Experience

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  Booker HS, Sarasota FL

  • Booker HS, Sarasota FL

  • Volunteer leader, Stacks entrepreneur/business club

    • Sep 2003 - Present
    • Booker HS, Sarasota FL

    Mentor male students, and Started an entrpreneur club at Booker HS. The club is organized as a non-profit business with the purpose of raising money for unfunded needs of the local community and school. The goal this school year (2013/2014) is to raise $5,000. to create one or two scholarships in the name of a long time beloved staff member who is retiring at the end of this school year. The qualifications are 1. achieve a 3.0 unweighted GPA, and 2. Have at least 100 hours of community service completed. To this end, we have now partnered with the Junior Achievement local group who are guiding the club's efforts.

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  Bassett Furn. Ind's, and many others

  • Independent Sales Rep./ Furniture & Accessories

    • 1972 - 2007

    Started as an independent manufacturers rep., and 6 months later became an exclusive rep for Bassett Furn. Ind's in the case goods ( bedroom & diningroom) division in Pennsylvania. Ten years later, resigned from Bassett and became a multi-line independent rep covering Eastern PA, South Jersey, and Delaware. In January of 1999, moved to Florida to work with my brother in the same industry, and retired at the end of 2007.

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  Coplan Furniture Co. Inc.

  • partner,buyer,merchandiser,marketer, advertising

    • 1953 - 1972

    Did all mentioned plus dressed windows and sold on floor as well as did client interior design projects. Selected mechandise to sell, created advertisements (newspaper) held sales meetings for staff, priced all merchandise sold, and did inventory controll. Hired and fired sales personnel. And as a young boy , starting at age 10 worked on Saturday mornings in the warehouse until I was strong enough to do some heavy lifting, and then went on the truck to help with deliveries and set up of merchandise.