John Alexander is president and founder of The CBORD Group, Inc., a company inspired by his foodservice experience at Cornell University. While earning an undergraduate degree in physics, John worked in several capacities for the Department of Dining Services at Cornell, including managing the university's first two "Pickup Store" convenience stores. Later, as assistant business manager, he developed the dining department's systems for food production and cost control. John Alexander is a graduate of Cornell University
We started the company in 1975 when I was in grad school. I had two other partners. We each kicked in $1000 a piece. There was no such word as venture capital back in 1975, I don't think. Just like entrepreneurism didn't really exists as a proper noun. But their $2000 behind mine was clearly my...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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