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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