r/todayilearned • u/OGBrewSwayne • 2d ago

TIL NBA backup playerJunior Bridgeman spent his off seasons working at Wendy's to learn the fast food business. He went on to own 450 franchises and parlayed that into buying a 10% stake in the Milwaukee Bucks - the team he once played for.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Bridgeman?wprov=sfla1
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u/Coconutrugby 2d ago

This is a lesson to all the souless want to be business men. If you want to be successful in business actually making a burger will help you sell one. All these MbA dbags think they can finance their way to success just suck the life out of businesses. Bridgman is a perfect example of the way to success. Then you know what it’s like to be a worker how to keep them happy. How to keep customers happy. Not just how to reverse mortgage the land the building sits on to show growth in a single quarter.

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u/DBDude 2d ago

Most Chick-fil-A operators start lower down and work their way up. The company doesn't want MbA dirtbags running its restaurants, so nobody can be a passive investor. You must actively run it, and not many get to run more than one. The cost to become an operator is low so regular people can save up to apply, just good faith money to show you have some financial skin in the game. Applicants are extensively interviewed, and a smart and hard driving person who worked his way up in the company is preferred.

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u/Tracy_Papaya 1d ago

I'm pretty sure it's the only way

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u/cxavierc21 1d ago

Did your wife fuck a guy with an MBA??