Blake Mycoskie Research Paper
Someone to Respect and Admire
Blake Mycoskie
Brief Background
Blake Mycoskie is a young successful American author and entrepreneur who was born in August 26, 1976 and raised in Arlington, Texas with two other siblings- sister Paige and brother Tyler. Blake teamed-up with his sister, Paige, to compete on the second season of CBS’ The Amazing Race and finished in third place and split a prize of $25,000. He started doing business while in college where he founded a door-to-door laundry service, an outdoor billboard company in 1999, Reality Central in 2003, partner with founders of TrafficSchool.com to create Drivers Ed Direct- an online drivers education service and in-the-car training school featuring hybrid cars and SUVs, and Toms Shoes in 2006.
TOMS – Shoes for Tomorrow
Although the 29 year-old owned businesses before 2006, the one that he started after his vacation to Argentina not only transformed him, but the …show more content…
Blake had empathy for children’s feet needing shoes after he visually clarified and witnessed the effects of walking barefoot. He also had a lot of respect in regards to the Argentinian culture and their national way of life. He succeeded in achieving his goal because of the effective way of communication that he used by expressing himself clearly and persuasively to friends, partners and colleagues. The reactions from them revealed that Blake’s character has a high level of interpersonal and social skills. His honesty in keeping his promises to the children, friends and himself, demonstrated integrity. In the beginning, while trying to sell the shoes via email and phone, he realized that the quality or the method of communication needed altering, because his audience was not receiving the message right. So he showed up in person, in which the audience reacted by actively listening while he tells the story behind the
Blake Mycoskie
Brief Background
Blake Mycoskie is a young successful American author and entrepreneur who was born in August 26, 1976 and raised in Arlington, Texas with two other siblings- sister Paige and brother Tyler. Blake teamed-up with his sister, Paige, to compete on the second season of CBS’ The Amazing Race and finished in third place and split a prize of $25,000. He started doing business while in college where he founded a door-to-door laundry service, an outdoor billboard company in 1999, Reality Central in 2003, partner with founders of TrafficSchool.com to create Drivers Ed Direct- an online drivers education service and in-the-car training school featuring hybrid cars and SUVs, and Toms Shoes in 2006.
TOMS – Shoes for Tomorrow
Although the 29 year-old owned businesses before 2006, the one that he started after his vacation to Argentina not only transformed him, but the …show more content…
Blake had empathy for children’s feet needing shoes after he visually clarified and witnessed the effects of walking barefoot. He also had a lot of respect in regards to the Argentinian culture and their national way of life. He succeeded in achieving his goal because of the effective way of communication that he used by expressing himself clearly and persuasively to friends, partners and colleagues. The reactions from them revealed that Blake’s character has a high level of interpersonal and social skills. His honesty in keeping his promises to the children, friends and himself, demonstrated integrity. In the beginning, while trying to sell the shoes via email and phone, he realized that the quality or the method of communication needed altering, because his audience was not receiving the message right. So he showed up in person, in which the audience reacted by actively listening while he tells the story behind the