1. ROB SLATER KYLER CHRISTENSEN STEVEN ETHRIDGE ARIANA HATCH

3. OVERVIEW Start Up Motivation/Family Current Business

4. EARLY LIFE Born in Arizona Lived in poverty Graduated Arizona state with MBA Started Leather store with his friend

5. HOW HE STARTED A BUSINESS Pros Figured out what Not to do Had a partner to help Aligned himself with certain cliental Cons Had to take out lots of loans Failed 12 times Didn’t know what he was doing

7. MOTIVATIONS Had family to motivate him Had no other way of making money No backup plan He didn‘t want to be like his father Didn‘t want to be a failure

8. ACHIEVEMENTS #1 in mattress sales in Utah Married to Linda Owned 13 other businesses Currently one of the top Utah furniture stores

9. ONE OF THE MANY COMPANIES HE OWNED Export company in brazil 4 other Retail Companies 3 Furniture Companies Leather store 4 other small businesses

10. WHAT PUSHED HIM OVER THE TOP He had started 13 other businesses before he was successful. Was very original while writing his business plan. Wanted to leave Arizona to have a fresh start

11. HOW HE STARTED CURRENT BUSINESS Started delivery service and furniture repair Started hiring more people Started to buy used furniture – PROFIT Only had a two staff team Moved to Utah and bought an empty department store Sold his furniture business in Arizona

12. MAIN FLOOR

14. The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity. – Peter F. Drucker

15. SPOOKY SCARY 3 RD FLOOR

16. REVIEW Where he started Motivations Where he is today

18. CONCLUSION We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~Aristotle

19. REFERENCES Rob Slader http://www.youtube.com/v/Ixw2-xrCTaQ&feature=player_detailpage http://www.youtube.com/v/FMug2TPuWAE&feature=player_detailpage www.lindasfurnature.com