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Archive for the “Our Heroes” Category
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Randi Busse
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 18 May, 2010
Today under the “Our Heroes” series we are speaking with the very inspiring Randi Busse. Randi worked as a customer service manager/trainer at Verizon for fifteen years until she realized she wanted to set out on her own to make a difference. She broke free of the Corporate Jail and established Workforce Development Group, Inc. Amazingly within the first week Randi got her first client. Let’s talk to her and find out more…...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Mike & Rhonda Rivera
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 16 May, 2010
Today, in the “Our Heroes” series we are graced with the presence of two successful entrepreneurs, husband and wife founders of Top-Tier Tutoring Mike and Rhonda Rivera. Mike made the change after the company he worked for collapsed and he felt empowered to start his own company, while Rhonda escaped her corporate life as an attorney because she felt trapped in a profession that she did not enjoy. Mike and Rhonda hired a business coach who helped them set up the company as well as organize advertising, a website, and location…the rest seemed to just fall into place…let’s read more about how it all happened…...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – TrainerDiva
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 12 May, 2010
Today, our guest under the “Our Heroes” series is Elena Ciccotelli. The Former Head Personal Trainer, at a franchise personal training company, got so tired of the management’s ill treatment of clients and cookie cutter solutions that she decided to bring the personal back in the personal training business. Only this time, under her own brand – TrainerDiva. Let’s chat with her… ...
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From Candy To Light Bulbs To Real Estate! – Adam Kruse
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 10 May, 2010
Our guest under the “Our Heroes” series is Adam Kruse. and he shares his journey as an entrepreneur from his elementary school days when he used to sell candies on the school bus to his ebay days in college to being an Auditor at a large CPA firm to finally becoming an outstanding real estate broker. Here’s our chat:...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 6 May, 2010
Now before I introduce today’s guest, let me tell you that I come across aspiring entrepreneurs on a daily basis and I spend hours and hours on consulting, mentoring, and assisting these would-be entrepreneurs both on and offline. Some of the very common excuses, for not having started yet, that I come across are: fear of failure and the necessity of a steady paycheck and health insurance. Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk, our guest under the “Our Heroes” series is a true hero and my hat goes off to her. Despite all the fears, despite the fact she was uninsurable, and despite the excruciation of losing two newborn sons in less than a week, this is the woman who not just pulled her personal life together but fulfilled her long due dream of having her own business. Today, she runs...
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