Larry started as a tiny little shop selling ammo, I think and in a few years he had a huge catalog business, and soon after, went internet and huge.
Bass pro started out as a guy who sold fishing supplies out of liquor stores, gas stations, and so forth, back when little bait shops and fishing and sporting good shops could b found on some street corners.we had a few bass pro counters in town. It was another incredible story. Cabelas started out as a gun shop in Nebraska back when I was a kid. This industry is loaded with incredibly powerful businesses that started in game r ages, like rcbs, nosler, hornady, Lee, hodgdon, etc. Even the Remington, Winchester, and other big names started out as one man in a shop.