wordcamp north canton - so you want to be an entrepreneur

welcome!

joe rozsa

wcnc#2015twitter: trailertrashus

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so you want to be an entrepreneur?

wcnc#2015


1956

twitter: trailertrashus [email protected]#2015


commercial art/graphic design major

minor in photography - 1988

first design job - goodyear tire and rubber - 1988

[insert scratching record sound here... life defining moment]

graduated from kenmore high school - 1979

university of akron - accounting major

me



story time…



2 ways to become an entrepreneur

you can choose to be

you can be “volunteered”

in my opinion



vol·un·teer

A person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task.



vol·en·tre·pre·neur

+ +

A person persuaded by/with various tools (the boot) to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task they weren’t really ready for or want to do.

volentrepreneur®



so... I am a volentrepreneur.

now what?

august 25th, 2007

august 2007 - december 2007



short/long term goal

august 25th, 2007




short/long term goal

$968

august 25th, 2007




calls... lots of calls.

“blah, blah, blah.”

friends friends of friends old clients current clients family friends of family old bosses vendors

EVERYBODY!

Trailer Trash Design



short/long range goal $968

business plan

register with the government

file paperwork with the state

open bank account



short/long range goal $968

register with the government

file paperwork with the state

open bank account

wing it!



North Canton Area Chamber of Commerce

Brews AfterBrews AfterBrews AfterOctoberOctoberOctober3rd3rd3rd

Hoover Park kk

National Software EscrowINC.

NORTHCANTONGONEMAD



1 saving grace



what keeps Trailer Trash Design

going?



drive



driveambition



driveambition

credit cards



driveambition

credit cardscommitment



driveambition

credit cardscommitment

focus



drive ambition

credit cards commitment

focus passion



189%



always learning



always learningmeet new people




(I talk to everyone, always on)





lectures & seminars





lectures & seminars

network





lectures & seminars

network(network in the opposite)



solid foundation of support

(trust is key)



designerscopywriters

printersother service providers

solid foundation of support

(trust is key)



me

entrepreneur in residence (EIR) - Kent State University

entrepreneur in residence (EIR) - Walsh University

entrepreneur in residence (EIR) - North Canton Chamber

graphic arts advisory board - Akron Public Schools

board of directors - Stark County Hunger Task Force

board of directors - Friends of the Little Art Gallery

board of directors - Pawsitive Ohio

community business volunteer - JA of Stark County

member - 3 chambers of commerce

organizer - wordcamp north canton



clients



clients(trust)



2011twitter: trailertrashus

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1765 fixler road • wadsworth, ohio 44281 a BMRW & Associates, Inc. company

arkovi



2012[life defining moments]

on or around February 14th...



no expectations



thanks

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