Dick's Sporting Goods

The year was 1948. Eighteen-year-old Dick Stack was an energetic salesman at a tiny Army and Navy store in Binghamton, New York. One day, the store owner asked Dick, an avid fisherman, if it would be a nice idea to sell fishing gear in his shop. Dick provided to build a plan. After working tirelessly on a business plan over a succession of sleepless nights, Dick nervously approached the owner with his vision.