Monday, October 5, 2009

Disney on Mondays

“The way to get started is to stop talking and start doing.”

Walt Disney (1901–1966)
American entrepreneur & entertainment icon




Resourcefulness & Resilience by Disney...




  • First company went bankrupt.

  • Lost the rights to his first successful cartoon character (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit) along with most of his employees.

  • Had a nervous breakdown.

  • Won his first of 22 Academy Awards on a cartoon that he'd completed in black & white but then redid in color from scratch (Flowers and Trees - 1932)

  • Made it through the Great Depression with merchandising deals of Mickey (watches, dolls, etc.)

  • His company employs 150,000 people and has $38 billion in sales.



For Disney fans, the DVD about his life, Walt - The Man Behind the Myth is killer.

Reprinted from Justsell.

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