When, at age 39, Jon Loew was given two months to live he recorded videos for his kids to watch at a future date. After he made a miraculous recovery, he took that idea and turned it into a video sharing service.
Greg Kurzner was once a top player in the Atlanta foreclosure market, but he knew he would need to diversify to stay ahead. Then he became a franchisee.
On 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert,' the host and actor Liam Neeson starred in a Candy Crush movie parody, but the idea of making blockbusters out of classic games is not such an outlandish one.
Pat Abernathey believed the Caring Senior Service model so much, he went from the vice president of franchise development to running a franchise himself.