Nicholas Perkins sat alongside students at Fayetteville State University on Sept. 17, surprising his audience with a candid admission rarely heard from a multimillion-dollar CEO. “Every day, I face doubt,” he confessed. “But you have to get up, dust yourself off, and find a better way.”
Perkins, a Fayetteville native and FSU graduate, returned to the Rudolph Jones Student Center for a panel conversation that connected his local beginnings to his rise as head of Perkins Management Services and the Fuddruckers franchise.
“My upbringing and time at Fayetteville State University were foundational and transformational,” said Perkins. “Those experiences gave me the confidence and resilience to take risks and build something bigger than myself.”…