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What Are Blake Mycoskie Accomplishments

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Blake Mycoskie “Be the change you want to see in the world,” a quote written by Ghandi (Mycoskie about the author). This quote is the inspiration to all of Blake Mycoskie’s positive accomplishments, as well as his motto. Has anyone ever seen or heard of the Toms brand? Is it ever wondered where the name came from or whose ideas it was to create the brand? What are Toms? Blake Mycoskie has an interesting life as well as inspiring accomplishments Blake was born on August 26,1976 (imdb.com overview).He was born in Arlington, Texas (imdb.com overview). In 2001 , when Blake was younger he got the chance to race with his sister in The Amazing Race in Argentina (imdb.com Trivia). The reason Blake was already in Argentina was because he …show more content…

Blake created the toms glasses as well (Toms.com Blake Mycoskie).In 2009 he won the ACE state award (Award of Corporate Excellence) (Toms.com Blake Mycoskie). He also wrote his first book in the same year called “ Start Something that Matters” ( Toms.com Blake Mycoskie). This book is considered one of New York Times best sellers (Toms.com Blake Mycoskie). Blake has a strong specific strength: he helps young people or people that are in need, make tomorrow better (Toms.com Blake Mycoskie). When Blake first invented “Toms” he wanted the name to be a specific meaning. Toms” Sell a pair of shoes today , give a pair of shoes tomorrow,” (Mycoskie 6). Through any ones career there are always challenges. When Blake tried to start his career he got rejected by many shoemakers(Mycoskie 7-8). Shoemakers would call him loco (Mycoskie 7-8). Mycoskie traveled around Argentina trying to find that one crazy person that would actually believe in his idea (Mycoskie 8). Blake never gave up on his idea. With the support of his friend Alejo, who he met in Argentina, he never gave up on Blake’s idea (Mycoskie 6-9). Then Blake finally found a shoemaker that was crazy enough to believe in his idea (Mycoskie

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