How did a bartender became a millionaire, Jim McCann transformed 1-800-FLOWERS from a small struggling floral shop into a multi-million dollar flower and gift business. Did he plan it and did he have the desire to become a millionaire?. Here is his story.
What you could learn from this episode:
- What lead him to think of owning a business rather than work on a job
- What did he do to make sure if he will like owning a business.
- What did he do when he did not have the money
- Did he leave his job or did he work part-time first
- How he made a foolish mistake that would have brought the company down.
- How he handled competitors.
- How he got an idea from Dunkin’ Donuts coffee shop to get more customers.
- What he did to get loyal fans – This is awesome as he did this before the internet era. Almost all 7-figure successful internet entrepreneurs do this now.
- How he is ahead of the competition by adapting latest technologies.
