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Q & A Will Shields
Will, you were enshrined into the football Hall of Fame with the Class of 2015. And, you never missed a game in your entire 14-year career as a guard for the Kansas City Chiefs. You […]
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Interview With Governor John Hickenlooper
Thank you, Governor, for the honor of interviewing you for the American Business Magazine for small business owners. You’re one of the few governors who was a small business owner before running for office. Tell […]
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Ace Hardware CEO John Venhuizen Q & A
John Venhuizen is the Chief Executive Officer of Ace Hardware, which is the world’s largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative. Ace Hardware stores are owned by individual business owners who face many of the same challenges as […]
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Dominos CEO J. Patrick Doyle
A Passion for Pizza and People Tell us about your career with Domino’s, when it began and when you took over as CEO. I’ve been here seventeen years. I joined in 1997 and became CEO […]
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How an Outside, Third-Party Point of View Saved Ford
In 2009, General Motors and Chrysler went bankrupt and required a government bailout to stay in business after U.S. auto and truck sales plunged 37 percent in 2008. The initial cost of the auto bailout […]
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Interview With Patrick Finn
Patrick Finn is an entrepreneur who came to the United States as an Irish immigrant with skills in the construction trades. Like so many other immigrants before him, Patrick decided that the path to a […]
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Thesis Painting an American Success Story
Thesis Painting is like many other small businesses—it was built on the skills of family members. Angelo Spyridakis came to America as a Greek immigrant who worked as a painter with his father and brother. […]
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Making a Beautiful Business Successful
Like so many other entrepreneurs, Terrence and Kymberly Perkins were driven to become business owners because of the passion they shared to own their own business. And, when the opportunity arose to purchase the Marc […]
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Teaching Has Become A Life Mission Skill Development
It’s often said that the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. But when that journey for George Roller was based on his Christian values to make a difference in the lives of […]
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Patrick Finn Sets The Stage For Future Business Success
Patrick Finn is an Irish immigrant who came to America to build a better life in the land of opportunity like so many millions of immigrants before him. When he first arrived in the United […]
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When One Door Closes
Urban Bratz, LLC was the brainchild of former art director/designer and boutique owner Heather Daniels, an Illinois native. After years designing movie posters and theatrical campaigns in Hollywood, for studios such as Universal and Warner […]
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Turning Bad Times Into Good Profit
Patrick Finn is an Irish immigrant who came to America to build a better life in the land of opportunity like so many millions of immigrants before him. When he first arrived in the United […]
Business Management
Changing Company Culture
Most people never give company culture a second thought until there is a need to change it. Culture is rarely defined in a business or an organization and, unlike personnel policies or procedures for established […]
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Top 10 Businesses Of The Year
American Business Magazine recognizes business owners who are succeeding in challenging economic times Announcing American Business Magazine’s Business of the Year Nominees for 2011 Cliff Mohling Pospisil Painting Painting Contractor Bonnie Knopf Intrepid Plastics Mfg. […]