Wally amos

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• Wally was born on July 1, 1936 in Tallahassee, Florida. 
• He worked in mailrooms and in the air force before starting his business. 
• He opened his first Amos cookie store in 1975 on Sunset Boulevard in LA.   
• He has written 10 books
• He attended but dropped out of Food Trades Vocational High school 

Wally's business idea sparked when he was a manager bagging, baking and passing out cookies at meetings, and on television and motion picture sets.

Awards

• Honorary Doctorate in Education   
• Horatio Alger award
• Presidents Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence  
• The National Literacy Honors award 

Wally was an innovator (ways to turn ideas into good or services that people want) because he made delicious cookies that people wanted and demanded. People often skipped telling him "Hello" and just asked "Where are my cookies?"

He also was a risk taker (takes risk to get business started) Because he gave up his job as a manager and launched his cookie business from support of friends and bakers.

Wally was a spark plug ( what it takes to turn ideas into reality) because before he got his business started he passed out cookies to get his product out and in demand to people.

Wally was also a strategist (supplies the vision and makes key decisions) because he spent a lot of time and effort in perfecting his cookie to make it highly demanded.

His ambition on making his cookie the next big thing was a key factor in Wally's success in as an entrepreneur.

Wally is very self confident because he took the risk of going broke to launch his Amos cookie business.

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• Problem Solving 
• He lost his company due to selling to many stocks
• Even then he still managed to turn lemons into lemonaid 

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• He motivated other thru books
• He motivated people by never even giving up
• "I bounce back. I don't roll over" -Wally Amos 

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• "Wally Amos Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2014.
• "The Cookie Kahuna Story." The Cookie Kahuna The Taste That Made Me Famous. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2014.
• "Wally Amos: The Man in The Watermelon Aloha Shirt." Wally Amos. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2014.