<span><span>1.her husband’s business acquaintances2.Debbi’s mother3.her in-laws4.her friends 5.fellow students at Los Altos Junior College </span>At age 20, Debbi Fields always loved baking cookies and decided that she thought about starting a business. Her family and friends argued that the business would fail but Debbi managed to get a loan. <span> </span></span>
Mrs. Fields' Original Cookies, Inc. has expanded from one store which was started in 1977, to over 1,500 stores. This is a true story of an American homemaker who overcame major hurdles to create an international business. Having acquired a skill when she was a little girl, Debbi Fields decided to start a business. However, everybody said she would fail.
Her husband’s business acquaintances enjoyed her cookies but were the first ones to advise her that it would be a “bad idea” and that it would never work. Her husband went along with Debbi’s idea, but deep down, he did not believe in her dreams. Debbi pressed on and went ahead to borrow a bank loan. Their banker trusted the young couple to pay back their borrowed loan, even though he expected the business to fail as well. Debbi’s friends and her fellow college students , her own mother, and her in-laws said she would fail.
