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Failed Restaurants, Massive Debt, and an NBA Ring: Joel Steele's Unbelievable Comeback
Joel Steele had a gun pointed in his face at 2 AM in Camden, New Jersey at 17 years old.
The man holding it looked back and forth between Joel and his friend and said: which one should I put a hole in first? They got out.
Joel decided that was the last time he was going to press his luck. What followed was a healthy fast food restaurant built from scratch with no experience, no money, and no restaurant background, three locations, national ambitions, and $850,000 in debt by the time he was 24. He walked the streets of Philadelphia envying the homeless people he passed because they had nothing…
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