Sunday 12 January 2014

Barbara Corcoran's Rags-To-Riches

By Franklin Skribbit


With business doing great again, you have probably heard about many people have really made a career and a great life out of being an entrepreneur. It is a high-risk job and can yield really great earnings or a huge disaster that can be catastrophic to a family and someone's life.

In addition to Paul Mitchell, his hair care line, DeJoria has also been extremely successful in a business venture regarding top of the line tequila. And with his multiple successes, we can easily see that it is more than just luck.

Most of her online biographies explain that she was a young, energetic, yet unsuccessful student that scraped her way through high school, made it through college, and worked 20 jobs by the time she was 23.

His life up till now has been wrought with financial difficulties, and it is perhaps this difficulty that has led him to become such a stand-up guy, even with his current wealth. A family man, he has a wife and six children, and he has held out through thick and thin.

Her story is kind of like those fairy tales where prince meets beautiful girl and boom! They are in love and married. What ever happened to dating, courting, or even talking? Two people work to find each other and once they do, that's it? The struggles are over? Hardly.

Howard Schultz became quite acquainted with Coffee through his work at Xerox Corporation. He quickly moved up the ladders and through his work as a general manager, had experience with a company called Hammarplast, that made parts for Coffee Makers. Through his experience in the company, he received many ideas which led him to taking some of the ideas and really going far with what he learned in his earlier years.

Somewhere between the "thanks for the thousand bucks babe," and "hello ABC" something significant happened. We get pieces of the story here and there. We can assume most, if not all, of the advice she gives comes from personal experience. It's also clear from her book and other interviews that she learned a lot from her mom. Barbara also mentions her struggle through school and her imaginative nature as contributing factors to her success.

Howard Schultz has been able to make things really flourish and has seen a lot of success in his day. He has been able to eventually make it up the ladders and now sits comfortable at Starbucks as CEO. He was truly able to make the American Dream true for himself and his family.

Whatever your business goals may be, from human resources to New Media Marketing, DeJoria's story can inspire you, and remind you that with enough hard work, a good idea, and a willingness to push past rejection, you also can be successful.




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