David the famous fund manager, peter lynch, once said if you like a product, find out who the owner is because maybe the owner represents a good stock to buy. On that principle, when i heard my family kept going to a company in my neighborhood called fresh fields, an organic food chain, i began to say maybe theres an investment here, so i looked into it, and it turns out fresh fields was looking for some capital. My firm invested. We love the company. Then along came a Company Called whole foods, who said they wanted to buy it. I initially said i didnt want to sell, but when i met john mackey, i realized he had a gifted vision of where this business was going to go, so we did sell, and it turned out he was right. He built an incredible chain, and i still go to the store almost every day. What compelled you to start safer way and then whole foods . You were at university of texas. And did you drop out to do this . John i dropped out of school, like, six times. I got 120 hours of electiv
David the famous fund manager, peter lynch, once said if you like a product, find out who the owner is because maybe the owner represents a good stock to buy. On that principle, when i heard my family kept going to a company in my neighborhood called fresh fields, an organic food chain, i began to say maybe theres an investment here, so i looked into it, and it turns out fresh fields was looking for some capital. My firm invested. It was a very good investment. We love the company. We love the food. Then along came a Company Called whole foods, who said they wanted to buy it. I initially said i did not want to sell. But when i met john mackey, i realized he had a gifted vision of where this business was going to go, so we did sell, and it turned out he was right. He built an incredible chain, and i still go to the store almost every day. What compelled you to start safer way and then whole foods . You were at university of texas. And did you drop out to do this . John i dropped out of
I asked him how much he wanted. He said 250. I said fine. I didnt negotiate with him. David the famous fund manager, peter lynch, once said if you like a product, find out who the owner is because maybe the owner represents a good stock to buy. On that principle, when i heard my family kept going to a company in my neighborhood called fresh fields, an organic food chain, i began to say maybe theres an investment here, so i looked into it, and it turns out fresh fields was looking for some capital. My firm invested. We love the company. Then along came a Company Called whole foods, who said they wanted to buy it. I initially said i didnt want to sell, but when i met john mackey, i realized he had a gifted vision of where this business was going to go, so we did sell, and it turned out he was right. He built an incredible chain, and i still go to the store almost every day. What compelled you to start safer way and then whole foods . You were at university of texas. And did you drop out
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That are involved, it is, yeah, very serious. As hundreds of thousands count the cost of the woodford scandal. Mr woodford . . We confront the man himself. What do you say, sir, to the people who trusted you, put money in your fund and now they cant reach it . Its all about guessing which way the financial wind is blowing. In the city, fortunes are made and lost on predicting which direction things are heading. For many of us, whether we like it or not, our Financial Security is tied to the ups and downs of the stock exchange. Now, that means we depend on those who manage our cash getting it right more than they get it wrong. The government changed the rules to give people the freedom to invest their pensions wherever they like. So, hundreds of thousands are getting more involved in this high risk game. Beryl is a retired secretary from harrow. Now, she wanted to make her savings go further, so she invested in a fund that was recommended by a friend. The Interest Rates started to drop