James was kind enough to invite me here to share “how I got my start”. Ironically another magazine (a hard copy one wanted a similar story with more of a pre-biography) attached to it. I decided to combine the two an this is what I wrote. Thank so much James. Hope your readers enjoy. Sincerely, [...]
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I got my start in business in 1988. I was sitting at my desk in a tech company and it dawned on me that if I stayed inside at that cubicle one more day, I was going to get a gun and shoot myself. For real.
I remember like it was yesterday. I got up, went [...]
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I started in college doing many different odd jobs to pay for tuition and extra curricular activities.
I used the internet to find jobs as well as training for what I do today.
What I stumbled upon online and eventually learned was that Wedding Photography is my passion. I’m looking to be my own boss and [...]
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It all started in 1632 when William Richard Whitehurst signed an indenture as he arrived at Cape Henry in Virginia for 1500 acres for 7 yrs of work …
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I’m the 13th generation since William Richard Whitehurst and while I worked at Newport News Shipbuilding I wanted to communicate with computers using software as the [...]
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Ever since I was in junior high I thought I was going to grow up to be a newspaper reporter. I worked at the school newspaper from 6th grade on through college.
While in high school I attended a summer journalism program at Northwestern University in 1995.
I have always been an overachiever. I started taking college [...]
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