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WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DIRTY,
F, WORD.
THE F, WORD I'M TALKING ABOUT IS
FAILURE AND IT IS SOMETHING I
FAILED FOR YEARS.
I HAD A MODO THAT FAILURE WAS
NOT AP OPTION THAT CHANGE WHEN I
READ JOHN MAXWELL'S BOOK FAILING
FORWARD.
MY LIFE CHANGED FOREVER.
THIS BOOK IS TURNING STAKES TO
STEPPING STONES TO SUCCESS.
WHAT WE LEARN FRIDAY IT THAT
MAKESA DIFFERENCE MUCH OVER THE
NEXT HALF-HOUR WE WILL MEET
PEOPLE WHO TURNED THEIR
CHALLENGES TO ACHIEVEMENTS AND
WANT TO YOU DO THE SAME OF
FAILURE IS UNAVOIDABLE BUT WE
CAN CHANGE HOW WE RESPOND TO IT.
WE WILL SHOW YOU SHOU RIGHT NOW
ON TEMPO INDEPTH.
[MUSIC]
THIS SHOW'S TOPIC IS CLOSE
TO MY HEART.
IN SAILING FORWARD THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AVERAGE
PEOPLE AND ACHIEVING PEOPLE IS
HOW THEY RESPOND TO FAILURE.
HE SAYS, CHANGE YOURSELF AND THE
WORLD CHANGES.
OUR FIRST STORY STARTS WITH
SOMETHING THAT MAY SOUND
FAMILIAR, THE SHOCK OF LEARNING
THEY ZB LAID OFF IT LEADS TO
HEART BREAK.
THE KEY IS WHAT YOU DO NEXT.
THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER YOU ARE
ABOUT TO MEET DESCRIBES THE LOSS
OF HER JOB AS A BLESSING IN
DISGUISE AND PURSUED HER
PASSION.
LAURA TAKES US TO EASTON FOR THE
STORY.
NEXT IS OUR RED VELVET,
WHICH WE DAUL DOERTH AND HE OUR
PUMPKIN AND FUN FET AND HE
CHOCOLATE CUB CAKES.
WHEN KARI FIRST OPENED SWEET
GIRL'S BAKERY SHE NEVER EXPECTED
TO OFFER 21 VARIETIES OF CUB
CAKES.
BUT THEN AGAIN, CAR AND HE
HER PARTNER JILL NEVER PLANNED
TO MAKE CUP CAKES AT ALL.
WHEN WE STARTED WE WANTED TO
DO THE JAM, CAKE POPS AND
COOKIES.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO CUP
CAKES THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANTED.
WE LEARND AND WE STARTED DOING
IT AND IT TOOK ADAPTABILITY IS
INGREDIENT IN THEIR RECIPE FOR
SUCCESS.
THIS IS VANILLA BURT CREAM
I'M GOINGS.
HOMEMADE.
LONG BEFORE SHE SPENT HER
DAYS WHIPPING HOMEMADE ICING AND
FILLING THESE CASES WITH BAKED
GOODS KARI HAD HER DREAM JOB.
WORKING AS AN HI VERY CLOSE
COUNCILLOR FOR A LOCAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENT.
ON HER 30TH BIRTHDAY SHE LEARNED
SHE LOST HER JOB.
GI WAS DOING WHAT I WANTED TO DO
I WAS DOING MY DREAM JOB.
AS SHE LOOKED FOR WORK THEY
CANNED JAMS UNTIL SHE DECIDED TO
TURN THE HOBBY INTO A
LIVELIHOOD.
KARI OPENED SWEET GIRL'S
BAKERY ON THIRD STREET ON
DECEMBER 20, 2011 ALMOST A YEAR
TO THE DAY AFTER HER LAST DAY AT
HER OLD JOB.
A YEAR LATER CAR AND HE JILL
HOPE THEY FOUND THE RIGHT
INGREDIENTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL
BAKERY.
LOCATION IS EVERYTHING IN A
BUSINESS.
IT IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE CIRCLE
THERE IS FARMER'S MARKET AND
BUSINESS ON THE WEEKENDS AND
MOVEMENT.
YET IT IS FAR ENOUGH AWAY BUT IT
IS ALSO CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
HIGHWAY WHERE YOU HAVE PEOPLE
FOR EASY ACCESS TO COME AND GO.
I THINK I GREW UP A BIT.
AND -- REALIZED THAT IT IS OKAY
TO DO THIS AND IT IS OKAY TO GO
AFTER YOUR DREAMS AND OKAY TO
MAKE NEW GOALS AND YOU KNOW IT
IS OKAY TO BE HAPPY AND BE
LESS -- SOMETIMES DISCOVERING
THE RIGHT COMBINATION CAN TAKE
YEARS.
IT TAKES TIME AND AFTER YOU
KNOW, 5 YEARS OF -- HARD WORK
AND THE LEE HIGH VALLEY WE SAW
RESULTS.
SIDE MICHAEL IS ON THE ROAD
TO SUCCESS.
HE EMPLOYS 3 FULL TIME AND 2
PART TIME WORKERS AT TRENCH
DRAIN SYSTEM WHERE HE SELLS LONG
NARROW DRAINS TO HOME ORDINANCE,
CONTRACTORS AND MAINTENANCE
CREWS.
THE ADVANTAGE OF A TRENCH
DRAIN IS THAT YOU HAVE A LOT
MORE SURFACE AREA FOR WATER TO
ENTER IN AND QUICKLY EVACUATED.
SEMITRUCK COULD DRIVE OVER THIS.
THEY ARE STRONG.
TRENCH DRAIN SYSTEM GREW OUT
OF SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL VENT URS
DATING BACK TO 2000 MICHAEL LOST
HIS CORPORATE JOB IN THE STEEL
INDUSTRY HE STARTED HIS FIRST
BUSINESS MUCH 9 YEARS A
BANKRUPTCY AND 2 FALSE STARTS
LATER HE BEGAN TO FOCUS ON
INTERNET MARKETING TRENCH DRAIN
SYSTEM.
THIS IS GOOD MUCH KEEPS
GROWING I THINK -- WE HAVE BEEN
ON A 50 PERCENT GROWTH PER YEAR.
-- WE ARE HOPING TO -- HIT
THE -- ONE.7 MILLION THIS 2013.
WE JUST -- BROKE THAT MILLION
DOLLARS 2012.
NEITHER MICHAEL NOR CAR IS
IS WHERE THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE
10 YEARS AGO.
IT IS A LONG ROAD.
UP'S AND DOWNS YOU LOOK AT THE
END GOAL.
BUT MAY BE THERE IS SOME
PLACE SWEETER.
IT WAS A BLESSING IN
DISGUISE.
FOR TEMPO INDEPTH I'M LAURA MC
QUEUE REPORTING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHAT IS SAILING FORWARD?
EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES.
IT IS WHAT YOU LEARN FROM THOSE
MISTAKES AND HOW ARE WILLING TO
CHANGE YOUR LIFE THAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE WITH FAILURE AND
FAILING FORWARD.
ANGEL JOINS ME ANGEL HAS A
NONPROFIT CALLED, O NOTHING
MINISTRIES.
YOU ARE 22 AND YOU CAN RELATE
AND HAVE YOU STORIES THAT YOU
DIDN'T ALWAYS MAKE THE RIGHT
CHOICES?
CORRECT.
AND BACK IN THE WINTER OF
2011 YOU HAD CHALLENGES WITH THE
POLICE.
RESISTED ARREST AND DID THINGS
YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE.
YOU ARE HEADED A COURT DATE?
YES.
AND ALONG THAT TIME,
UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF YOUR GOOD
FRIENDS HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE
AND DIED.
YOU WENT TO THE FRUN RAL YOU DID
NOT START DOING GOOD FOR
COMMUNITY LIKE YOU ARE TODAY.
YEA.
WERE YOU A TEEN?
AT THE TIME?
YES.
MADE BAD CHOICES.
WENT TO A FUNERAL OF A FRIEND
WHO TOOK HIS LIFE.
AND YOUR LIFE CHANGED THAT DAY?
YES.
TELL US A BIT.
WHEN I WENT TO THE VIEWING I
FELT LIKE I HAD AN ENCOUNTER
WITH GOD.
PASTOR DAN WAS CHANGING.
LIFE CHURCH IN ALLEN TOWN THE
FIRST TIME I STEPPED FOOT IN A
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
THERE WERE 2,000 TEENS THERE
ATTENDING FRIENDS OF MAXWELL AND
WHEN I WAS THERE I FELT LIKE I
HAD AN ENCOUNTER OF GOD I FELT
IT WAS ME AND GOD IN THE ROOM.
NO KIDS WERE THERE I FELT IT WAS
ME AND HIM.
YOU DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THE
SAME CHOICES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
MAKING, WHICH WERE HEADING YOU
DOWN A PATH THAT YOU KNOW, I
DON'T KNOW COULD YOU SEE YOUR
LIFE ENDING WHEN YOU WERE AT
THAT FUNERAL BASED ON THE
DECISIONS YOU HAD BEEN MAKING.
YES, I FELT LIKE THAT IS HOW
I HAVE BEEN VISUALIZING IT THE
WAY I WAS GOING I WAS HEADED FOR
AN EARLY GRAVE.
SO, YOU HAD AN ENCOUNTER AND
MADE A DECISION TO CHANGE THE
WAY THAT YOU WERE LIVING.
BUT YOU MADE ANOTHER MISTAKE
THAT PUT YOU BACK -- IN FRONT OF
THE COURTS.
YOU HAD A COURT DATE COMING UP.
AND WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN?
WE WERE NOT TALKING PROBATION?
WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING AT?
AT TIME.
I WAS LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF
YEARS IN PRISON.
I DON'T THINK I DIDN'T CARE FOR
IT DURING THAT TIME, WHEN I MADE
THAT ENCOUNTER WITH GOD MY LIFE
CHANGED AND I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE
MYSELF IN PRISON I WANTED TO
CHANGE MY LIFE.
YOU WORKED WITH A YOUTH PASTOR
AT LIFE CHURCH AND HE OFFERED
YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO GOA ON A
MISSION TRIP TO HAITI ONE OF THE
POOREST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.
NO MATTER HOW TOUGH LIFE WAS
HERE CHANCES ARE HAITI WAS
WORSE.
WHEN YOU WENT BEFORE THE JUDGE
THAT DAY, WHAT HAPPENED?
THE JUDGE HAD HEARD ABOUT
WHAT I HAD DID.
YOU KNOW, AFTER THE FIRST TIME I
GOT ARRESTED I GOT ARRESTED
AGAIN AND HEARD ABOUT THE
INCIDENT AND LOOKED AT ME AND
SAW SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
HE SAID, I'M NOT GOING TO SEND
YOU TO PRISON I SEE SOMETHING
DIFFERENT IN YOU I WILL SIGN
YOUR PAPERWORK AND ALLOW YOU TO
GO TO HAITI.
THEN AND THERE MY LIFE
COMPLETELY CHANGED IT WAS A
ROLLER COASTER FROM THERE.
PRISON OR HAITI.
HAITI IS A BETTER OPTION.
WHAT DO YOU DO IN HAITI.
A LOT OF MISSION WORK.
WORK IN THE CLINIC.
WE WENT TO DIFFERENT REFUGEE
CAMPS OUR PASTOR TOUT US ALIE
THE THIRD DAY WE SAVED A MAN'S
LIFE HE FELL IN A HOLE AND WE
WORKED WITH THE HAITIAN PEOPLE
AND THE TEAMS I WAS WITH TO
PATCH THIS MAN UP.
THE MISTAKES YOU MADE
BEFORE, DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU
LEARNED FROM THEM?
IS THAT WHEN YOU CAME BACK
TO PUT THIS ORGANIZATION
TOGETHER THAT DOES GOOD.
YOU USED TO HURT PEOPLE THROUGH
YOUR BAD CHOICES.
TELL US THE DIFFERENCE WITH THAT
AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING NOW.
WHAT I'M DOING NOW IS
AMAZING I'M PUTTING SMILES ON
PEOPLE'S FACES.
I'M OUT THERE SERVING OTHERS BUT
IN REALITY THEY ARE MAKING A
DIFFERENCE ON MY LIFE.
THE JOY THEY HAVE BRINGS ME JOY.
HOW ARE YOU DOING IT.
YOU MAKE CLOTHES?
YES.
I SELL CLOTHES, HOODIES,
BRACELETS TO GIVE BACK TO OUR
COMMUNITY.
WE TAKE 35 PERCENT OF WHAT WE
SELL AND TAKE THAT AND DO OUT
REACHES TO REACH THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE LESS FORTUNATE, ABUSE,
TEENS, INMATE IN PRISONS WE
TARGET THE WHOLE VALLEY.
HOW COULD PEOPLE TAKE
ADVANTAGE AND SUPPORT YOUR
GROUP?
YOU HAVE A WEBSITE?
GOEMOVEMENT. ORG.
ANYTHING THEY PURCHASE CAN MAKE
A DIFFERENCE MUCH THEY CAN LIKE
US ON FACE BOOK AND TWITTER.
ANYTHING.
IF THEY CONTACT ME AND THEY WANT
TO SERVE US, THEY HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
I DON'T TURN AWAY ANYONE THEY
ARE WELCOME TO SERVE.
22 YEARS OLD YOU HAVE A NEW
LEASE ON LIFE.
AND TO HEAR YOU TALK IT IS NOT
ABOUT YOU IT IS ABOUT OTHERS.
YEA.
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU HAVE
TO THAT TEEN WHO MAY BE HEADED
DOWN PATH YOU USED TO BE ON.
DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU BAD
YOU MESSED UP AND HOW BAD YOU
STUMBLED OR WHERE YOU CAME FROM
WE VULA DECISIONS AND CHOICE ITS
IS GETTING UP AND FINISH THE
FIGHT.
TO DO GOOD FOR OTHERS.
ANGEL HERNANDEZ WE ARE
EXCITED YOU LEARNED FROM YOUR
MISTAKES AND YOU FAILED FORWARD
AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE
WORLD WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
GO GET THEM.
THANK YOU.
THE PEOPLE OF BETHLEHEM
MOURNED THE CLOTHING OF THE
FIELD IN 2003.
WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE CITY
WITHOUT THE STEEL WHICH SERVED
AS THE NO.ING ECONOMIC ENGINE?
TEMPO'S GROVER HAS MORE ON HOW
PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TURNEDA I
LAW INTO A JACKPOT.
SOMETIMES YOU PLAY THE HAND
YOU WERE DEALT AND SOMETIMES YOU
SLOWLY WALK AWAY.
SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T WALK
AWAY.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE STAKES
INVOLVE THE FUTURE OF A REGION
IF THE BETHLEHEM COMMUNITY
WALKED AWAY FROM THE STEEL MILL
WHEN IT WAS SHUT DOWN IT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN A SEA OF BOX STORES OR
A CASINO.
INSTEAD PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER AND
HARSHED OUT OPTIONS WHILE
EMBRACING THE IDEA THAT WHAT DID
GOES IN SHOULD CREATE JOBS AND
RETAIN THE HISTORY AND CULTURE
OF THE SITE.
THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION IN
THE COMMUNITY.
BY 04 GAMING IN THE STATE
THIS BROUGHT TOGETHER A GROUP OF
DEVELOPERS INCLUDING THE LAS
VEGAS SAND.
THEY FORMED SAND'S BETH WORKS
AND PURCHASED 126 ACRES IN THE
HEART OF THE OLD MILL THEY
INTEGRATED A RESORT WITH
ADAPTIVE REUSE OF HISTORIC
STUSHTHS AND PERFORMANCE MEDIA
CENTER WITH ART'S QUEST THE
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ANCHORED THERE AND A CASINO TO
SERVE AS THE ECONOMIC ENGINE.
XHUPT HAD RESERVATIONS ABOUT
GAMING BUT SUPPORTED THE
PROPOSAL.
ONE ONE CASINO IT WILL
ALMOST NOT BE NOTICED IT WILL GO
ON ON THE INSIDE AND THE REST OF
IT IS DESIGNED WITHIN THE
CONTEXT OF THE COUNTY.
OVER ALL DEVELOPMENT GOALS
IS TO MAKE THAT SITE HISTORIC, A
PLACE TO LIVE, TO BE ABLE TO
WORK.
TO DINE.
BE ENTERTAINED AND HAVE THE
GAMING ELEMENTS THAT ALLOW IT TO
EXIST.
SANDS AND PARTNERS BUILT IT
IN 2007.
LARGEST CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
UNDERTAKEN IN THE LEE HIGH
VALLEY.
A CASINO WITH 3,000 SLOTS.
HOTEL WITH 300 ROOMS.
PARKING GARAGE WITH 3200 SPACE,
WHICH IS THE LARGEST PARKING
GARAGE IN LEE HIGH VALLEY.
7 RESTAURANTS AND A MALL.
THE PROJECT WAS UNDER WAY
THE FRAMEWORK WAS FINISHED THE
FUTURE LOOKED BRIGHT AND THEN IN
DECEMBER OF THAT YEAR, THE
ECONOMY TOOK A TAIL SPIN AND
AMERICA ENTERED THE WORSE
RECESSION SINCE THE GREAT
DEPRESSION.
IT WAS SIGNIFICANT
TURBULENCE THIS IS THE MOST
DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES ANY OF
US WILL SEE IN OUR LIFETIME.
STOCKS FLUMENTED FROM A HIGH
OF 148 DOLLARS TO A RECORD LOW
OF A DOLLAR.38.
THEY STOPPED CONSTRUCTION ON
EVERYTHING BUT THE CASINO THE 13
STORY HOTEL WAS WRAP INDEED
PLASTIC UNTIL THE ECONOMIC TIDE
TURNED.
OUR CHAIRMAN WOUND UP PUT
NOTHING A BILLION DOLLARS OF HIS
AND HIS FAMILY'S MONEY INTO OUR
COMPANY.
HE REALLY STEP INDEED AND SAVED
THE COMPANY.
CASINO OPEN INDEED I THINK
SUPER OF 09 AND CREATED A
THOUSAND JOBS.
I WILL KREET THE CUSTOMERS,
ASSISTING THEM.
HELPING THIS WITH THEIR
MACHINES.
ONCE AGAIN, PEOPLE WERE
COMING TO THE OLD STEEL LAND FOR
WORK.
THE RECESSION KEPT GNAWING AWAY
AND THE CASINO WAS STRUGGLING
THE TABLES TURN IN 2010 WHEN
HARRIS BERG PASSED TABLE GAMES.
TODAY THOSE GAMES AND OTHERS
ARET CRAG JOBS AND NEW
OPPORTUNITY THROUGHOUT THE
VALLEY.
32 YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN JESSE
A NATIVE OF EASTON WORKED AS A
SERVER AND BARTENDER WHEN HE
DECIDED TO BECOME A BLACKJACK
DEAL ARE HE ATTENDED DEALER
SCHOOL.
THE BLACKJACK INTRO TO
CASINO WAS A COURSE AND I DEAL 2
GAMES 10 WEEKS.
CONTINUE TO AFTER THE CASINO
FOR AWHILE PICK ANOTHER GAME.
AFTER HE GOT HIS GAMING LICENSE
AND WENT TO WORK.
WE HAVE AWE SOME MANAGE AM
THE EMPLOYEES I TALKED TO ARE
ALL AWE SOME.
AN AVERAGE DEALER MAKES
BETWEEN 38 AND 40 THOUSAND
DOLLARS A YEAR.
CHRISTIAN AND HIS FIANCE CAN
SAVE AND PROVIDE MORE FOR
THEMSELVES AND THEIR 2 YEAR OLD.
GIVEN MY FAMILY FINANCIAL
STABILITY.
THE SANDS CREATED MORE JOBS
WITH RESTAURANTS, HOTEL SHOPS
AND THE EVENT CENTER.
THE BEACH BOYS 53TH REUNION
TOUR THAT SELLS OUT.
THE SANDS SELLS OUT WITH
2,000 PLUS SEATS FOR AN INTMAT
EXPERIENCE.
SANDS COMPLETED THE CASINO AND
PBS FINISHED THEIR BUILDINGS IN
FRONT OF THE BLAST FURNACE STEEL
STACK SYSTEM A CENTER FOR MEDIA
AND IN AND OUTSIDE DOOR CONCERTS
AND ARTS.
YOU CAN'T GIVE ENOUGH CREDIT
TO THE CITY, COUNTY AND SCHOOL
DISTRICT AND REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY WHO STEPPED FORWARD
AND MADE THE REST OF THE CAMPUS
HAPPEN.
WHAT LOOKED LIKE BAD LUCK
AND THE FIELD CLOSED TURNED TO A
WINNING HAND FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
I'M GROVER REPORTING.
THANKS, GROVER.
DON KUNGHAM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
AND FORMER MAYOR OF BETHLEHEM
JOINS US AND JOINED BY CHRIS
HALL THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT
OF CHAUL TECH.
CHRIS MAKES APPLICATIONS FOR
WEBSITES.
WE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR
GROWING APPLICATIONS THAT YOU
HAVE.
DON, YOU KNOW THAT STORY IN
BETHLEHEM STEEL YOU WERE THE
MAYOR OF BETHLEHEM WHEN THE
COMPANY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS IN
98 THE BANKRUPTCY IN 03 AND THE
COMPANY WAS GONE AND BOUT OUT BY
ISG.
YOUR FATHER WORKED AT THE
STEEL.
YOU STARTED EVERYTHING TO GET
THIS AREA REDEVELOPED WITH SOME
OF THE -- NOT THE SEXIEST PART
OF IT.
CLEANING UP THE LAND AND GETTING
IN ROADS AND MAKING THINGS START
THAT WAY.
IT HAS TO BE EXCITING TO SEE
THAT IT CAME TO FRUITION?
IT IS WONDERFUL FOR SOMEBODY
WHO GREW UP IN BETHLEHEM AND
RAISED HERE FROM A STEEL WORKER
FAMILY WE NEVER COULD HAVE
IMAGINED THE DAY WOULD COME
WHERE THERE WOULD NOT BE A STEEL
AND PEOPLE WOULD NOT IMAGINED IN
98 THAT THE DAY WOULD COME SO
QUICKLY WHEN THE LAND WAS
REBOURN AND REUSED AND VIBRANT
AGAIN AND FOR COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
YOU TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW WITH
YOUR SEGMENT ON FAILURE AND
SUCCESS FOLLOWING FAILURE AND
BEING PERSEVERE ON THINGS THERE
IS NO GREATER EXAMPLE THAN THE
1600 ERICKSON THAT ONCE MADE THE
STEEL AND AMERICA AND THE
BUILDINGS AND BRIDGES OF AMERICA
AND NOW IS ARE DOING A MULTI USE
OF THINGS FROM THE CASINO,
ARTINGS, TELEVISION STATION TO A
LARGE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
AREA WITH A LARGE INTERMODAL
RAIL TERMINAL.
SO, IT IS TREMENDOUS TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME.
THEY HAVE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS A
PROGRAM FOR LAND RECYCLING?
CORRECT.
THAT IS THE SAME CONCEPT IT
FAILED IN OTHER BUSINESSES.
BUT CAN BE BROUGHT BACK TO A
SUCCESSFUL CONTRIBUTION TO OUR
COMMUNITY.
TALK TO US ABOUT THAT PROGRAM?
YOU THINK ABOUT THE ECONOMY
OF OUR REGION AND YOUR SEG AM ON
BETHLEHEM STEEL.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER
STEEL STORIES DOTTED AROUND THE
LANDSCAPE OF LEE HIGH AND NORTH
HAMPTON WE WERE A STEEL
INDUSTRIAL AREA WITH FACTORY
LAND IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECYCLE
GLASS AND PAPER AND ALUM NUMB IT
IS IMPORTANT TO REUSE THE LANDS
THAT SOMETHING WAS ON AND NOW
CLOSED.
FORTUNATELY, BOTH OF OUR
COUNTIES, LEE HIGH AND NORTH
HAMPTON'S LEADERSHIP INVEST 50
THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH A YEAR TO
A PROGRAM RUN BY LEE HIGH
ECONOMIC DEVELOP CORPORATION TO
FOCUS ON WHAT WE CALL BROWN
FIELD CITES.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
ACRES UP TO THIS BETHLEHEM STEEL
AND 1600 ACRES TO WORK ON THE
CLEAN UP.
GET INFRASTRUCTURE ON SITE.
GET THEM PREPARED FOR NEW
BUSINESSES TO COME IN AND USE
THAT LAND AGAIN.
HOW HARD IS IT TO ATTRACT A
BROWN FIELD OPPOSED TO PRETTY
GREEN GRASS.
IT IS EASY TO DO IT ON WHAT WE
CALL A GREEN FIELD IT IS CLEAN
LAND.
IT TAKES A LOT OF HARD WORK AND
INVOLVEMENT.
THAT'S WHY PROGRAMS LIKE THIS
EXIST.
WHICH ARE -- BOTH STATE
GOVERNMENT AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ARE HEAVILY INVESTED.
WE ARE FORTUNATE THE EPA AND
STATE DEP ENVIRONMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS MAKE FUNDS
AVAILABLE FOR RECLAIMATION OF
LAND.
BOTH COUNTIES HEAVILY INVESTED
IN THIS IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO GET
LANDS TO BE REUSED IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR CITIES AND OLDER
BURROUGHS ALL THE DEVELOP THAT
OCCURS IS NOT JUST IN THE
FARMLANDS OF TOWNSHIPS.
IT IS TAKING PLACE IN OUR OLDER
URBAN COURSE.
LET'S TALK, CHRIS, YOU
CREATED A TEAM MANAGEMENT
WEBSITE FOR ROWING THAT PROVIDES
WORK OUT ANALYSIS TO COACHES.
YOU ARE AN EXAMPLE OF A NEW
ENTREPRENEURS THAT UNFORTUNATELY
THE STATISTICS SHOW EVERY NEW
BUSINESS MANY OF THOSE FAIL.
RIGHT.
BUT EVERYONE HAS THEIR EYES
ON YOU FOR THIS IS A BUSINESS
THAT LOOKS PROMISING SUCCEED.
YOU ARE A SENIOR AT LEE HIGH
UNIVERSITY.
FROM AN ENTREPRENEUR'S
STANDPOINT TELL US ABOUT YOUR
BUSINESS AND HOW IT LOOKS
PROMISING IT WILL SUCCEED?
I WILL BEGIN WITH
BACKGROUND.
MY DAD WAS AN ENTREPRENEUR.
EVER SINCE I GREW UP I SAW HIM
FAIL 3 TIMEINGS TRYING TO START
A BUSINESS AND NOW ON HIS
FOURTH.
GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS I WAS
THERE AS THE SI LEN OBSERVER.
I TAKE THOSE 3 FAIL URS AS MY
OWN I LOOK AT IT THIS IS MY
FIFTH TIME STARTING A BUSINESS
AND TRYING TO BUILD OFF
SUCCESSES I CAN'T, I WILL TRY
AND IT IS FUNDING WILL SLOW ME
DOWN BUT I WILL KEEP GOING UNTIL
I GET IT.
YOU GOT FUNDING FROM THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
TO MOVE YOU ALONG.
WHAT IS THAT FUNDING DOING TO
HELP PROGRESS YOUR BUSINESS.
IT IS ALLOWING ME TO MARKET
AND REALLY WHEN YOU ARE DOING
ANY ENGINEERING PROJECT IT WILL
FAIL THE FIRST TIME.
THE FUNDING IS ALLOWING ME TO
GET OUT ALL THE BUGS AND MAKE
THE USER EXPERIENCE WHAT I WANT
IT TO BE AND EASY TO USE AND GET
IT IN THEIR HANDS QUICKER AND
MOVE THE PRODUCT ALONG.
WHAT DO YOU SEE WHEN PEOPLE
ARE COMING TO YOU.
YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHO YOU
GIVE MONEY TO AND WHO YOU DON'T.
HOW DO YOU DECIDE?
WITH A COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS,
PEOPLE INVOLVED, WE ARE
FORTUNATE BECAUSE LEE HIGH
UNIVERSITY IS HERE WITH A LOT OF
GREAT FACULTY.
BEN FRANKLIN PARTNERSHIP IS
HERE.
WEA TALENT.
IN ADDITION WE HAVE START UP
INVESTMENT FIRMS THAT EXIST
HERE.
PRIVATE FIRMS THAT INVEST IN
START UP COMPANIES.
PIECE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOP NEEDS
TO INVEST IN GOOD START UP
COMPANIES AND HOPING THEY GROW
AND MAKE IT.
AND PROVIDE JOBS.
DO YOU HAVE EMPLOYEES.
NOW IT IS ONE I'M IN THE
PROCESS OF BRINGING ON A
COFOUNDER WHEN YOU ARE LIKE ME
YOUR FRIENDS WILL JUMP AT CHANCE
MUCH SO I'M SITTING THERE
WATCHING TO SEE WHO IS PUTS THE
WORKED FOR.
YOU ARE IN GOOD POSITION.
TALK ABOUT THAT PROCESS OF
HELPING THESE YOUNGENT PRENURSE
OR SOMETIMES NOT YOUNG
ENTREPRENEURS THEY PROVIDE THE
JOBS AND TAXES THAT HELP GROW
LOCAL ECONOMIES.
THE HISTORY OF BUSINESS IS
THE HISTORY OF INNOVATION.
AMERICA HAS BEEN A COUNTRY THAT
COME UP WITH NEWED WHYS IT IS
PUSHED BEYOND THE ENVELOPE AND
THAT IS DRIVEN OUR ECONOMY.
AND SO TODAY -- A LOT OF THAT IS
IN TECHNOLOGY BASED BUSINESSES
AND INTERNET BASED AND BUT IT IS
STILL NEEDS TO TELL BE THE
FUTURE STORY OF AMERICA, WHICH
IS YOUNG GUYS LIKE CHRIS WHO ARE
22, GRADUATING FROM THE
UNIVERSITY ALREADY -- PUTTING
THEIR IDEAS TO WORK AND
ULTIMATELY THEY WILL CREATE THE
JOBS OF THE FUTURE ECONOMY WHERE
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WORK AND
MAKE A LIVING IN THE UNITED
STATES.
AND HOPEFULLY HERE IN THE
VALLEY.
WE WISH YOU THE BEST WITH
YOUR BUSINESS.
I FEEL IT.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS IT.
DON, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME
PRESIDENT AND CEO.
THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE IT.
I WANT TO WRAP IT UP WITH
LIFE TIPS FROM FAILING FORWARD.
4 POINT PLAN TO STAY RESILL KNOW
IANT MUCH ONE, PURPOSE.
FIND ONE, SEARCH FOR A GOAL THAT
EXCITES YOU.
VISUALIZE YOURSELF ENJOYING THE
REWARDS MUCH EXCUSES.
ESHG ELIMINATE THEM.
THEY GET YOU NOWHERE.
STEP 3, INCENTIVES.
DEVELOP SMCHL REWARD YOURSELF
AFTER YOU REACH THE GOAL AND
FINALLY STEP 4, DETERMINATION.
I CALL IT TENACITY.
CULTIVATE IT THE TENACITY STEP
AND OFTEN REPEAT THE WORDS OF
CHURCHHILL.
NEVER, EVER, EVER GIVE UP.
WE HOPE THESE TIPS AND THE
STORIES WE SHARED HELP YOU STAY
POSITIVE IN THE PURSUIT OF YOUR
PERSONAL GOALS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND
REMEMBER, NEVER, EVER, EVER GIVE
UP.
GOOD NIGHT.
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