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Archive for the “Our Heroes” Category
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Michele Smith
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 28 Jul, 2010
Now upbeat and with every reason to be proud of herself, Michele Smith, our guest under the ‘Our Heroes’ series today, tells us that somewhere in between (1) seeing the moon shining early one morning when getting ready for work and (2) her son calling her ‘dada’ instead of ‘mama’ she knew it was time for a change. Here’s how Michele used her vast experiences from managing marketing in the corporate world to open 3L Publishing, a madly successful publishing and marketing company…...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Jen Portland
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 27 Jul, 2010
Today under the “Our Heroes” series we hear from Jen Portland, a systems engineer turned successful entrepreneur. Jen often found herself doing Excel work for her co-workers while working in reinsurance. After receiving fame for her spreadsheet talent, she choose the route of an entrepreneur and started ExcelRainMan. Today, her company provides Excel based solutions for anything ranging from monthly reports to vacation schedule templates. Let’s hear more about what Jen has to say…...
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Smells Like A Great Idea! Fortune 500er To Perfumer
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 22 Jul, 2010
Angela Rogers is our latest guest under the “Our Heroes” series. Angela began making perfume oils purely as a hobby but once she grasped how impressed people were with her product she decided to pursue her passion on a larger scale and it wasn’t long before Poison Apple Apothecary was born. Let’s find out more about how Angela turned her favourite pastime into a lucrative company…...
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Lawyer For Entrepreneurs – Stephen Furnari
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 20 Jul, 2010
Today’s guest under the “Our Heroes” series is Stephen Furnari, an accomplished corporate transactional lawyer turned self-employed lawyer. Following the dot-com bubble burst and the resulting downsizing in the corporate legal market, Stephen was laid off twice within six months. This pushed Stephen to materialize his dream of opening his own firm where he had full control over his financial security and professional development. Let’s hear more about how Stephen transitioned into entrepreneurship…...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Dallon Christensen
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 15 Jul, 2010
Today we are adding Dallon Christensen to our team of heroes under the “Our Heroes” series. Dallon spent 12 years in an assortment of corporate finance and accounting positions but felt that he was not fulfilling his passion. A teacher at heart, Dallon started a coaching business FirstStep Concepts and is now living out the life he always dreamed of. Read on for more that you can learn from Dallon’s story…...
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