Ordinary people tell their own success stories, but great people from humble beginnings allow their stories to be told on their behalf. They open wide the doors to their humble beginnings and allow their stories to shape the world and create an alley of success for succeeding generations. Whilst the former toot their horns in the marketplace of self-glorification, the work and legacy of the latter serve as a fertile ground for nurturing the hope and aspirations of young people, whose future are etched on the template of the success stories they have left behind. There are several definitions for success. But to say Dr. Michael Agyekum Addo is a definition of success on the entrepreneurial landscape in Ghana as well as a template of productivity is not a flattery. And if you were born with humble beginnings similar to his, you will understand the impact of a man, whose life spells nothing but hope for generations who look up to him. Seating before Dr. Addo as a reporter in the comfort of his office and hear him begin his story as a boy born at a village called Suhyen near Koforidua, from a poor family would sound untrue, looking at the present comfort and facilities around him that require no one to tell you the man is a successful person. “I had very humble beginnings as my parents were poor and had to struggle to make ends meet. My mother was a trader in vegetables at the local market and her earnings, although meager, were great support the entire family” Dr. Addo said. Listening to him as he narrated how difficult it was when his mother became bedridden for fifteen –years, forcing him to take over her vegetable trade at a tender age of seven, in order to manage himself and his two sisters was enough to draw tears down emotional cheeks. “Our house was very close to the school, but I was always late to school because of household chores and my trading activities. Lateness to school attracted punishment of flogging by teachers and as I was a frequent latecomer, the floggings were also frequent. The teachers could not understand my plight” Dr. Addo narrated, in a humble but definite tone that painted the picture of the enormity of his challenges. Dr. Addo was not ashamed of his “grassy days” as a young man whose entire five-year secondary education was credited; and as a student whose secondary and university education were full of several bouts of academic failures, which eventually truncated his dream of becoming a medical doctor. But he described his new love affair with pharmacy as “divine”, alluding to his tough childhood experiences, the tortuous journey of his secondary school education, as well as his often-frustrated university education as lessons that had toughened him to stand the test of time. Indeed, victims of such circumstances such as Dr. Addo definitely have slimmer chances to the peak of the ladder of success. But his Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy as well as an MBA in entrepreneurship did not only lay the foundations of his entrepreneurial acumen, but also gave him a mission to revive the dreams of many a people who look up to him. It is often said that you cannot hold a good man down for a long time. And so also can their dreams not be killed. This assertion has been validated by the story of Dr. Addo, who, despite being kicked out of the premises he rented for his first pharmacy business in 1986 by his landlord, would not allow his entrepreneurial dream die premature.