Dean Witter Reynolds

At the beginning of the 2013-2014 school years, A.C. Reynolds High School (ACR) had a total enrollment of 1,369 students with 52% of the population being male and 48% female. The ethnic make-up of the school was predominately Caucasian (80% of the student population), followed by 10% African American, 4% Multiracial, 4% Hispanic and less than 1% Asian or Native American. Students who attend ACR live in the suburban area around the city of Asheville including Fairview, Arden, Fletcher, and Haw…

exaggerated. For example, the movie blames Gardner wasting his life savings on a large amount of portable bone density scanning units on his eventual homelessness, while in actuality, it was a result of the low pay he received while training for Dean Witter. Given that the devices were such a huge part of the movie, I feel the movie lacks quite a bit of realism. Notwithstanding, it does add an element of originality. Still, a couple of vital scenes revolve around the scanners that were written…

Inspired by a true story, the film The Pursuit of Happiness is about a hardworking salesman and father named Chris Gardner. Throughout the whole movie, you see his journey from being a broke and homeless salesman to a millionaire stockbroker. In the beginning of the movie, his wife Linda, and their son, Christopher, are both introduced and we see that they lived in San Francisco, California. Chris’s occupation was attempting to sell an expensive, portable Osteo National bone-density scanners…

In boundless huge crowd, some are successful, some are trying their best to be succeed. Successful people always inspire people to keep going on. However, to be succeed is always not easy. There are many difficulties and hardships undergo and thousands of failures behind the success. There are two famous successful persons presented in this essay, one is a famous leader from business, one is a famous actor and a government leader. Christopher Paul Gardner is a famous American millionaire, as a…

determine to achieve a goal, we tend to work harder and never give up. We can see how determination was an important characteristic that helped Gardner become successful. “…. he knocked on doors for several months and finally landed a spot in the Dean Witter Reynolds training program” (Homeless to Happyness). Influenced by the man in the red Ferrari, Chris knew he wanted to become a successful stockbroker. However, he didn’t have a college degree, so he had to start from the…

Chris Gardner: Homelessness to Great success The American Dream is a dream that many Americans strive for. The freedom in which includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, as well as an upward social mobility for the family and children, achieved through hard work, with few barriers. The Pursuit of Happiness, is a book written by the multi-millionaire Chris Gardner. Gardner was not born into nobility. He battled through many obstacles to become the man he is today. His book also…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…