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Few people conceded their best business idea keen to -- each seventeen.
Fred Deluca started his company on a thousand dollar loan from a friend and attorney into subway the nation's number one restaurant -- I'm looking for a way to earn my way through college.
And a family friend suggested -- -- submarine sandwich and -- just this backyard.
I asked -- a few questions about how it might work any simply have to find that you -- you -- interest to do this if you're willing to do this I'd be willing to be your partner.
And -- his inspiration and his 1000 dollars and I'm open records to -- back in 1965.
-- recently launched the build your own virtual subway town.
Business simulation -- at an event in New York City finalists from 100 countries where subway operates its 38000.
Stores.
Competing for a chance to be part of the company's global management team his goal is to inspire other on Japan viewers to file in his footsteps I -- The fact that he was just total renegade at a time when there wasn't pools of being an entrepreneur and he just did it because it believed it.
It's really genius to just have.
That -- drive and focus on you know key metrics they'll over time grow your business and I think that's something that.
Fred's story -- subway simplifies and something that every business -- trying to do.
It doesn't hurt -- -- -- everyone from its number one fan to Gary to olympians like nasty -- in singing its praises the brand also famously had Michael Phelps says spokesperson.
During his post Olympic -- -- and stuck buying through the media storm.
-- haven't celebrity spokespeople can be risky -- The first and foremost requirement for being went someplace they dispense.
These to be.
It's a play really loves -- So with that criteria mind and looking for athletes who really -- terrific in the -- That's that we now the field we have marketing people interviewed them to make sure that you could represent.
What do you do Jack goes out there and gains a hundred counties your big spokesperson what would you do in a situation.
That we'll.
Course if -- stays on his diet he is good -- us and he's been on the subway diet fifteen years.
-- eats regular food to instantly becomes -- week.
He lost his -- constantly but he gained a lot of -- and out of control -- could not be so we spokesman.
And of course we had to find out everyone's favorite sadly sandwiches.
I'm -- a big fan of the -- -- -- foot long Turkey sandwich at the from -- -- -- Rogers foxbusiness.com.
