Introduction
Self-made billionaire Joe Dudley was raised in a very low-income household. Dudley overcame being classified as retarded and having a speech impediment to rise to the position of president of one of the largest black-owned companies in the country, distributing beauty items to blacks all over the world by providing cosmetology training courses. Dudley had three children by the age of forty, was a billionaire, and served as a mentor to others (Glackin, Caroline, and Suzanne Altobello). Dudley attributes his success to his perseverance, firm trust in God, cheerful outlook, and determination to put in as much effort as is required to achieve. The purpose of Dudley’s business is to assist people in being economically independent and self-sufficient.
Discussion
Due to his communication difficulties and the hours he lost in school because of the farm, Dudley began to underestimate the importance of education. Dudley developed as the practical joker of the class. He was classified as intellectually retarded by the school as a result. Dudley missed two grades because of this. Dudley did not decide to pursue studies seriously until he was a junior in high school and got rejected by a girlfriend because she thought he was not clever enough. He finished reading all of the school textbooks from the previous eleven years. Although Dudley occasionally struggled with reading the books, he persevered and gained knowledge. Through the process, he came to enjoy reading and to understand that readers own the actual power.
After graduating from high school, Dudley labored in Hartford, Connecticut, at a poultry farm until he had enough funds for two semesters of college. At North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Dudley started his studies. Dudley attended classes, helped on the campus farm, and cleaned the home of a teacher in the evenings. Dudley then traveled to Brooklyn, New York, in search of employment so that he could pay for the following academic year. A young man advertising Fuller Products was someone Dudley encountered. Dudley was so moved by the guy that he visited the Fuller headquarters, spent $10 on a sales kit, and signed up to work there (Glackin, Caroline, and Suzanne Altobello). Dudley eventually mastered selling and amassed enough cash to return to education soon. When he returned to school, Dudley continued to market Fuller Items; for the following four years, he did so both during the school year and the summer in Brooklyn. Dudley obtained a business management bachelor’s degree.
When someone else was given the promotion, Dudley was dissatisfied because he had taken the choice to work for Fuller as a service manager. Dudley was ready to leave the business, but S. B. Fuller allowed him to work as a freelance distributor for Fuller Products (Glackin, Caroline, and Suzanne Altobello). Being in charge of a distribution company taught Dudley that managers must act as role models by being successful themselves if they want their team members to sell Fuller Products successfully. In the end, Dudley’s company was Fuller Products’ top dealer for purchases.
Conclusion
Finally, with the bankruptcy of Fuller Products, Dudley acquired Rosebud Beauty Products and started making them in his home during the afternoons. Ultimately, Dudley was told to stop producing the item at home by the local licensing office. He purchased a place in a strip mall and gave his new enterprise the name Dudley’s Beauty Center & Salon. Dudley was able to quickly open shops around North Carolina as well as in South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, and New York because of the company’s success.
Work Cited
Glackin, Caroline, and Suzanne Altobello. “A makeover for Dudley’s Q+.” The CASE Journal, 2021, Web.