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Archive for the “Our Heroes” Category
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Chris Brusznicki
Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes, Startup on 19 Sep, 2012
This time for “Our Heroes” we have ex-paratrooper and ex-associate Chris Brusznicki. He started his website GamedayHousing.com during the recession. It was worse than the 9to5 jail for Chris who spent 15 hours a day at Goldman Sachs & Co. Let’s see how he broke out: DD: Who are you and what kind of corporate job were you at? CB: My name is Chris Brusznicki, and I was an associate at international investment banking powerhouse Goldman Sachs & Co. DD: What made you leave the job? When did you realize that you wanted to be an entrepreneur & why? CB: I had always been an entrepreneur and ran my own landscaping business, web design business, and eventually a small real estate portfolio. Even though I did those things and knew that “one day” I wanted to have a...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Amy Debock
Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Franchise, Our Heroes, Startup on 17 Sep, 2012
Amy Debock is featured in and as “Our Heroes” today! Amy was encouraged to start her own Kumon Center because of her husband’s relocation. Read on to see how she turned an unexpected situation into a great new opportunity. DD: What kind of corporate job were you at? AD: I worked for Allstate Insurance Company in accounting for the mergers & acquisitions department. DD: What made you leave the job? When did you realize that you wanted to be an entrepreneur & why? AD: My husband’s job relocated our family from Illinois to Massachusetts. I had always wanted to start my own business, and over the years my husband and I had researched many different franchise opportunities. I could have easily transferred to a new branch office within Allstate Insurance, but I used the...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Vinay Patankar
Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Our Heroes, Startup on 5 Aug, 2012
“Our Heroes” will be looking at Vinay Patankar today. He was making $140k per year and gave that up for happiness and enjoying his work. In today’s interview let’s learn how he was able to make such a drastic change: DD: Who are you and what kind of corporate job were you at? VP: Vinay… From Australia, living in Canada. I have worked a few jobs including IT tech, undergrad accountant and for the 3 years before I quit as IT recruiter. DD: What made you leave the job? When did you realize that you wanted to be an entrepreneur & why? VP: To be honest, the initial kick for me to leave my job was the travel bug. I went backpacking around Southeast Asia for 5 weeks on my holiday from work and had so much fun, learned so much without any of the expensive clothes, my...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Diane Pinder
Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Our Heroes, Startup on 12 Jul, 2012
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, today we are celebrating the success of the chocolate world with the heart and soul of Donna & Company, the Chocolatier and founder – Diane Pinder. A former critical care nurse, Diane broke out of the corporate pharmaceutical world and created her own world filled with chocolate. Let’s see how she did it… DD: Who are you and what kind of corporate job were you at? DP: I am Diane Pinder, master chocolatier since 2005, wife, mother and originally a critical care nurse as well as former account executive for pharmaceutical advertising and medical education. DD: What made you leave the job? When did you realize that you wanted to be an entrepreneur & why? DP: The advertising business was very unstable. Projects would disappear in a...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Michael Anderson
Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Our Heroes, Startup on 20 Aug, 2011
Greetings all! It’s been a while since I posted a new story in ‘Our Heroes‘ series so here’s our spicy come back… Today I’ve Michael Anderson, Chief Spice Creative & Founder of SpiceCrafters who broke out of his 9to5 jail where he was a Quality Assurance Engineer. Not happy with what he was doing, Michael tried his luck with multiple ideas before finally launching SpiceCrafters. Let’s find out rest of the spicy details: DD: Who are you and what kind of corporate job were you at? MA: My name is Michael Anderson. I went to college like any other person looking for what my future held and had no idea. Not being one for prolonged college I asked myself what the most money I could make with the least amount of college. In 1998 the bull’s eye landed on Computer...
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