Tyrone is a very successful Engineer, Pastor; he is also a parent, a husband, and a very successful entrepreneur owner of Floyds restaurant III in Charlotte, NC.
Last week we had a very informal interview about his business and his life in general and here are some of the answers he gave me.

Tyrone how you started your company?
Tyrone explained to me about his family business, his father started Floyds I and II, everything started as a sandwich shop and grew from there, after college his dad wanted to help him out with his own restaurant that was when Floyds III started.

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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.

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Entrepreneurship interview with Danny Spann, owner of Spann Musical Instruments

My travels have taking me to Connecticut where I met a very interesting person who’s passion for music run in his blood, he is not only a very successful entrepreneur, but a very good artist, he plays the mandolin, guitar and any string instrument that crosses his path with graceful skill.

Spann Musical Instruments

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While in a business trip to Arizona, I meet Mr. Ken McGee, an entrepreneur in the jewelry design and manufacturing, Mr. McGee’s company is well known in the jewelry industry for its intricate and exotic designs.

What is your business philosophy?
My business philosophy is to never turn down work, and just make sure that I get paid enough money to make it worth while.

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