not stop him from joining the force. He would become a Red Cross ambulance driver. During his training he met a man named Walt Disney whom he would later have a professional relationship with. Kroc knew he would be a businessman from a young age. When he was young, his father took him to a phrenologist. This person could ,supposedly, predict Kroc’s future by reading

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