The Power of Partnership
Dr. James Merritt
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 12-5-99
INTRODUCTION
1. In 1948 two brothers, by the names of Richard and Maurice McDonald, converted their barbeque drive-in with carhops, into the world's first McDonald's limited-menu self-service drive-in in San Bernardino, California. One restaurant serving one community.
2. In 1954 a man by the name of Ray Kroc mortgaged his home and invested his entire life's savings to become the exclusive distributor of a five-spindled milkshake maker called the Multimixer. He heard about this McDonald's hamburger stand in California that was running eight Multimixers at one time. So he packed up his car and headed west.
3. Ray Kroc said he had never seen so many people served so quickly in all of his life. He walked into the restaurant, met these two brothers and offered them one simple idea. Why don't you open up more than one restaurant? Because he was convinced he could sell eight of his Multimixers to everyone of them. They said, "Who could we get to open them for us?" Ray Kroc answered, "What about me?"
4. In 1955 Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald's franchise in Des Plaines, Illinois. And, as they say, the rest is history. Today there are 24,500 McDonald's in 116 countries, selling more hamburgers than any other restaurant on planet earth, and Ronald McDonald, along with Santa Claus and Mickey Mouse, is one of the three most well known figures in all of the world.
5. How did this happen? Because Ray Kroc understood a principle that is found in the Bible, whether he realized it or not, and the principle is this one: "Two are better than one." (Eccl. 4:9) There is an unbelievable power in partnership that goes beyond addition to multiplication. You know, not even the Lone Ranger faced life alone--he had Tonto!
6. You may have heard the old story about the Lone Ranger and Tonto riding across the desert. As they came over a ...
Dr. James Merritt
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 12-5-99
INTRODUCTION
1. In 1948 two brothers, by the names of Richard and Maurice McDonald, converted their barbeque drive-in with carhops, into the world's first McDonald's limited-menu self-service drive-in in San Bernardino, California. One restaurant serving one community.
2. In 1954 a man by the name of Ray Kroc mortgaged his home and invested his entire life's savings to become the exclusive distributor of a five-spindled milkshake maker called the Multimixer. He heard about this McDonald's hamburger stand in California that was running eight Multimixers at one time. So he packed up his car and headed west.
3. Ray Kroc said he had never seen so many people served so quickly in all of his life. He walked into the restaurant, met these two brothers and offered them one simple idea. Why don't you open up more than one restaurant? Because he was convinced he could sell eight of his Multimixers to everyone of them. They said, "Who could we get to open them for us?" Ray Kroc answered, "What about me?"
4. In 1955 Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald's franchise in Des Plaines, Illinois. And, as they say, the rest is history. Today there are 24,500 McDonald's in 116 countries, selling more hamburgers than any other restaurant on planet earth, and Ronald McDonald, along with Santa Claus and Mickey Mouse, is one of the three most well known figures in all of the world.
5. How did this happen? Because Ray Kroc understood a principle that is found in the Bible, whether he realized it or not, and the principle is this one: "Two are better than one." (Eccl. 4:9) There is an unbelievable power in partnership that goes beyond addition to multiplication. You know, not even the Lone Ranger faced life alone--he had Tonto!
6. You may have heard the old story about the Lone Ranger and Tonto riding across the desert. As they came over a ...
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