Robert Rosenberg: Former CEO of Dunkin Donuts and Author of Around the Corner to Around the World

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🗓️ 14 October 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Today’s guest on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People is the former CEO of Dunkin Donuts, Robert Rosenberg. Shortly after his graduation from the Harvard MBA program in 1963, he took over a family business named Universal Food Systems. He was 25 at the time. This small, but diversified organization, morphed into Dunkin Donuts--now named simply Dunkin. You’ll find out why its name changed, actually. He ran Dunkin Donuts from 1963 to 1998. At the time of his retirement, Dunkin Brands represented 6,500 locations including Baskin-Robbins and Togos. After his retirement, he became an adjunct professor at FW Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson while serving on the board of directors of Domino’s Pizza (approximately 1,500 locations at the time) and Sonic Corporation (approximately 1,700 locations at the time). He has a new book coming out called AROUND THE CORNER TO AROUND THE WORLD: A Dozen Lessons I Learned Running Dunkin’ Donuts. In this interview he covers topics such as: ° The challenges of a family business ° Focus vs diversity in product offerings ° The role of a CEO ° The role of a board of directors ° The process of planning and budgeting This episode is brought to you by reMarkable, the paper tablet. It's my favorite way to take notes, sign contracts, and save all the instruction manuals to all the gadgets I buy. Learn more at remarkable.com I hope you enjoyed this podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes It takes less than sixty seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I might read your review on my next episode! Sign up for Guy's weekly email at http://eepurl.com/gL7pvD Connect with Guy on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/guykawasaki Instagram: instagram.com/guykawasaki Facebook: facebook.com/guy LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/guykawasaki/ Read Guy’s books: https://guykawasaki.com/books/ Thank you for listening and sharing this episode with your community. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:48.6	I'm Guy Kawasaki and this is remarkable people.
0:52.6	Today's remarkable guest is the former CEO of Duncan Donuts, Robert Rosenberg.
0:58.0	Shortly after his graduation from the Harvard MBA program in 1963, he took over a family
1:03.8	business.
1:05.0	He was 25 at the time.
1:07.3	This small organization morphed it to Dunkin' Donuts.
1:11.3	He ran Duncan Donuts from 1963 to 1998.
1:15.6	At the time of his retirement, Duncan Brands represented 6,500 locations, including Baskin-Robbins and Togoes.
1:23.1	After his retirement, he became an adjunct professor at the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson,
1:29.3	and he served on the board of directors of Domino's Pizza, approximately 1,500 locations at the time,
1:36.3	and Sonic Corporation, approximately 1,700 locations at the time.
1:40.3	He has a new book coming out called Around the Corner to Around the World,
1:44.9	A Dozen Lessons I Learned Running Dunkin' Donuts. In this interview, he covers topics such as the
1:50.9	challenges of a family business, focus versus diversity in product offerings, the role of a CEO,
1:58.3	the role of a board of directors, and the process of planning and budgeting.
2:03.5	This episode of Remarkable People is brought to you by Remarkable, the paper tablet company.
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