R.D. Offutt : success & significance / Hiram M. Drache.
Material type: TextPublication details: Lakeville, MN : Hobar, c2013.Description: xx, 260 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 0913163481 (hardcover)
- 9780913163481 (hardcover)
- R.D. Offutt : success and significance
- Success and significance
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Not for Loan | Main Library | North Dakota Collection | Offutt, R. D. D757 | Not for loan | 33111007491448 | ||||
Adult Book | Main Library | Biography | Offutt, R. D. D757 | Available | 33111007491455 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-242) and index.
From Europe to the Red River Valley -- Potatoes: Partners, precision & production -- A processing plant and other ventures -- The ups and downs of the machinery business -- I always liked dealing in vehicles -- I never thought I would be milking cows -- Other ventures -- The corporate center: People, places and culture -- The profile of an entrepreneur -- The Offutt legacy: Friends matter -- Transition in progress -- Success to significance.
This book is about Ronald D. Offutt, Jr., a farm boy whose father was a visionary but had difficulty implementing management skills. Fortunately, he excelled in potato marketing. Ronnie had devout and caring parents who instilled their son with a positive attitude. Ronnie realized from an early age that he wanted to be a potato farmer. He worked his way through college but, like many other entrepreneurs and outstanding leaders in society, it never occurred to him that doing so was supposed to be a handicap. To him, it was an opportunity for a better life. Upon graduation, he declined an offer to work for his father; he wanted to be a partner. The thought overwhelmed his parents, but they agreed on the condition that he sign a note to them for one-half of their net worth and cosign all their financial obligations. Starting with a negative net worth and without any master plan or vision of creating an agricultural empire, Ronnie, who had great people skills and excelled in developing partnerships, accomplished the story unveiled within these pages.