How A Poor Irish Boy Created Guinness
The Arthur Guinness story is one of the most audacious bets in the history of entrepreneurship — and most people only know half of it. Born into near-poverty in 18th-century Ireland, Arthur Guinness grew up the son of a servant, with no money, no connections, and no guarantee the British empire would ever let an Irishman succeed. So how did he end up signing a 9,000-year lease on a run-down Dublin brewery — and turning it into the most famous stout in the world? The Guinness origin story is full of decisions so bold they border on insane, and the [See More…]
