Many Disney productions defined childhood for so many

of us. However, all this would not have happened if Walt

Disney, the man behind the Walt Disney Company, had
listened to his naysayers or given in to failure.

Born in Chicago in 1901, Disney

developed an early interest in
drawing. He took art classes as
Walter Elias Disney was an
a boy and got a job as a
American entrepreneur,
commercial illustrator at the
animator, writer, voice actor
age of 18. He moved to
and film producer. A pioneer
California in the early 1920s
of the American animation
and set up the Disney Brothers
industry, he introduced
Studio with his brother Roy.
several developments in the
With Ub Iwerks, Walt developed
production of cartoons.
the character Mickey Mouse in
1928, his first highly popular
success; he also provided the
voice for his creation in the
early years.

Before achieving his success, Walt

Disney went through a number of
failures. Walt Disney career woes
began when he was fired from a
newspaper. Ironically, Disney was
fired because his editor at the
newspaper thought that he was
not creative enough. Out of a job,
Disney decide to go into business.
He started his own company, an
animation studio known as Laugh-
O-Gram. Unfortunately, the
company went bankrupt within a
few years.