Raising Cane's: Todd Graves

You know, back then we thought you could actually this is being naive, you could actually go to a bank, bring a business plan, and they'd lend you money. Here's my plan. I need uh a hundred thousand dollars. Yeah, and I thought they would give it to you. Isn't this a great plan? Isn't this a great idea? And and so did you do that?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like we bought a couple of cheap suits and um And went to office depot and bought boxy briefcases with the brass combination locks, you remember those? Yep. Yep. We went and we went and saw every bank in town. I had a briefcase, Craig had a briefcase, and

We would put it on their desk. Sitting across from in our chairs, and we would open the brass combination lock. Like somebody was gonna steal our chicken finger business plan. Welcome to How I Built This, a show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements.

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