Success comes at any Age. Live Stream #71.
Welcome to another show of mspinoLIVE. Today is our 71th LIVESTREAM TV Show and it is about : "SUCCESS COMES AT ANY AGE". Based on the way startups are covered in the media today, it’s easy to feel like all founders are in their teens or 20s. Stories abound of young millionaires and entrepreneur teenagers, but that’s only part of the picture. There are plenty of entrepreneurs out there who found their “big ideas” later in life, founding companies that, in some instances, last well beyond their years. Here are six entrepreneurs who got their start later in life and prove that success is a possibility at any age: 1. Leo Goodwin, GEICO GEICO, or the Government Employee’s Insurance Company, is now a well-known car insurance brand with well-known advertising figures. But before the Gecko, the Caveman or Maxwell, GEICO was the idea of Leo Goodwin. Working as an accountant in San Antonio, Texas, in the 1930’s, Goodwin realized that insurance needed an overhaul. Why weren’t companies just dealing with customers directly, saving all the money that traditionally went to brokers? In 1936, at the age of 50, Leo founded GEICO in Washington, D.C. In a departure from most businessmen of the day, he worked closely with his wife Lillian in running the company. By the end of the year, GEICO had 12 people on staff and 3,700 policies in force. Today, GEICO employs over 27,000 people and has over 14 million policyholders. 2. Harland David Sanders, Kentucky Fried Chicken Col. Sanders did not start out as anyone’s idea of a successful businessman. He lost his father at an early age, quarreled extensively with his stepfather, and was fired from multiple jobs, even losing his job as a lawyer after a courtroom brawl with his own client. However, he was determined to never give up, and this trait led to his eventual success. While working at a service station in Corbin, Ky., Sanders gained local popularity for his delicious chicken recipe. After the Corbin station was destroyed by a fire, Sanders had the location rebuilt as a motel and 140-seat restaurant. In 1952, at the age of 62, Sanders franchised his “Kentucky Fried Chicken” for the first time. Today, KFC has over 18,800 outlets in 118 different countries and territories. 3. Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Surely a company like LinkedIn, a major social network, was founded by a youngster, right? Not at all! Reid Hoffman struggled with what to do after he graduated from Stanford. He decided to work, but to do so strategically, mapping out a plan of what he would need to learn before he started his own company. When he first started on his own, he founded a networking site called Socialnet, believing that having a great matching algorithm would guarantee success. He tried advertising his new site through magazines and newspapers, but never found traction with the idea. In the end, he left and joined PayPal before leaving his position with the company in 2002 to co-found LinkedIn. Hoffman was 35 when he founded the company and 43 when it went public. ***** TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE... SOURCE CONTENT: An article from www.entrepreneur.com published by Sujan Patel, Entrepreneur and Marketer, VP of Marketing at When I Work... click on the direct link below: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/241346 And don't forget to: LAUGH. LEARN. LIVE AT YOU BEST....that's our LATEST slogan for the show... because we want to make you laugh every time you watch our shows... we want you to learn new things, new ideas, new strategies that will help you in your own life every day... we want that you live a better life ... WE WANT YOU TO LIVE AT YOUR BEST... you deserve it... we all deserve it... so why not start TODAY. We are very happy to bring this show to you and we are committed to make you LAUGH, LEARN & LIVE AT YOUR BEST. Feel free to reach out to us and if you or someone you know would like to be part of our LIVE show, give us a call, send us an email, chat on Facebook. Thank you for watching our show today and please, please , please share with the world. Remember, someone out there needs a word of hope TODAY. We are LIVE Monday-Friday at 12:00 Noon (EST) on www.mspinolive.com