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Popular bar matron Cotton Ding, owner of Shanghaiist favorite Cotton's, sits down with Daedalum Films to talk about her story - how she left her home in rural Hunan for the big city, the lessons she learned along the way to becoming a successful bar owner, and what challenges she sees on the horizon.
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Nice lady, but she owns a couple of bars, nothing more. Worthy of a video? This is scraping the barrel.
^Depends on how you define success. Doing what you love to do is my definition of success and it seems Cotton is doing just that. More power to her. Nice vid.
Actually, speaking as someone who is watching this from the USA, where the economy is causing hundreds of thousands of people to lose their jobs, this is quite interesting. Many people who started with more than this woman are now having to learn what to do with their lives now that they have zero and no jobs. I think it's inspiring.
"She owns a couple of bars, nothing more"
That's more than most highly-educated people who will never have the guts or ability to create their own company from scratch. Considering where she came from, I think it's fabulous and worth talking about. It's a "human interest" story in journalistic jargon. You don't need to have made billions to be worth a video.
Cotton, I don't know you and I never go to your bar, but if you read this, congratulations!
Dear Cotton!
I do not know you personally either but your story is so beautiful and so inspiring, I feel like you are part of my family!
Absolutely wonderful - I can't wait to share this!
I wish you all the best and strength in everything you do - your story is an inspiring example for everyone out there who has a dream, works hard to fulfill that dream and never gives up, no matter how difficult the circumstances are. Your story is the story of people who turn challenging situations in opportunities!
Congratulations!
Elfya