

“I thought, ‘I gotta get out of here,'” Foose said. How long have you worked at Ford? Foose asked. A pencil inserted in the device sharpened perfectly, without vibrating. “‘I balanced my pencil sharpener,'” the co-worker replied. … We’ll have it delivered to your cubicle.'”įorty-five minutes later, Foose finally received his supplies.įoose also recalled being stationed in a cubicle next to a man who for three days straight continuously disassembled and reassembled a pencil sharpener.įinally, the co-worker exclaimed, “‘I did it.'” “‘You can’t carry that,'” he said he was told. The materials were placed in a box, and Foose tried to carry the container back to his desk.

He recalled working for Ford during a temporary 1992 sketch program and requisitioning a list of drawing supplies. “I like small businesses,” Foose told Capital One small-business credit card head Buck Stinson and the crowd at the event. In an SCRS-Capital One Spark Business small-business presentation and post-event interview with Repairer Driven News, the Foose Design owner embraced the idea of being a small business, recalled putting quality ahead of a reduced cost to his business and shared some perspective related to his own company’s balance sheet strategy. Besides stressing the importance of passion in evaluating potential employees, automotive designer Chip Foose last month at SEMA shared other business insights from his career.
