You've probably been involved at a CNY pay-it-forward chain. Maybe it happened for a few cars at Dunkin' Donuts, or McDonald's. However many cars paid-it-forward, you probably didn't beat the streak that happened at a McDonald's.
Thomas Pfisterer was at a friend's graduation party 7 years ago when he noticed no one was manning the rented snow cone machine. The New Hartford teen stepped up to crush the ice and squirt the sugary syrup...and an entrepreneur was born.