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User ID: 1509000 United States 10/05/2011 08:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Welfare mom creates million dollar biz: how she did it She applied for a student loan and went back to school. The first year, she and her girls lived on welfare, food stamps, and odd jobs, but the second year, an opportunity presented itself and she grabbed it. An artist friend offered her a job assembling jewelry for a mail order catalogue in her spare time. She knew it wouldn’t be easy: she’d be in school all day, taking care of the kids in the evening, and then have to work late into the night at her kitchen table, but she’d be working for herself and be able to get off welfare. Having a job and being in school built up Trisha’s confidence and she eventually proposed to the owner of the catalogue that she design his entire line of jewelry. She says, “As an entrepreneur you are always going to be confronted by things you don’t know, but you can’t let it stop you.” She went to the library and dove into teaching herself the basics of jewelry design as well as exploring Native American motifs from which she would draw inspiration. She recalls that she didn’t get a lot of sleep in those days. more here - [ link to shine.yahoo.com] |
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User ID: 1547981 United States 10/05/2011 08:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Welfare mom creates million dollar biz: how she did it for every Horatio Alger story I'll show you a thousand living lives of quiet desperation being exploited and abused. Government is a body largely ungoverned. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 2733272 United States 10/05/2011 08:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Welfare mom creates million dollar biz: how she did it We all have choices to make in life. What choices did you make today? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1539724 United States 10/05/2011 08:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Welfare mom creates million dollar biz: how she did it seems like a lot of work...think i'll lay down |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 983877 United States 10/05/2011 09:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Welfare mom creates million dollar biz: how she did it seems like a lot of work...think i'll lay down
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 2719747 United States 10/05/2011 09:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Welfare mom creates million dollar biz: how she did it With the downturn in the job market and high unemployment it is doubtful much of the jewelry sells today.
Saw a black woman on 60 minutes who used a govt program to build an apartment complex for HUD to fill with renters. She went from welfare to owner of a million dollar building. Paid for itself in five years. That HUD loan program has since been canceled. |