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Eileen Spitalny, Fairytale Brownies
Just how do you take an ordinary idea and turn into a multimillion dollar brand? Attend this open discussion will give you the insight that you’ve been looking for, so be ready to take notes (and have a question or two ready also!)
Terri Bowersock, Owner Terri’s Consign & Design Furnishings
Eileen Spitalny, CoOwner Fairytale Brownies
Kim Babjak, Owner KimCo and Consultant to QVC
Cynthia Drasler, Founder of Organic Excellence
Terri Bowersock opened up Terri’s Consign and Design Furnishings Inc. in 1979 with $2,000 loan from her grandmother, her own bedroom set and her mother’s living room furniture. Despite having the learning disability dyslexia, she grew the business to $36 million with 16 stores nationwide and an average store size of 20,000 square feet. Terri’s is the largest resale furniture retailer in the country. Terri is the author of 5 books, has received countless awards and has appeared on CNN and The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Eileen Spitalny is co-founder and President of Fairytale Brownies. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California. She was named 2006 Small Businessperson of the Year by the Small Business Administration.
With no baking experience Eileen and her kindergarten classmate started Fairytale Brownies which has one of the largest catalog success stories in America and has been seen on the Food Network. They now bake and ship over 2.5 million brownies a year worldwide with help from their 32 employees (130 during holiday time) at their 25,000 square foot bakery in Tempe, Arizona
Cynthia Drasler worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 12 years, then she quit. She was grateful to be a stay-at-home Mom and during those years she read the drastic affects from toxic chemical additives in everyday products. So like any frustrated mother, she got in action. She founded Organic Excellence an organic, chemical free company selling cutting edge personal care products, which was started with a borrowed computer and pawn money. She turned it into a million dollar company and was sold September of 2008. She was awarded Time Magazine’s Mompreneur in 2005, and featured in Investor’s Business Daily shortly, Woman’s World Magazine, and The Arizona Republic. Cynthia is now retired (for now) enjoying hosting "Chemical Free Living" radio show.
Kim Babjak was born to be an entrepreneur. From her childhood days of developing products, Kim has loved all aspects of business. Along the way, Kim encountered many obstacles, and through her perseverance, is now the owner of a highly successful company whose consumer products sold on QVC America, QVC UK, Wal-Mart, Walgreen's and large catalogs internationally. Kim also host a resource center and consulting in the areas of product development, offshore manufacturing, importing and QVC. Kim has been seen on QVC, HSN, The Big Idea, and The Today Show.
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