Durham Applebee's Empire
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A story about how one of Shaan's first investors built wealth through owning multiple Applebee's franchises.
"One of my first investors of any business I ever had was this guy who owned 12 Applebee's. I went to college at Duke in Durham, which is a pretty small city, and this guy was one of the wealthiest guys in Durham. He owned like 10 to 20 Applebee's.
I was like 'Oh you could just do that?' and he's like 'Yeah, here's how it works.' I was like 'Don't even tell me - I want to be more successful than you, or I don't care if I'm less successful than you, I just don't want to own 20 Applebee's. That can't be the endgame here.'"
Shaan Puri
Host of MFM
Shaan Puri is the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Milk Road. He previously worked at Twitch as a Senior Director of Product, Mobile Gaming, and Emerging Markets. He also attended Duke University.