ALFRED C FULLER, FOUNDER OF THE FULLER BRUSH COMPANY ........ FIRED & A FAILURE!!! Alfred C Fuller was fired from three successive jobs, but had no doubt that he would one day be successful. He received only a meager rural education in his home in Nova Scotia, but he was determined to make it in the sales world, and not be merely a pawn of a boss determining his success. After a year of selling brushes, he quit and set up his own shop in the Boston area. With a total investment of $375, he established his own brush company. From the start, he based his company's future on three basic rules: Make it work, make it last, and guarantee it. Within a month, he had 260 salespeople, each of whom paid $17 for the privilege of selling his brushes. Within a decade, his company's r