--- In [email protected], bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > Bob, nobodies stake in the movement is or was as high as the > > > Kaplains. Therefore you have no right to judge them. They gave > > more > > > than anyone, and all they wanted was one single promise to come > > true. > > > > > > > > > > ********** > > > > > > When you go to Disneyland and get on a E-ticket ride (maybe E > > tickets > > > are passe, who knows), you stay on the ride til the end for > > complete > > > satisfaction. The Ks left -- too bad for them, but they were > fools. > > > > > > The Ks could have been 200percenters, rich and enlightened, but > > like > > > stereotypical snotty rich kids, > > > they threw a tantrum, made a lot of > > > faces, and left with their baseball glove, instead of sticking > > around > > > and helping the movement to grow. > > > > > > > > > "snotty rich kids"? > > > > Hmmm. I would have thought that that description would have > applied > > to kids to inherited money. > > > > Didn't these guys (or at least Earl) make all their money from > > scratch? > > > > ********** > > Nope. Just when Earl was about to part ways with the books r fun type > of company he was working for, his dad gave him $200,000 seed money > to start his own company -- (prior to his stint for the books r fun > type company, Earl's appliance biz and tofu in Fairfield never made > much money
I don't know what your point is here. The fact that Earl or his brother had tofu and appliance business fail is hardly a reflection upon one's ability to be successful in business. I think the statistic is that over 90% of all new businesses fail within the first 6 months of their existence...then another 7% fail within another year. That's why I've never liked the criticism I've heard on the Howard Stern Show of George W. Bush being a failure because he couldn't make it in the oil business in Texas. Well, my understanding is that Bush was involved in some sort of wildcatting type of operation which has a failure rate of about 99%...so failure is not always a reflection on one's ability. > -- I may be mixing up the brothers here, but their > businesses prior to Earl's books r fun were not significant > moneymakers). More to the point of what I had said originally, Earl > and his twin brother developed their creativity through TM and an MIU > education, so they were dynamic enough to not be trust fund types, > but unfortunately not dynamic enough to survive Bevanity down there > in Boone. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
