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Our Story. Gloo was founded. in 2013 by Scott and Theresa Beck. After scaling successful businesses like Blockbuster Video, Einstein's Bagel, and Boston Market, Scott turned his expertise to helping ministry leaders scale their impact through technology. Serving the champion.
Published by Darren Shearer. On this episode, Scott Beck shares his faith journey through starting and scaling successful businesses such as Blockbuster Video, Einstein’s Bagel, and Boston Market to helping 65,000 church leaders use technology to engage their people and reach local communities.
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Jan 13, 2022 · Four years later, Waste Management executive John Melk and Chicago Blockbuster franchisee Scott Beck persuaded Huizenga to join them in investing in Blockbuster. By then the chain had 35 stores, including franchises, but was projected to have 1,000 by 1988.
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Scott A. Beck along with two partners acquired Boston Chicken in 1992. With Beck as CEO, the chicken restaurant and carryout franchise, renamed Boston Market, underwent the fastest growth of any restaurant chain in the country. In 1998, however, Beck tendered his resignation after the company's stocks plunged for a year. Despite the company's finan...
Beck was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1959. His father, Lawrence, was the cofounder of a high-tech waste management firm. Beck attended two colleges over a 13 year period before receiving his undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University. Beck is married and has three daughters. Among corporate executives he is uncharacteristically religi...
Upon purchase of the Colorado-based Boston Chicken Inc., Beck became chairman and chief executive, while Nadhir and Shearer, his longtime business associates and friends were vice chairmen. In the first three years of their association with the chicken business, the chain experienced almost unprecedented growth, from 175 outlets in 1993 (28 of them...
Even though Scott Beck blamed himself for his lack of staying focused before his resignation, he is known as a pioneer in the field of home-meal replacement. The success of this concept has forced both the fast food and supermarket industries to take notice. A June 1998 Timemagazine article commented, "Credit Boston Market (formerly Boston Chicken)...
Contact at: Boston Chicken, Inc. 14103 Denver W. Pkwy. Golden, Colorado 80401-4086 Business Phone: (303)278-9500 URL: http://www.bostonchicken.com
Advisor. Scott Beck is the co-founder and CEO of Gloo, a software company that provides champions a digital platform to help people grow in relationship, spirit and wellness. He is also the founder of Tango, a private investment company located in Boulder, Colorado.
Jul 1, 2017 · Scott went on to help develop the franchise model for Blockbuster Video, invest in what would become the Boston Market restaurant franchise and develop other businesses, like his current business that he founded, Gloo. Scott and his wife Theresa connected with Cru when they attended a FamilyLife Weekend to Remember getaway.
