According to a recent article at Entrepreneur.com the fictional town of Springfield in the popular TV show The Simpson’s is full of examples of entrepreneurship. Among the most entrepreneurial of the town are The Simpsons themselves. From the article:
Perhaps more than any other family in sitcom land, the Simpsons are an entrepreneurial bunch. Homer sees all situations as potential money-making opportunities, and Bart is following in his footsteps. Homer has gone into business with his father, and his long-lost brother, Herb, was a successful entrepreneur–at least until he met Homer. Even Marge ventured into franchising with a pretzel wagon.
The abbreviated list of the many Simpsons’ ventures includes: selling rides on the elephant Bart won in a contest; selling sugar found in the street after a traffic accident; plowing snow; selling Grandpa’s love tonic; running an internet business, which was bought out by Bill Gates; selling kitchen grease to rendering plants; bootlegging beer during prohibition; offering security services; running a daycare center; and selling tickets to see an unearthed angel fossil.
Biggest Accomplishments: Mr. Plow, until the snow thawed; the daycare center, until Homer was forbidden to see the children and kidnapped a few of them; the grease business, until groundskeeper Willie found out Bart and Homer were taking his “retirement grease”
Success Secret: “If at first you don’t succeed–d’oh!–try again the next time you find some free junk in the road.” –Homer J. Simpson
Biggest Mistakes: “All the ones where I got arrested …or bankrupted …or in trouble with Fat Tony.” –Homer J. Simpson
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Interesting. The Simpsons is such a funny and great show.
I am also a big fan of the Simpsons. I just watched the new movie yesterday.
I loved the Simpsons and I remembered watching them in Argentina and it was the closest things on TV that represets American culture (comedy with a drama touch)
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