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Archive for the “Our Heroes” Category
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Kim Opitz
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 17 Sep, 2010
Kim Opitz is our next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. Kim, a former Creative Director at a Minneapolis Ad agency is the mastermind behind Rribbitz Creative Communications, now. She decided to walk away from the financial security her company offered while having a family of 4, two cars, a mortgage, a second mortgage, and two IRAs. Today, Kim feels free from the burden of a corporate jail. Let’s dig deeper into her success story… ...
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Employee Turned Can-Do-Ologist – Marissa Bracke
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 15 Sep, 2010
Today we are talking to Marissa Bracke, our next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. Originally an attorney by profession and education, Marissa is now the Can-Do-Ologist and helps growing business by building a system around their tasks or projects making them more effective instead of being tied up with busy work. Marissa’s employee to entrepreneur transition was mostly due to office politics at the legal firm in which she worked. Today she feels more empowered and secure than when she was working as an employee. Let’s dig deeper into her success story…...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Sara Simmons
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 14 Sep, 2010
Today we are talking to Sara Simmons our next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. She started her career working for a start up called CellKeeper. Sara later became the business manager of the company running everything from overseas production to administration. Her transition to entrepreneurship came by chance when the owner asked if she would like to take over. Today CellKeeper is experience a steady flow of growth. Let’s dig deeper into her success story…...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Tina Servis
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 13 Sep, 2010
Today we are talking to Tina Servis our next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. Working as a human resources manager for 7 years, Tina made the employee to entrepreneur jump when she decided to challenge herself further. Having a type A personality, Tina was uncomfortable with the idea that somebody else dictated her worth and her ability in the corporate world. Let’s talk to her and find out more…...
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Making BIG Money, Selling Small Rubber Ducks – Celebriducks!
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 9 Sep, 2010
Today we are talking to Craig Wolfe who is our next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. Craig was locked away in his 9 to 5 jail working in credit card collections sitting in his cubicle, no windows, doing a series of tedious tasks. After seeing an original drawing from the 1930’s of Mickey Mouse, Craig created Name That Toon, a business where he bought and sold vintage cartoons. Learning quite a few business lessons from his first startup, Craig then started Celebriducks, a line of celebrity rubber ducks that were voted one of the top 100 gifts by Entertainment Weekly. Let’s dive deeper into Craig’s success story…...
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