A Tale of Walt Disney
Walt Disney was the stupidest person in the room. So he stood next to his brother Roy (kept Walt positive after their first business went bankrupt). He stood next to Ub Iwerks (he drew a disgusting rodent for Walt). He stood next to Margaret Winkler (the first person to buy a Disney film: Alice in Wonderland), and Lillian Bounds (who not only named this little rat, “Mickey Mouse” but then married Walt). You would think this is all Walt needed. Four people. Now he was drawing and selling movies. But Walt Disney was never in the movie business! The movies were barely breaking even. And it was the middle of The Great Depression. He had to stand next to the smartest person in the room. A guy named Kay Kamen who took a two day bus ride just to talk to Walt when he first saw Mickey Mouse. Because the Walt Disney company was not in the movie business, or story business, or theme park business or Snow White business. Kay Kamen convinced Walt what business he was really in.