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ROB SLATERKYLER CHRISTENSEN
STEVEN ETHRIDGE
ARIANA HATCH
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OVERVIEW
Start Up
Motivation/Family
Current Business
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EARLY LIFE
Born in Arizona
Lived in poverty
Graduated Arizona state with MBA
Started Leather store with his
friend
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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
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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
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ACHIEVEMENTS
#1 in mattress sales in Utah
Married to Linda
Owned 13 other businesses
Currently one of the top Utah furniture stores
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ONE OF THE MANY COMPANIES HE OWNED
Export company in brazil
4 other Retail Companies
3 Furniture Companies
Leather store
4 other small businesses
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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
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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
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MAIN FLOOR
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The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity. – Peter F. Drucker
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SPOOKY SCARY 3RD FLOOR
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REVIEW
Where he started
Motivations
Where he
is today
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CONCLUSION
•We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~Aristotle
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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