Back when I first moved to Oklahoma i drove past a hobby shop on my way to and from work everyday. I have spent many hours looking around in hobby shops and this one was about 1/2 of a shopping center so I figured they would have a great selection on model airplanes. I walked in and was confused because it was all cloth and decorations for a houses and crap like that. I finally found one little section with some model airplane stuff and it was all junk for kids. I figured that place would be out of business in short order. I was a little off in my assessment because it was the first store that grew a bit more. It soon swallowed that entire shopping center and ran out of room so it started building the empire that is now Hobby Lobby. I should have bought stock in them back then. 
They have over 600 stores and have sales of over 3.3 Billion. They are ranked as the #138th of largest private companies.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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