Donald Duck is amazing and hard Startupper

[Daniel Maline]

Especially in the comic stories by Carl Barks and Al Taliaferro. In these short stories, Donald has set up a light and small business in a short time and quickly. He succeeds well in his work until he manages to make a catastrophic mistake. But, Donald never gives up and he is ready to start a new business in a new field. At any time, Donald can be seen as a tie seller or glazier or master gardener. Nothing is impossible for him and for this reason Donald should definitely get the Entrepreneur of the Year award and title.

[That Duckfan]

What I find interesting is how rarely Scrooge appears in brittle mastery stories. As you point out, Scrooge is hardly the only entrepreneurial Duck in the family. But Donald rarely gets successful enough to become a competitor to Scrooge. The only story that comes to mind is City of the Golden Roofs, which itself is a rewrite of Land of the Totem Poles. Rosa goes so far as to suggest that is a terrible businessman in Nobody's Business, although that story was more about investment than anything product-related. Donald is as inventive as the plot requires, and given Barks' own history it's no surprise much of that creativity is turned into (short-lived) businesses.

...I'm sure there's a dozen Italian stories where Donald does indeed compete against Scrooge, but no definite ones come to my mind.

[Spectrus]

Jun 29, 2021 20:58:53 GMT That Duckfan said:

...I'm sure there's a dozen Italian stories where Donald does indeed compete against Scrooge, but no definite ones come to my mind.

This one, because I recently read it.

inducks.org/story.php?c=I+TL+3153-3

Donald has acquired so many skills serving his uncle that he turns out to be useful for almost everybody and becomes a bit of a rent-a-talent one-man show. Scrooge hears about this company but doesn't know that there's only one hired hand to hire and that it's his nephew. It wasn't resolved very well but clearly Scrooge underestimates Donald quite a lot.

[sim]

Jun 29, 2021 20:07:30 GMT Daniel Maline said:

Especially in the comic stories by Carl Barks and Al Taliaferro. In these short stories, Donald has set up a light and small business in a short time and quickly. He succeeds well in his work until he manages to make a catastrophic mistake. But, Donald never gives up and he is ready to start a new business in a new field. At any time, Donald can be seen as a tie seller or glazier or master gardener. Nothing is impossible for him and for this reason Donald should definitely get the Entrepreneur of the Year award and title.

I recently read an interesting 12-page piece about this called "The Brittle Mastery of Donald Duck", by Lonnie McAllister, published here.