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All of the richest Americans started as small business owners. Walt Disney’s first business went bankrupt before he was 22. He lost money, lost talent, and even lost the rights to his first successful character. What followed was not luck, but discipline, ownership, and systems thinking that turned a failed studio into one of the most valuable business ecosystems in history.

In this video, we break down how Walt Disney went from a bankrupt small business owner to building an empire by learning from failure, protecting intellectual property, and reinvesting aggressively when it mattered most.

In this video, we cover:

Why Walt Disney’s first company failed

How losing Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shaped Disney’s strategy

Why owning your work matters more than early success

How Snow White and Disneyland nearly failed but changed everything

What small business owners can learn about systems, scale, and long-term thinking

This is not a story about entertainment. It’s a story about business ownership, risk, and building durable systems that outlast individual products.

We study how America’s richest built wealth through small business ownership and acquisitions so you can apply the same principles to your own business.

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