rob slater kyler christensen steven ethridge ariana hatch

ROB SLATERKYLER CHRISTENSEN

STEVEN ETHRIDGE

ARIANA HATCH

OVERVIEW

Start Up

Motivation/Family

Current Business

EARLY LIFE

Born in Arizona

Lived in poverty

Graduated Arizona state with MBA

Started Leather store with his

friend

HOW HE STARTED A BUSINESS

ProsFigured out

what Not to do

Had a partner to help

Aligned himself with certain

cliental

ConsHad to take out

lots of loans

Failed 12 times

Didn’t know what he was

doing

MOTIVATIONS

Had family to motivate him

Had no other way of making money

No backup plan

He didn‘t want to be like his father

Didn‘t want to be a failure

ACHIEVEMENTS

#1 in mattress sales in Utah

Married to Linda

Owned 13 other businesses

Currently one of the top Utah furniture stores

ONE OF THE MANY COMPANIES HE OWNED

Export company in brazil

4 other Retail Companies

3 Furniture Companies

Leather store

4 other small businesses

WHAT PUSHED HIM OVER THE TOP

He had started 13 other businesses before he was successful.

Was very original while writing his business plan.

Wanted to leave Arizona to have a fresh start

HOW HE STARTED CURRENT BUSINESS

Started delivery

service and furniture

repair

Started hiring more

people

Started to buy used

furniture – PROFIT

Only had a two staff

team

Moved to Utah and bought an

empty department

store

Sold his furniture

business in Arizona

MAIN FLOOR

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity. – Peter F. Drucker

SPOOKY SCARY 3RD FLOOR

REVIEW

Where he started

Motivations

Where he

is today

CONCLUSION

•We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~Aristotle

REFERENCES

• Rob Slader

• http://www.youtube.com/v/Ixw2-xrCTaQ&feature=player_detailpage

• http://www.youtube.com/v/FMug2TPuWAE&feature=player_detailpage

• www.lindasfurnature.com