McDonald's Real Estate: How They Really Make Their Money (2015)

Re:McDonald's Real Estate: How They Really Make Their Money ... by kaypro on Thursday April 20, 2017 @02:23PM (#14159343)

I just watched "The Founder" last night. I had always assumed Ray Kroc was the genius who pivoted to focusing on real estate for their expanding franchise model when really it was Harry J. Sonneborn who convinced Ray that was the way to go. Worth a watch.

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Re:McDonald's Real Estate: How They Really Make Their Money ... by tptacek on Thursday April 20, 2017 @02:34PM (#14159468)

That model was only viable because Kroc found a way to scale the franchise, which the McDonald brothers had previously failed to do. Pretty much everyone involved in the early days seems to have contributed something to the ultimate success of the business.

A good startup movie, by the way.

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Re:McDonald's Real Estate: How They Really Make Their Money ... by harryh on Thursday April 20, 2017 @02:42PM (#14159542)

One of the things I really liked about the movie is that Kroc didn't actually come up with many of the ideas at all. He was just very successful at recognizing good ideas, good talent, and synthesizing them together.

Traits of a good founder.

Plus one on it being a good startup movie.

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Re:McDonald's Real Estate: How They Really Make Their Money ... by WalterBright on Thursday April 20, 2017 @02:49PM (#14159618)

Ideas are a dime a dozen. It's implementing them that matters.

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Re:McDonald's Real Estate: How They Really Make Their Money ... by philliphaydon on Thursday April 20, 2017 @02:52PM (#14159651)

+1 on the movie. I thought it was going to be bad but it turned out to be really good.

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