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Grinding It Out: The Making Of McDonald's [Mass Market Paperback]

Ray Kroc
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April 15 1992
Few entrepreneurs can claim to have actually changed the way we live, but Ray Kroc is one of them. His revolutions in food service automation, franchising, shared national training and advertising have earned him a place beside the men who founded not merely businesses but entire new industries.

But even more interesting than Ray Kroc the business legend is Ray Kroc the man. Not your typical self-made tycoon, Kroc was 52 when he met the McDonald brothers and opened his first franchise.

Now meet Ray Kroc, the man behind the business legend, in his own words. Irrepressible enthusiast, perceptive people-watcher, and born storyteller, he will fascinate and inspire you. You'll never forget Ray Kroc.

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"Columbus discovered America, Jefferson invented it, and Ray Kroc Big Mac'd it." --Tom Robbins, Esquire magazine

"A marvelous, zesty read, filled with the optimism and enthusiasm of Ray Kroc." --West Coast Review of Books

"He was past fifty before he ever thought of getting into the fast food business. Within a decade he was a millionaire, and his odyssey is a classic success story!" --Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin

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As Tim Gallagher was working on his book The Grail Bird, he was among the first to sight the long-thought-extinct ivory-billed woodpecker in Arkansas, which led to a multi-million-dollar effort to confirm the sighting and protect the bird's dwindling habitat. The sighting changed the direction of the book, for which Gallagher won the Outdoor Writers Association of America's Best Book award for 2005. Gallagher is editor-in-chief of Living Bird magazine and of The Journal of the North American Falconers' Association.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Earthy and real autobiography April 1 2013
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The main thing that jumps out from this book is Kroc's down-to-earth normalcy, as he explains matter of factly his struggles through life and eventual building of McDonalds.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not a Very Satisfying Meal! Jan 27 2004
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This book is like McDonald's - not very nourishing or satisfying! While I loved reading about Mr. Kroc's upbeat attitude and how he became so successful, I don't think the book was very well-written. (I couldn't believe it was written by a former journalist for the Chicago Tribune!) Nevertheless, I found many inspirational quotes in the book, such as the homily that Mr. Kroc recites ... that not even education and talent can make you a success. You need persistence, for the world is full of people who had the other two but never went too far.
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When it comes to business literature there are three kinds of writers:

1. Those who did it and write about it: business owners and entrepreneurs
2. Those who read about it: journalists, business books writers, and historians
3. Thos who think about it: professors, researchers, and think tanks

Every single of has their own merit and contribution to the world of business history, but for me it is very important as a business professional to learn from the people who did it. What were they thinking? What where they feels? Why?

The other two kinds of writers can tall you what they did and how but they can never tell you why?

Which is why I recommend reading books like "Grinding It Out".

Even though most people might think that McDonald's was brought to the world by a family baring that name, it was Ray Kroc who found them in California and brought it to the billions of people worldwide.

In this book you make many discoveries as to the reason for McDonald's success. Why did they become number one in their category? What was Ray Kroc thinking and why he chose the path he walked.

I highly recommend this book instead of all of the other books about McDonald's because you the inside prospective from the person who did it all, but perhaps most importantly you get to know why!!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story of The Triumph of Bad Food and Cruddy Service
One of Ray Kroc's great innovations, which has been picked up by all the food chains that came after McDonald's, was the concept of cheap, horrible food with cruddy service and low... Read more
Published on Oct 9 2003 by gsundar
5.0 out of 5 stars A real hero's story
It is truly inspirational to read about a businessman succeeding by being perfectly moral. Ray Kroc continuously focused on delivering positives instead of negatives. Read more
Published on Feb 24 2003 by Eric Kassan
5.0 out of 5 stars Wisdom
Ray Kroc's wisdom from his autobiography:

"You have to spend money to make money."
"I have always believed that each man makes his own happiness and is... Read more

Published on Feb 14 2003 by ray
3.0 out of 5 stars Life Begins at 52
Ray Kroc was an itinerant piano player, a paper cup salesman, a multi-mixer super-salesman and, in his most incandescent incarnation, the visionary middle-aged genius behind the... Read more
Published on Jan 20 2001
2.0 out of 5 stars Fries to go with that shake, baby?
From my long tenure of slaving behind the grill, only to see the inspiring words of "DO whatever it takes! For the customer's sake!" above me, i.e. Read more
Published on Oct 25 2000 by Markus
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book I Have Read In A Long, Long Time
I would like to first start by saying I hate reading. I got this book Tuesday night. It is now 6:30 Wednesday and I am now done with the 200 plus page book. Read more
Published on Sep 20 2000 by Scott Carruthers
5.0 out of 5 stars An Unvarnished Look at One of America's Great Entrepreneurs
Go into McDonald's today, and you see a complex, well-operated business system operated by ordinary people. That is impressive in and of itself. Read more
Published on July 12 2000 by Donald Mitchell
4.0 out of 5 stars ray never gave up working
mr. kroc never gave up working he never stopped working you have to admire people like that this was not as good of a book as made in america the story of wal-mart & sam walton... Read more
Published on Sep 5 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars Ray Kroc made more money than the McDonald brothers
It's amazing how the same idea can go different places with different people. Ray Kroc turned McDonalds into a global franchise vs the original owners who had invented the... Read more
Published on Oct 17 1998
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