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Sweet Success - How Milton Hershey Built a Chocolate Empire
Sweet Success - How Milton Hershey Built a Chocolate Empire
Before Milton Hershey revolutionized confectionary, he was a three-time bankrupt entrepreneur with little to his name. Raised in rural Pennsylvania with a strict Mennonite upbringing, Hershey was taught the values of hard work, frugality, and community. Yet, his path to success was anything but straightforward. His early ventures in candy making ended in total collapse, leaving him broke in Denver, Chicago, and New York. Despite creditors and family urging him to give up, Hershey refused to q...