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Lemonade Stories. Lemonade Stories, featuring Richard Branson, Arthur Blank and Russell Simmons, focuses on how mothers have contributed to the entrepreneurial spirit of their sons and daughters. The film aired nationwide on CNN fn (and globally in Latin America, the UK, Israel, the Middle East, New Zealand, and Hong Kong), was the subject of ...
May 9, 2004 · Lemonade Stories: Directed by Mary Mazzio. With Arthur Blank, Richard Branson, Kay Koplovitz, Tom Scott. "Lemonade Stories," a film about extraordinary entrepreneurs and their mums, chronicles the impact mothers have had on igniting the entrepreneurial spirit.
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- Documentary
- Mary Mazzio
- 2004-05-09
- Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison's teachers said he was "too stupid to learn anything." He was fired from his first two jobs for being "non-productive." As an inventor, Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb.
- Steve Jobs. We all know about Steve Job’s incredible impact on the world and his many successes. He also had his fair share of failures, including: The Apple III computer, the Lisa, the early Macintosh computers (John Sculley, the CEO Jobs brought to Apple, pushed him out over the Mac’s initially lackluster sales), Apple TV, the NeXT-like Apple G4 Cube, and Apple’s Pages word processor to name a few.
- Thomas Watson. One of my favorite leadership development stories the legendary story about Tom Watson Jr., who guided IBM in its glory days. According to the story, a vice president who had lost the corporation $10 million on an experiment that failed was called to Watson’s office.
- Winston Churchill. Churchill failed sixth grade. He was subsequently defeated in every election for public office until he became Prime Minister at the age of 62.
Featuring entrepreneurs Richard Branson (founder - VIRGIN); Russell Simmons (Def Jam); Arthur Blank (Home Depot); Kay Koplovitz (USA Networks); Tom Scott (Na...
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- 8.6K
- 50eggsfilms
Feb 10, 2009 · Mary Mazzio's short film about the founders (and their mothers) of iconic companies like Home Depot and Nantucket Nectars. In this segment about Billy Starr ...
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- PanMass
May 4, 2004 · Lemonade Stories, from award-winning filmmaker Mary Mazzio, explores the powerful impact mothers have had on igniting entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. The film features Richard Branson (Virgin); Russell Simmons (Def Jam); Arthur Blank (Home Depot); Kay Koplovitz (USA Networks) among others.
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Lemonade Stories, which features Richard Branson (Virgin); Russell Simmons (Def Jam) along with brothers Danny and Reverend Run (of Run DMC); Arthur Blank (The Home Depot); Kay Koplovitz (USA Network); Tom Scott (Nantucket Nectars), among others, examines the impact that mothers have on igniting entrepreneurial spirit in their children.
