Ruth G. WakeField

Chocolate Chip Cookie

Back-Ground Story

• Born on June 17, 1903 in East Walpole, MA
• Worked as Dietitian and gave lectures about healthy food choices 
• In 1897, Ruth and her husband bought a Toll House and later became a Inn
• She had a pleasant surprise visit from John F. Kennedy 
• Graduated Framingham State School Department of Household Arts

Big Deal accomplishments

• Invented Chocolate chip cookies 
• Wrote a cookbook
• Owned a successful restaurant

Road to Entrepreneurship

• Managed a successful restaurant
• Invented the chocolate chip cookie
• Made cookbooks
• Had a lot of local fame for deserts

Roles of A Entrepreneur

• Innovator- Made world famous chocolate chip cookie
• Risk Taker- Ran out of bakers chocolate and used sweet chocolate
• Sparkplug- She was up every morning with customers and horse alike
• Strategist- Found a way to get a life time supply of Chocolate free

Characteristic of a Sweet Entrepreneur

• Ambition- Ran a restaurant and invented cookies
• Self-Confident- Local fame from deserts
• Willingness to take risk- Used semi-sweet chocolate 
• Energy and self-discipline- Was always active
• Perseverance- Without proper supply still ran resturaunt

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• Problem Solving- Used real chocolate
• Organization-She was a chef
• Motivate others- Convinced husband to buy Toll House

[(Sources)]

• http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/wakefield.html
• http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventors/a/Chocolate_Chip.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Graves_Wakefield

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