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CEO Summer Owens Still Sounds Weird
I've been a full-time entrepreneur for over a decade (a boss all my life ), but it still feels weird seeing CEO tied to my name. Weird in a special, awesome way.
I'm grateful for this acknowledgement and article about my journey!
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Revealing Unbreakable Resilience: Tina Bailey S.O. What! Success Story
It’s weird (to me at least) how not too much makes me cry anymore. I think I’m grateful, and maybe it’s a skill to help me get through my challenges.
And more importantly, I think it’s a skill that allows me to listen to sometimes…
10-DAY 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY COUNTDOWN- DAY 1: Celebrating Milestones and Staying Committed
The other day I met up with Cynthia Daniels, the well-known event planner who coordinated the Inaugural S.O. What! Awards and Scholarship Soiree. We were making time to celebrate the success of the event that I had envisioned for years and finally…
10-DAY 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY COUNTDOWN- DAY 2: Be Flexible -Embrace Adaptability and Flexibility
When I was a marketing specialist advisor at FedEx, I worked on three teams and four different managers in my first two years. I led or supported several different projects and was pulled off some and added to others in the middle of the project…
Erica Nathan: S.O. What! Success Story
You know that friend with so many gifts and talents that you’re amazed by all they are able to do?
Fittingly, I met Erica Nathan at church through a mutual friend. Also, fittingly, she was stylish and her hair was laid.
As an evangelist,…
How Winning a National Speakers Strength Award Inspires Strength in Others
When I came home from school on my first day of kindergarten, my mom quizzed me about my teacher's name. I excitedly repsonded, "Mrs. Muscles!".
Her name was actually Mrs. Armstrong, but that memory always makes me smile even through pain…
Fred Jones Jr: S.O. What! Success Story
When I moved to Memphis for college in the fall of 1997, one of the first events I just had to attend was the Southern Heritage Classic.
At the time (and for years after), it was just an amazing gathering where I was guaranteed to see friends,…
LeWinfred Shack S.O. What! Success Story
People who give of their time and talents have a special place in my heart.
LeWinfred Shack, best known as Shack, is one of those people. We met probably a decade ago at church, and I learned about his massage therapy business.
When…
The Real Life Willy Wonka – Phillip Ashley Rix S.O. What! Success Story
When I began my journey as an entrepreneur, I met this big, “chocolate” guy (Phillip Ashley Rix) covered in tattoos.
Someone told me he was the chocolate man, and I soon learned that he was much more. Going from an ordinary college…