His early businesses left him broke 5 times before he succeeded with an innovative assembly line.
Who is Henry Ford?
100
He did not speak until he was 4 years old and did not read until he was 7, causing his teachers to think he was mentally handicapped.
Who is Albert Einstein?
100
He was cut from his high school basketball team, went home and cried in his locked room.
Who is Michael Jordan?
100
His music teacher told him he was a hopeless composer.
Who is Beethoven?
100
His fiance died, he had a nervous breakdown, and he was defeated 8 times in the elections.
Who is Abe Lincoln?
200
He failed at 7 businesses before his department store made it big in NYC.
Who is R.H. Macy?
200
His teacher told him he was too stupid to learn and was fired from his first 2 jobs. He failed 1000 times befor ecreating the light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
200
At 11 he was cut from his soccer team after he was diagnosed with a Growth Hormone Deficiency that caused him to be smaller in stature than most kids his age.
Who is Lional Messi?
200
He was told he should go back to driving a truck because he would never make it as a singer.
Who is Elvis Presley?
200
His first book "Carrie" was rejected 30 times and he threw it in the trash. His wife found it and encouraged him to try again.
Who is Stephen King?
300
He was fired by a newspaper because he "lacked imaginationand had no original ideas."
Who is Walt Disney?
300
They battled depression and family illness befroe creating a flying machine.
Who are Orville and Wilbur Wright?
300
For decades he held the record for strikeouts before becoming a homerun king.
Who is Babe Ruth?
300
They were rejected by Decca Recording company who said "we don't like their sound...they have no future in show business."
Who are The Beatles?
300
He was rejected 3 times by film school.
Who is Steven Spielberg?
400
He dropped out of Harvard and failed at his first business called "Traf-o-Data.
Who is Bill Gates?
400
She was told by her mother as she sang Christian songs on the porch that she would never make it as a singer.
Who is Amy Grant?
400
She was told she was too ugly to make it in show business.
Who is Meryl Streel?
500
His chicken recipe was rejected 1009 times before a restaurant accepted it.
Who is Col. Sanders of KFC?
500
He performed poorly in school and had a speech impediment.
Who is Winston Churchill?
500
He was fired by the editor of the newspaper for "lacking in imagination" and "having no original ideas."
Who is Walt Disney?
500
She was demoted from her position as a news anchor because she was not fit for television.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
500
His children's book was rejected by publishers 27 times.