Bill Clinton
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So a lot of it was and that was my father's vision. He had a lot of history in manufacturing, working for Hasbro, Milton Bradley, the board game company, which was based their headquarters is here at East Longmeadow or was at the time. And he built factories for them in India and in Australia.
So a lot of it was and that was my father's vision. He had a lot of history in manufacturing, working for Hasbro, Milton Bradley, the board game company, which was based their headquarters is here at East Longmeadow or was at the time. And he built factories for them in India and in Australia.
So he understood manufacturing, how to build a plant, how to employ from top to bottom and get it up and running. So he was confident in his skills and said, I want to own my own manufacturing company. I want to make an American-made product, number one, that has a quality workforce and makes a product that's dependable and easy to use. And he thought it didn't really matter what it was.
So he understood manufacturing, how to build a plant, how to employ from top to bottom and get it up and running. So he was confident in his skills and said, I want to own my own manufacturing company. I want to make an American-made product, number one, that has a quality workforce and makes a product that's dependable and easy to use. And he thought it didn't really matter what it was.
So he understood manufacturing, how to build a plant, how to employ from top to bottom and get it up and running. So he was confident in his skills and said, I want to own my own manufacturing company. I want to make an American-made product, number one, that has a quality workforce and makes a product that's dependable and easy to use. And he thought it didn't really matter what it was.
As long as it hit that criteria, he could figure out a way to do it better and make it more profitable. Nobody grows up as a kid dreaming to be an owner of a hand dryer manufacturer. I can tell you that. If it happened, it would be a first, I think. But it just so happened that XL dryer met his criteria. It was in the area where we lived. And I was a younger kid when he
As long as it hit that criteria, he could figure out a way to do it better and make it more profitable. Nobody grows up as a kid dreaming to be an owner of a hand dryer manufacturer. I can tell you that. If it happened, it would be a first, I think. But it just so happened that XL dryer met his criteria. It was in the area where we lived. And I was a younger kid when he
As long as it hit that criteria, he could figure out a way to do it better and make it more profitable. Nobody grows up as a kid dreaming to be an owner of a hand dryer manufacturer. I can tell you that. If it happened, it would be a first, I think. But it just so happened that XL dryer met his criteria. It was in the area where we lived. And I was a younger kid when he
And the kids were young and it is where the family was. It was available for sale, checked his check boxes. So he became the owner of a hand dryer manufacturing company.
And the kids were young and it is where the family was. It was available for sale, checked his check boxes. So he became the owner of a hand dryer manufacturing company.
And the kids were young and it is where the family was. It was available for sale, checked his check boxes. So he became the owner of a hand dryer manufacturing company.
Yeah, I, I, I have to, I can't help, but tell it was an amazing story because my, you know, my father, Really built himself up from nothing. First person to go to college and his family living in Chicopee. And, you know, it was big for him, a big step for him. And he basically invested everything into purchasing this business.
Yeah, I, I, I have to, I can't help, but tell it was an amazing story because my, you know, my father, Really built himself up from nothing. First person to go to college and his family living in Chicopee. And, you know, it was big for him, a big step for him. And he basically invested everything into purchasing this business.
Yeah, I, I, I have to, I can't help, but tell it was an amazing story because my, you know, my father, Really built himself up from nothing. First person to go to college and his family living in Chicopee. And, you know, it was big for him, a big step for him. And he basically invested everything into purchasing this business.
And if it didn't work out, he would have been back to being poor and having no money. And it was an all or nothing investment. So, you know, we were all working together, living it. We didn't know how successful it would be. Uh, we knew we had something when we showed it at the first trade show was the national restaurant association show in Chicago.
And if it didn't work out, he would have been back to being poor and having no money. And it was an all or nothing investment. So, you know, we were all working together, living it. We didn't know how successful it would be. Uh, we knew we had something when we showed it at the first trade show was the national restaurant association show in Chicago.
And if it didn't work out, he would have been back to being poor and having no money. And it was an all or nothing investment. So, you know, we were all working together, living it. We didn't know how successful it would be. Uh, we knew we had something when we showed it at the first trade show was the national restaurant association show in Chicago.
And people would put their hands under it and make these great facial expressions like, oh my God, wow, this is, I've never tried a dryer like this. We kind of knew we had something. And literally, uh, we got back in, uh, well actually the washing or the wall street journal, uh, writer.
And people would put their hands under it and make these great facial expressions like, oh my God, wow, this is, I've never tried a dryer like this. We kind of knew we had something. And literally, uh, we got back in, uh, well actually the washing or the wall street journal, uh, writer.
And people would put their hands under it and make these great facial expressions like, oh my God, wow, this is, I've never tried a dryer like this. We kind of knew we had something. And literally, uh, we got back in, uh, well actually the washing or the wall street journal, uh, writer.