What form of business ownership did troy smith select when he first made the decision to be an entrepreneur?

Troy Smith decided on "sole proprietorship" form of business.  A sole proprietorship is a small business where there's really no legal distinction between the person who is the owner and the business itself.

Troy Smith opened his first drive-in business in Shawnee, Oklahoma in the early 1950s -- a root beer stand called Top Hat.  In 1956 he added a partner (so his business became a "partnership" then.)  Later he added many franchises (expanding the business further), and eventually his company became a publicly traded corporation.  Oh, that corporation and chain of drive-in franchises is now called Sonic, which has been the name of the Smith-founded restaurant chain since 1959.

Troy Smith retired from managing the Sonic Corporation in 1983, and passed away in 2009, at age 87.

Not sure if it’s within 12 months, but you could talk about the spreading of alt-right hate speech and whether that is covered by the right of freedom of speech? or, cover how during the midterm elections in some states many native american populations were declined to vote because they didn’t have the proper id, despite being citizens? also, the death of that journalist last month, who spoke freely and reported about the saudi government and how corrupted it is and was killed because of that (lack of free press/speech). just some ideas for this prompt, i hope at least one of them : )