Taco Bell

Glen Bell

• Born: September 3rd Lynwood CA.
• 1946 opened first hotdog stand 
• Shortly after, started selling tacos
• Partner business "El Tacos"
• Solo business first Taco Bell

Glen Bell

• Needed to show his passion for cooking
• U.S. Marines
• Served in the marines during WWI
• Began selling 19-cent tacos

Taco Bell

• $4,000 investment to Taco Bell
• 2 years after first opening 8 more opened
• Began co-branding with KFC
• C0-branding with Pizza Hut

Innovator

• Creator 
• Glen Bell created Taco Bell

Risk Taker

• Adventurer 
• Invested $4,000 in the first Taco Bell
• Creating a business with a solo partnership

Spark Plug

• The drive or motivation 
• Solo business
• Tias Tacos 
• El Taco (Partnership)

Strategist

• The plan ahead 
• Creating new foods for interest
• Goals for further business after his death

Ambition

• Desire to achieve and prosper 
• Made millions off his franchise 

Self-confidence

• Being positive in the decisions you make
• Glen knew if he put all his effort the business would work
• Knew what he was doing with his work in creating a company

willingness to take risk

• Having the possibility of failure of loss
• large investment of $4,oo0 to open a new company
• Made the big investment from money he had been saving 
• Grew up poor, only money he had
• Solo business investment 

energy & self-discipline

• Wanting to do what you think is best, in your interest
• He knew the business would work
• He helped build the first Taco Bell
• Went through with his ideas of creating his own business

Perseverance

• Consistency with something no matter the difficulty
• With no start up money he continued his business 

problem solving ability

• Ability to handle problems in a steady manner
• Taco Bell had a lack of managers
• First food chain to hire women managers

ability to motivate others

• Having a good spirit to get others to participate
• Glens motivations to the business inspired people to help
• His persistence made other people want to do big things for themselves
• Showed people that hard work pays off

organizational skills

• skills needed to organize your time and priorities
• He was organized well enough to run his own business