Thursday, April 26, 2007

selling out

i read today about clif bars. clif bars were named after the father of the inventor, gary. gary had the opportunity to sell the company to quaker oats for 120 million dollars, eight years after it was started. gary almost signed the papers (pen in hand!) and then walked out of the meeting. he decided not to become a super millionaire like paris hilton or donald trump or other admirable millionaires, but to keep the company and struggle through all the good and the bad.*

*according to the san francisco Guardian.

i think i would have signed the papers and now i feel bad.

2 comments:

Lily said...

that man sounds like a diehard protestant if ever there was one.

Lauren said...

it makes me feel bad that I like luna bars better than cliff bars...