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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... >Full Story

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Getting the Job Done

Profile on: Jim Sattler, CEO of EMJ Corporation When Jim Sattler, CEO of EMJ Corporation, gets to work each day, he is usually confronted with one thing: problems. As the leader of one of the largest and most successful general contractors in the USA - which is constructing dozens of shopping centres, office complexes, and warehouses and dealing...... >Read More



One, Two, Three Strikes Against Me

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,...... >Read More



Finding a Meaning Beyond Money

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... >Read More



The Shocking Cost of Success

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...... >Read More



Still Scoring in the Red Zone

Profile: Spencer Tillman, successful sports broadcaster for CBS, former NFL player and captain of a Super Bowl team When the man who was about to end the life of Spencer Tillman’s mother entered her hospital room on January 23, 2002, the thirty people who were crammed around her bedside fell silent. All that could be heard was the rhythmic...... >Read More



Taking the High Road

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...... >Read More



Surviving Career Devastation

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,... >Read More


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