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<\/p>\nRobert Pyles, a successful entrepreneur that owns 12 McDonald\u2019s franchises in Wisconsin, would have never thought that he would be as successful as he is now when he was a child growing up with 9 siblings being raised by a single mother. But now, he is one of the largest African-American employers in Wisconsin and he is using his past experiences as his motivation..<\/p>\n
Started from the bottom<\/p>\n
Pyles started in the service industry as a part-time employee at a McDonald\u2019s in Wyoming to earn extra income while serving at the Air Force. Since then, he realized that he loved serving customers and that\u2019s what he wanted to do.<\/p>\n
He completed a McDonald\u2019s ownership training program within two and a half years. He then took the opportunity to open a McDonald\u2019s location in Milwaukee, as suggested by the former CEO of McDonald\u2019s Corp., Don Thompson.<\/p>\n
He opened his first McDonald\u2019s on February 14, 1998. He admitted that it wasn\u2019t easy at first with all the demands of fast service. But stopping isn\u2019t one of his options. \u201cI told myself \u2018never let \u2019em see you sweat.\u2019 I knew I had to hold true to what I believed,\u201d he told Black Enterprise.<\/p>\n
Prepared for growth<\/p>\n
From one location, he opened another one in the next year and it continued growing over the years to up to 12 locations now. Despite that, Pyles believes that success in business isn\u2019t measured by growth.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou must be prepared for growth and pay close attention to profitability. You can have less stores and be more profitable,\u201d he said. \u201cMy goal wasn\u2019t necessarily to keep adding stores. I wanted to create a training center environment to let people see that an African American operator can operate at a certain level.\u201d<\/p>\n
With about 45 employees in each location, he employs around 600 people all in all. Aside from providing jobs to the community, he wanted to ease the burden of his employees in finding affordable housing near work. So he partnered with a friend who has a construction business and started Magnolia Realty, wherein they purchase foreclosed properties near his McDonald\u2019s stores, rebuild it, and sells it to them at a reasonable price.<\/p>\n
Inspiring others<\/p>\n
From his rough childhood as one of the nine children raised by a single mother, Pyles now lives comfortably with his wife and three children who work with him in the business. And he wants to inspire others to achieve what he has achieved as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s really important to be both visible and accessible in the community,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not enough for me alone to be successful. My goal is to help others get approved for McDonald\u2019s ownership. I started with my wife because there\u2019s no inherited ownership in the event that an owner passes away. Now I\u2019m working on getting others approved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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