So Tarkenton says he invested $200,000 of his own money, plus a $50,000 bank loan, in a collection of businesses that included a fast-food startup called Scrambler’s Village in Atlanta. The restaurant sold a variety of items typical of fast-food joints — tacos, fried chicken, hamburgers and the like.Fran Tarkenton, the football-pro-turned-businessman, tasted failure straight out of the entrepreneurship gate. “When I was 27, a lawyer friend told me he could help me start a business, and he could run it, and I should use my money,” Tarkenton says. So Tarkenton says he invested $200,000 of his own money, plus a $50,000 bank loan, in a collection of businesses that included a fast-food startup called Scrambler’s Village in Atlanta. The restaurant sold a variety of items typical of fast-food joints — tacos, fried chicken, hamburgers and the like.Continue reading this article on Entrepreneur.com.

Arlene Weintraub, Entrepreneur.com
Arlene Weintraub has over fifteen years of experience writing about health care, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. She has been published in USA Today, US News & World Report, Technology Review, and other media outlets. Her book about the anti-aging industry, Selling the Fountain of Youth, was published by Basic Books in September 2010. She was previously a senior health writer for BusinessWeek, where she wrote hundreds of articles that explored both the science and business of health.