The Burger King: A Whopper of a Story on Life and Leadership (For Fans of Company History Books like My Warren Buffett Bible or Elon Musk)

The Life and Legacy of an American Original

Co-founder and first CEO of Burger King, Jim McLamore, recounts the entrepreneurial journey of an international fast food chain and offers a message to today's budding entrepreneur.

A rags-to-$9-billion-riches story. A crash course in Burger King history and fast food in America, The Burger King is McLamore’s candid and conversational memoir. Written before his death in 1996, he talks of his life, the birth of the whopper, and the rise of Burger King. Inside, find out:

  • How Burger King managed to create the worst advertising campaign of 1985
  • What Burger King shares with Pitbull, Scarface, and Marco Rubio
  • Why Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas called McLamore an “American original”

A message for today’s young entrepreneur. McLamore’s account of Burger King offers an instructive and inspiring tale to young entrepreneurs. Here’s a story of entrepreneurship development from one of the top entrepreneurs of fast food chains. Want to learn how to start a food business? Burger King’s journey from south Florida drive-ins to international corporation reveals the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, whether in the food service industry or elsewhere.

Now what? But the autobiography of McLamore doesn’t end when he exits the company. So, what comes after success? To McLamore, it comes down to what’s truly needed to live a full and good life—personal values, impacting the people around you, and juicy hamburgers.

If you want to have it your way, and enjoyed books like Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald'sDave's Way: The Story of Wendy’s, and Papa: The Story of Papa John's Pizza, then you’ll love The Burger King: A Whopper of a Story on Life and Leadership.

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The Burger King: A Whopper of a Story on Life and Leadership (For Fans of Company History Books like My Warren Buffett Bible or Elon Musk)

The Life and Legacy of an American Original

Co-founder and first CEO of Burger King, Jim McLamore, recounts the entrepreneurial journey of an international fast food chain and offers a message to today's budding entrepreneur.

A rags-to-$9-billion-riches story. A crash course in Burger King history and fast food in America, The Burger King is McLamore’s candid and conversational memoir. Written before his death in 1996, he talks of his life, the birth of the whopper, and the rise of Burger King. Inside, find out:

  • How Burger King managed to create the worst advertising campaign of 1985
  • What Burger King shares with Pitbull, Scarface, and Marco Rubio
  • Why Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas called McLamore an “American original”

A message for today’s young entrepreneur. McLamore’s account of Burger King offers an instructive and inspiring tale to young entrepreneurs. Here’s a story of entrepreneurship development from one of the top entrepreneurs of fast food chains. Want to learn how to start a food business? Burger King’s journey from south Florida drive-ins to international corporation reveals the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, whether in the food service industry or elsewhere.

Now what? But the autobiography of McLamore doesn’t end when he exits the company. So, what comes after success? To McLamore, it comes down to what’s truly needed to live a full and good life—personal values, impacting the people around you, and juicy hamburgers.

If you want to have it your way, and enjoyed books like Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald'sDave's Way: The Story of Wendy’s, and Papa: The Story of Papa John's Pizza, then you’ll love The Burger King: A Whopper of a Story on Life and Leadership.

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The Burger King: A Whopper of a Story on Life and Leadership (For Fans of Company History Books like My Warren Buffett Bible or Elon Musk)

The Burger King: A Whopper of a Story on Life and Leadership (For Fans of Company History Books like My Warren Buffett Bible or Elon Musk)

by Jim McLamore
The Burger King: A Whopper of a Story on Life and Leadership (For Fans of Company History Books like My Warren Buffett Bible or Elon Musk)

The Burger King: A Whopper of a Story on Life and Leadership (For Fans of Company History Books like My Warren Buffett Bible or Elon Musk)

by Jim McLamore

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The Life and Legacy of an American Original

Co-founder and first CEO of Burger King, Jim McLamore, recounts the entrepreneurial journey of an international fast food chain and offers a message to today's budding entrepreneur.

A rags-to-$9-billion-riches story. A crash course in Burger King history and fast food in America, The Burger King is McLamore’s candid and conversational memoir. Written before his death in 1996, he talks of his life, the birth of the whopper, and the rise of Burger King. Inside, find out:

  • How Burger King managed to create the worst advertising campaign of 1985
  • What Burger King shares with Pitbull, Scarface, and Marco Rubio
  • Why Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas called McLamore an “American original”

A message for today’s young entrepreneur. McLamore’s account of Burger King offers an instructive and inspiring tale to young entrepreneurs. Here’s a story of entrepreneurship development from one of the top entrepreneurs of fast food chains. Want to learn how to start a food business? Burger King’s journey from south Florida drive-ins to international corporation reveals the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, whether in the food service industry or elsewhere.

Now what? But the autobiography of McLamore doesn’t end when he exits the company. So, what comes after success? To McLamore, it comes down to what’s truly needed to live a full and good life—personal values, impacting the people around you, and juicy hamburgers.

If you want to have it your way, and enjoyed books like Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald'sDave's Way: The Story of Wendy’s, and Papa: The Story of Papa John's Pizza, then you’ll love The Burger King: A Whopper of a Story on Life and Leadership.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781642502824
Publisher: TURNER PUB CO
Publication date: 05/19/2020
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 795,076
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Jim McLamore was the co-founder and first CEO of Burger King, creating one of the great fast service restaurant chains in the country together with Dave Edgerton. After selling it to Pillsbury and watching over it for the twenty years, he retired and dedicated his life to servicing the South Florida community as Chairman of the University of Miami and avid member of the Fairchild Tropical Gardens.

Table of Contents

Foreword 10

Introduction 12

Chapter 1 Early Life 15

Chapter 2 Cornell and the Navy 22

Chapter 3 YMCA & Colonial Inn 33

Chapter 4 Into the Soup 44

Chapter 5 Starting Out 56

Chapter 6 Into the Soup-Again 68

Chapter 7 The Desperate Search for Capital 73

Chapter 8 The Whopper Is Born 83

Chapter 9 Early Franchising 88

Chapter 10 We're on the Air 96

Chapter 11 The Race Begins 103

Chapter 12 Putting It in Gear 116

Chapter 13 Sniffing Around: The Booz Allen Visit 122

Chapter 14 Removing Obstacles 128

Chapter 15 Scrambling to Stay in the Lead 137

Chapter 16 The Decision to Join the Pillsbury Company 151

Chapter 17 Coming Aboard 169

Chapter 18 Fitting into the Corporate Mold 177

Chapter 19 Stepping Down 197

Chapter 20 Getting Adjusted 204

Chapter 21 Burger King Grows 1972-1988 211

Chapter 22 Hostilities from London 222

Chapter 23 The Battle for a Takeover 235

Chapter 24 Stumbling Blocks for Grand Met 247

Chapter 25 Getting Involved Again 256

Chapter 26 What's Next? 274

Chapter 27 Looking Back 289

Chapter 28 Conclusion 297

Epilogue: Jim's Legacy with the Burger King McLamore Foundation 299

Acknowledgements 302

About the Author 303

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