Millionaires In Carlson Case

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The stories in the case analysis were interesting each person had their own story on how they became millionaires in Memphis. Abe and Lee both went to college they knew what they want out of life and put a plan together to work toward accomplishing their goals. Abe and Lee both exhibited the passion, perseverance, promotion/prevention focus, planning style and professionalization they had the ambition to do what was needed to become successful.
You can give Dave credit for seeing a good business opportunity by buying property at a low cost when people where in trouble, then flipping the property to make a profit. This was good business practice he had a plan and excited to sell of the property to make money. Dave applied little effort and

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