Barb Getty is the sole owner of Barnes Properties in Indianapolis, IN. She’s a real estate investor, landlord/author (see attached cover art) but real estate investing wasn’t part of the plan … she was a stay at home mom of three teenagers when her 17-year-old son was killed in a car accident. Her daughters were ... ...
Izzy Goodman started Complete Computer Services almost ten years ago while working a full-time job at CBS Television. It was actually begun as a hobby: he built a website to discuss safety online. As the number of visitors increased, he offered some items to help defray his costs. Most of them were drop-shipped directly from ... ...
This week’s entrepreneurial story is about Laura Bergman, the creator of Bottled Up Designs. Tell us about your company I have lived all my live in the Pennsylvania Amish Country. A life-long passion of mine has been digging and collecting antique glass and bottles reclaimed from the beautiful wooded habitats and rural farmlands where I ... ...
Steve Silberberg is the founder of Fatpacking, a business that combines his passion of backpacking and fitness. Steve, tell us in your own words about Fatpacking and why you got started Backpacking is my passion. For years, my vacations consisted of backpacking and hiking. Whenever I’d return to my corporate job, I noticed that my ... ...
Mark Holtzman was in the sales industry for over 20 years and, in the late 90s, he began to realize he had reached a glass ceiling. In early 2000, Mark was sitting at the dinner table with his wife discussing his hobbies: photography and flying (general aviation). Mark started thinking “I wonder if I could ... ...
Walt Ribeiro is a 27 year old composer who started For Orchestra, a company that arranges pop songs for orchestra. Walt started his company while on unemployment after he got laid off in 2009. His unemployment checks helped him survive while launching his business, and now he has arranged Lady Gaga, Bon Jovi, and more. ... ...
Ethan Austin & Desiree Vargas Wrigley are the founders of GiveForward. GiveForward gives people personal fundraising pages to raise money for loved one’s medical expenses. We’ve helped thousands of people raise millions of dollars for things like chemotherapy, organ transplants, travel, and living expenses while undergoing treatment. What were the obstacles to starting your business (educational requirements, ... ...
Are you fed up yet? Have you had enough of the answer “we’re doing it to protect you?” I have. I’m tired of it taking a week to open a brokerage account because they need to make sure I’m not a security risk. Really? You have my money transferred from an account under my name ... ...
Reilly Newman was a sophomore in high school when he decided to start his graphic design firm. Zangaroo Designs has been serving local and international clients since 2008. Is it hard to run a business at such a young age? It hasn’t affected the way I run my business much. Do you use word of ... ...
Email marketing is often viewed as either an unnecessary or unimportant element of a marketing campaign, but that’s definitely not the case. Email marketing isn’t an old, out-of-date technology, but is instead a viable, powerful tool in any entrepreneur’s marketing toolbox. There are three basic elements that everyone who wants to use email marketing effectively ... ...
