Joann Kramer:  

Gosh, how do you write about the last 20 years in a few paragraphs! After school, I enrolled in college and started working for a commodity brokerage firm in Scottsdale. They continued to promote me up the ladder and paid for me to get my securities license. I was with them for 5 years and then ended up at the Caterpillar Corporation for another 8. (Guess you can say I'm loyal.) Anyway, after our entire Arizona location was laid off they offered me a corporate training position in Nashville which I almost accepted. I'm glad I didn't because right around that time I met my WONDERFUL husband at a church play. He is the most funny and charasmatic person I have ever met and his wisdom is just incredible. Everywhere he has worked, they put him in positions of authority and other companies would try to lure him over to theirs. His logic really goes beyond most folks. I've learned a lot from him. About 8 years ago, we took a big severance package from my company and started a house cleaning business. We have 12 employees right now and are looking for more. We also have expanded into a window cleaning company, tile and grout cleaning and also a carpet cleaning company. We just recently started a hauling business too. I guess you could say we're both entrepreneurs. They don't teach that in high school, but they should! The schools leave out the important stuff you need like financial training, marriage training and preparation for children. Thankfully, there's hope. The Bible is our instruction manual for all of life, not just about those 3 things! We go to a mega church in Arizona (soon to be the biggest church in the SW) and their heart is to help people reach their full destinies, as you know most people don't reach much of their potential at all. We...Expand for more