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Interview with Peter Keene, owner of CI Keene Incorporated and PJ’s Bar
1. Tell us about yourself – What is your educational and professional background (schools, degrees, jobs that led you to your current endeavor, location)
I’m a high school graduate, and did a few years of college. Then I had an opportunity to take over my dad’s construction business for 15 years. Then I took the money from that and invested into PJ’s bar.
2. How did you first get started in your industry? What are you most passionate about in your line of work?
I’m most passionate about making money. I have always been more interested in business than the actual industry. In my concrete business, though, I was very interested in doing a good job well, since people will only hire you again if the job is done well. So, I was more interested in quality of the out come of my work in that industry. I took pride in my work, and it was important to me to that people had good quality work in their homes. With the bar, I just wanted to make money.
Interview with Laura Williams Larson, owner of FROCK in Chester, CT
1. Tell us about yourself – What is your educational and professional background (schools, degrees, jobs that led you to your current endeavor, location)
I am an Independent Fashion Designer. I own and operate a small studio/boutique called FROCK in a rural (but progressive) Connecticut town. I have a business partner in the shop. We both have our own clothing lines but share the responsibilities of maintaining the retail space. We make everything on site and have a beautiful, little showroom. I received a Bachelors of Fine Art from The Art Institute of Boston in 1996. I also studied painting in Italy. I’ve worked numerous retail, graphic design, web design jobs over the years. They’ve all lent themselves to my current career.
2. How did you first get started in your industry? What are you most passionate about in your line of work? My mother has been a Tailor/Seamstress my whole life and I have always had an interest in Fashion, so, with sewing in my blood, I decided to finally combine my art and design background with clothing construction. And it turns out that my favorite part of my job is the actual sewing. It’s incredibly meditative.
Interview with Terry Miles of Crabbies Restaurant and Midway Marina & Motel
Names of Companies: Crabbies Restaurant, Midway Marina and Motel
Name of Entrepreneur: Terry Miles
1. Tell us a little about yourself: I am from Maryland originally. I am retired military. I was a Diving Supervisor in the Navy. I married my wife who is an artist. She always wanted a marina so we built one and kept adding on to it (motel and restaurant). We have had the marina and motel 22 years now and the restaurant for eight years.
2. What made you want to open this business? I was a commercial fisherman for some time. She would go with me and kept reading magazines that gave her the idea to open a marina.
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