Karen & I met over a cup of coffee at West End Bakery in West Asheville to conduct our interviews with each other. I was a beautiful day and a beautiful conversation, both on and off camera!
Inspired Life Photography – Brittany Sisk
I met Brittany Sisk several years ago when she was working in mental health. We had several conversations about where she wanted to go next with her career—go to law school? pursue her doctorate in Political Science and become a professor? Ultimately, she left the mental health field (which was always her plan) and went back to school, acquiring her Masters of Political Science. However, none of these avenues lead to her real passion—photography.
She had been encouraged by a sage friend to “do what you love and the money will follow,” and those close to her saw the potential in her photography. A couple of years ago, she took a significant risk on herself and started Inspired Life Photography. She hasn’t looked back since!
Entrepreneurship interview with Maria Clavijo owner of a small food processing company in Hickory, NC
While trying to find a place that have High quality pre-cooked meals I came across Maria, and was instantly hooked by her wonderful ability to cook.
Maria would you tell me a little bit how you started your company?
Sure, everything started when I was laid off from my former job, I needed some type of income, and unemployment alone did not help much, since English is not my first language I needed to do something that did not required to be very proficient in English, so I started cooking for friends and people I knew, I guess the word spread out and more people found out about my services and all started then.
Could you give me some examples to illustrate the challenge you faced in starting your company?
One of the biggest challenges was the language, not being able to speak English made things hard, also spreading the word around, since I did not have any capital for advertisement I was very dependent on word of mouth, and the high quality of my food, that way if my customers tried my food the first time they where hooked and came up for more.
Entrepreneurship Interviews: A Conversation with John R. Gaither of Advanced Life Solutions Inc.
John R. Gaither_C.E.O. of Advanced Life Solutions, Inc.
Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, John R. Gaither is an educator seeking to build his company, ALS Inc., on the foundation of reciprocal relationships via networks. WIth a broad knowledge of history, geopolitics, and religion, Mr. Gaither talks with us about the need for people to capture their piece of wealth inherent in human activity.
With a keen concern on the direction of the U.S. and global economy and speaking with an urgency preparation must work in concert with both positive and negative possibilities, Mr. Gaither has a unique perspective on creating wealth and operating a successful business.
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