John Cosgrove:  

After graduation, I went into the Army Reserves. From there, I spent four of the best years of my life at California University of Pennsylvania. Got to love being young with little or no responsibility at all... Upon graduation from college, I went into the Army as an officer in 1988. In 1992, I came out and settled in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. I purchased a franchise of Gloria Jean's Gourmet Coffee at Hanes Mall, Winston-Salem, NC. I later sold the coffee shop in 2001. After that, I went back to school at night and received two Masters' degrees, one a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and the other a Masters in Project Management. For those that knew me in High School that would seem strange, back then the only thing I wanted to do was get out of school and as an adult I wanted to stay in. After selling the coffee shop, I built two party stores: Party Central in Winston-Salem and Party Su...Expand for more