The man who started @KFC at 65 and turned rejection into a billion-dollar brand. 👇

@𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀: Harland David Sanders was born in 1890 in Indiana, USA.
By age 6, his father had died, and his mother had to work. Little Harland learned to cook for his siblings — that’s where it all began.

@𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀: He dropped out of school in 7th grade and worked all kinds of jobs:
🚂 Railroad worker
⚖️ Insurance salesman
⛽ Gas station owner
👨‍🍳 Cook
But nothing really stuck.

@𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀: In his 40s, he started cooking for travelers at his gas station in Corbin, Kentucky.
He didn’t have a restaurant — just a small dining area attached to the station. People LOVED his fried chicken. 🍗

@𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: When a new highway rerouted traffic away from his town, his restaurant went bankrupt.

@𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀: He was 65 years old. Most people would have retired. He didn’t.
With his secret blend of 11 herbs and spices, he packed his chicken recipe and went door to door, pitching to restaurant owners across America. He was rejected 1,009 times before someone finally said “yes.” 😳

@𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀: That “yes” led to his first KFC franchise in Utah in 1952. Soon, others joined — the taste was too good to ignore. @KFC was born. 🔥

@𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀: By the mid-1960s, there were over 600 KFC franchises in the U.S. and Canada.
Colonel Sanders sold the company for $2 million (about $18M today). But he stayed the brand’s face — white suit, black string tie, and all. 🤍👔

@𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀: He didn’t just sell chicken — he sold perseverance. He proved it’s never too late to start, no matter how many times you fail.

@𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀: Final takeaway - Colonel Sanders didn’t build @KFC because he was lucky. He built it because he refused to quit — even after 1,000 rejections and a lifetime of setbacks. Age 65 was just his beginning. 💪🍗

#Entrepreneurship #Motivation #KFC.

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