Rags to riches stories

Published by: jack 2009-01-07

I am looking for stories of famous people AND famous businesses who started out as the underdog and grew their business/celebrity to be widely respected. Examples, Henry Ford, Coke, etc. The common ones are fine but I'd like to also learn about more obscure stories like Georg Riedel (the glassblower Seth Godin talks about in "All Marketers Are Liars".

Call on me if you're ever interested in hearing dozens of "riches to rags" stories. I know LOTS of those. tutuzdad-ga

Gad! There are just so many; J.K.Rawling (Harry Potter), J.J. Astor, and many, many other immigrants to USA, Edison, J.D.Rockefeller, the founder of "Wienerwald" restaurants (went back to better rags), many US presidents - maybe not "riches", but greater recognition in history. The list could be endless.

Some of the material in this answer might be of interest to you: http://www.answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=432155

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links are fine.

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I am looking for 15-25 stories of famous people AND famous businesses who started out as the underdog and grew their business/celebrity to be widely respected. Examples, Henry Ford, Coke, etc. The common ones are fine but I'd like to also learn about more obscure stories like Georg Riedel (the glassblower Seth Godin talks about in "All Marketers Are Liars".

In that case you would be paying the researcher $1.00 or less per story. Will fifteen to twenty single links to various stories suffice? - that is probably the most you can expect for the price.

I just clarified I need 15-25 stories. (Sorry - newbie).