America's Dog!

So far, my Chicago experience has been one of the chaotically enjoyable times in my life and there have been SO many things to do while up here that it is so difficult to keep up (with blogging at least).

Throughout this whole program, we've been hearing about the concepts of innovation, entrepreneurship and the like...And in our "class" Tuesday, September 21st, we had the amazing opportunity to meet with the founder of America's Dog. This is a hot dog restaurant located in Chi-town that has been growing in size since it has started in 1996. He was such a great guy! It was a great to get his perspective on being an entrepreneur and as he stated, "I like making money" and well...I want to make money too! But his message to all of us was far from impersonal and cold. In developing his business, he has been able to keep a level head by realizing that there will be ups and downs and nothing will ALWAYS go as planned. You just have to be able to "weather' the tides of business because nothing will be for certain in the cut-throat world of being an entrepreneur. Aside from that, the food's great there! (He bought the whole class anything they wanted for lunch) I would definitely recommend the Tuscon Dog and the sweet potato fries were pretty decent. I think the part of his personality that allows him to be so passionate in the restaurant business is that is he completely GENUINE. He tells things as they are and doesn't sugar coat anything, which has been one of his strong suits in looking for investors in his business. Go America!