Undercover boss/ ABM

- abm started with one person, a bucket, a squeege, and $4.50
-goes undercover for his business to see what other people think of the company
-was very hurt about the 9/11 attack
-wants his employees to satay in his company as long as possible
-he works the normal everyday job everyone else does
-gets in crap for cussing and not doing the job quick enough
-didnt get through the training for his own company
-helped clean windows
-help with janitorial work
-learned about the employees devastations of 9/11
-went as a freight operator for a day and found out the real details in that particular job
-found out that his employees love to work for ABM which is very good in his case
-learned the stories of real 9/11 stories

Famous Entrepreneurs

-Donald Trump- dad was his mentor, he is very wealthy, went bankrupt
-Richard Branson- he is a billionaire, made virgin airlines, cell phone, radio, and he owns an island
-Herb Kelleher-went to university, GM of Cambell soups factory
-Orville Redenbacher-was the popcorn man, billy is cheap
-Howard Shultz-CEO of starbucks, was very poor when he was younger so got into sports to forget about it
-Bill Gates-one of the richest men in the world, it all started as a program now it is one of the weathiest company's in the world, he hates children
-J.D. Rockfeller-Dad was greasy, quit highschool, net worth of 1.5 billion US dollars
-Walt Disney- made many children happy, has changed children's movies forever
-jimmy Pattison-went to school, bought his own car dealership, self motivated, net worth 3.5 billion US dollars
-Martha Stewart-watched her mom cook, she knows her job, graduated from Bernard
-Dave Thomas-owner of wendy's, loved his job, hard work is key
-Jerry Yang- was owner of yahoo, didnt take job to microsoft, net worth is 44.6 billion US dollars
-Ray Krock- bought McDonald's from the mcdonald borthers, he worked hard, he is very rich
-Phil Knight- co founder of Nike, went to oregon for university, likes shoes

Melanie Houlker

Utopia Academy

-3 domains in the academy
-abbotsford campus
-vancouver campus
-took drafting classes
-really liked fashion design
-applied for a college
-needed a C+ or better in English 12
-didn't have an overall focus when she was 19
-took a hair design course
-if you don't like something you can always find something else to do
-worked at a hair salon
-made no money left the job after 3 weeks
-got another job at great clips
-quit her job in two weeks
-went back to where she had gone to school and talked to her instructor
-instructer got her an interveiw at a good salon
-stayed there for a year because she wanted to do her own work and not just be an assistant
-works at utopia academy
-hard work pays off even if you dont ask for anything
-didnt leave assistant job until she had another job at simple scissors
-was the master stylist at green apple salon in the cottonwood mall
-knew she wanted to be an instructor so she went to utopia academy
-has been there for 7 1/2 years
-moved up in positions from a normal instructor to the dean of the academy
-works for redken also and proceeds go to charity
-the client pays you to advertise your work

Levi Giesbrecht

Spruceland
Spa Utopia

-runs marathons for enjoyment
-be mentally strong
-Something from nothing
-go through what you want to accomplish it
-you must learn to create something from nothing
-entrepreneur-a person that gets into a business adventure
-life is going to be very stressful, exhausting, exhilerating, play roles that you may be good at or not, you may have to manage certain things
-there is a price to pay for being sucessful
-dont feel entitiled to anything
-partners in many companies
-some compnaies have failed, some have succeeded
-learned from his mistake, knows what works and what doesn't
-your mind is your best tool in business
-at partner can be really helpful or can destroy your business
-find something you love
-do something that sets you apart from everyone else
-being in the people loving business
-make it a priority to make people to like you
-be prepared to do the lowest part of the job if you are the boss
-employees react on how you work
-create pleasure in the workplace
-make the workplace fun
-its ok to have somebody correct you
-become financially literate
-learn how to read a financial statement well
-develop your AQ
-be a very frugal investor
-be successful!
-balance your life
-what is successful?