Success
A Big Dream Pays Off
Profile on: Gene Birdwell, of Birdwell Construction and Remedial Construction Services Who hasn’t dreamed of leaving the humdrum of their day-to-day job and starting their own business? That’s exactly what Gene Birdwell of Houston, Texas did in 1978. He had been working in the construction industry for 20 years when he finally decided to give...
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Teamwork Keeps this Firm Alive Profile of: Six Manthei Partners, of Manthei Ventures What happens when you have...
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Getting the Job Done Profile on: Jim Sattler, CEO of EMJ Corporation When Jim Sattler, CEO of...
Profile on: Anthony Munoz, NFL Hall of Fame 1998 Growing up in a poor suburb of Los Angeles, Anthony Munoz dreamed of becoming a professional athlete. Although baseball was his first love, his immense physical stature led him to pursue football instead. Coming from a single parent home in a neighbourhood riddled with gangs, drugs, and violence,...
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Profile: Daniel J. Arnold, President Road Ranger LLC By the time Dan Arnold was 33, he thought he had it made. After building up a $50 million dollar gas station and convenience store business from scratch in less than 10 years, he sold it for more cash than he though he’d ever be able to spend. But it didn’t take long before his new life...
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Profile on: S Truett Cathy: The Chick-fil-A success Story. Chick-fil-A is a fast food restaurant chain in the USA. It has over 1000 restaurants. Read Steps to Success - Part One S Truett Cathy’s four tenets Chick-fil-A’s expansion was governed by a small number of basic principles. In 1971 Truett articulated those principles...
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Profile: Lowell "Bud" Paxson, Chairman, Paxson Communications Corporation, PAX TV, Co-Founder of the Home Shopping Network In 1986, Lowell “Bud” Paxson was reshaping the world of direct marketing as we knew it. Having realized the value of broadcasting as a direct sales medium back in 1977, Paxson had built a successful business around selling...
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Profile on: Jack Forney, Forney Industries For many children of entrepreneurs, inheriting their parents’ business is the last thing they want to do. Having watched their parents eat, breathe, and sleep the company throughout their childhood, all they want is something - anything - different. Jack Forney was no exception. Throughout the...
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Picture yourself on the verge of making your “big break.” You’ve worked toward it for years, sacrificing everything to make it. But suddenly right in the midst of negotiations for your fat new contract - which will bring you fame, money and everything else you’ve ever dreamed of - your phone stops ringing. And when it does finally ring, it’s...
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Profile on: David Browne, retired CEO of LensCrafters At the tender age of 29, David Browne was living every entrepreneur’s dream. As CEO and President of LensCrafters, the multi-million dollar eyewear company he co-founded, every sign indicated that his star would continue to rise. However, even though David admits he thought of himself as...
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