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Archive for the “Entrepreneurship” Category
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Molly Robbins
Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 15 Nov, 2010
Today we are talking to Molly Robbins, the next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. Working as a VP of licensing and marketing for an apparel company, Molly started her transition to entrepreneurship when her husband was diagnosed with cancer. Out of fear that she may not be there if his condition grew worse, she took a leap of faith and started her own company. After gaining her previous employer as her fist customer, Molly recently launched her own brand currently being tested at Wal-Mart. Let’s talk to her and find out her transition story…...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Rob Basso
Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 10 Nov, 2010
Today we are talking to Rob Basso, our next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. While in college, Rob started his career by making sandwiches at a local deli. He eventually took a job at a regional payroll and HR company in the sales department. Although he was the top sales representative, Rob felt he had not reached and grown up to his full potential and that’s when he broke the 9 to 5 jail. Let’s talk to Rob…...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Dennis Golden
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 8 Nov, 2010
Today we are talking to Dennis Golden who is our next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. Dennis, a former VP of sales for a large printing firm, left his job when the printing industry started to decline. He managed to turn a personal hobby and interest into a business after some extensive research and development, IM-Safe was born. Dennis understands people pursuing the job security and benefits related with working for larger firms however, he encouraged (and still does) everyone including his own children, to be in business for themselves. Let’s dig deeper into his success story…...
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Chit Chat With Entrepreneur’s Biggest Fan – Joe Abraham!
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Interview, Pre-Startup, Slide Show on 1 Nov, 2010
Happy Funday Everyone!! Today’s guest is Joe Abraham, The Entrepreneur’s Biggest Fan and Author of Entrepreneurial DNA: Tap Into Your Unique Strengths to Build a Successful Business In this video, watch Joe & I chatting about startups, entrepreneurship, ideas, how to break out of the 9to5 jail, and most importantly Joe’s unique approach of identifying the entrepreneurial DNA of individual entrepreneurs and leveraging that to build successful businesses. Joe has worked with and observed several entrepreneurs and startups over his career and documented his observations, that gave birth to to his book and BOSI Test...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Renee and Dave Chronister
Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 25 Oct, 2010
Today we are talking to Renee and Dave Chronister who are our next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. Renee & Dave Chronister are the Owners and Founders of Parameter Security, an ethical hacking firm. By the age of 8 Dave wrote his own computer program while Renee found herself writing and hosting numerous products for Microsoft’s developer network television. After Dave decided to leave his previous job he went to work for Parameter Security. Through some unforeseen circumstances Renee and Dave became the only employees within the company. Today, the company is 4 years old and has already bagged a couple of prestigious accolades. Let’s talk to them and find out more…...
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