Cindy Ames:  

I realized early on that working an 8 hour a day job would get your bills paid but wouldn't propel you forward too fulfill your goals and dreams. The quick down and dirty is I found a system within a mass retail environment that was not being handled by any products (software) currently on the market. I started building it, marketed the product to companies that already were in retail software development, found a couple of companies truly interested in taking on the project to finish building it with me, used them against each other to negotiate the best deal and moved to GA to build my dream (93). Well, I did just that and finished. It is still being used in mass retailers today and it is still the only product of its kind on the market. I know longer have any rights to it now, it was sold in 99 to a CA company. I am now an entrepenuer, have been for several years now. My husband and I have started several successful companies, the company I am currently doing is my own, I've been at it for 4 years now, we've seen a dramatic increase in revenues, that is until the recession hit, then sales dropped. But, through cost cutting measures we are able to continue on our path. I'm blessed to have my son as my partner in this venture, its tough at times, but where else can you get the training necessary to start up a business from scratch and take it national. They don't teach you that kind of stuff in school, it only comes from the school of hard knocks (which I graduated from more than once). As the years have gone by the one thing that I hav...Expand for more