2. Successful business?
• Yes
• At the end of 2011 there were 10,083 Dunkin‘
Donuts stores worldwide.
• By 2020 they plan to expand to 15,000 stores
in the US.
3. William Rosenberg
• Mr. Rosenberg was born in Boston in 1916. He
demonstrated an entrepreneurial spirit at a
young age. A teenager during the Great
Depression, he once took a block of ice to a
racetrack on a hot summer day and sold ice
chips at 10 cents a piece. He brought home
$171.
4. • They sell hot beverages, iced beverages,
frozen beverages, bakery goods and
Sandwiches.
• Opened in 1948 as Open Kettle in Quincy,
Massachusetts. Renamed Dunkin’ Donuts 2
years later in 1950.
5. Being an Entrepreneur
• He had the drive to start a business.
• He was willing to take a risk.
• He worked hard.
• He didn’t give up.
• He wouldn't take no for an answer.