Helping Others Succeed
I spoke to a hard-working Boomer entrepreneur this week who is dedicated to helping others "control their own destiny." Carol Hendrix is President and CEO of her own company, GIM Associates of Philadelphia. She is starting her second company in her fifties, an Internet based business school for midlife people who want to be their own boss. She's an inspiration!
"This won't be theoretical," says Carol. "It will be a step-by-step, practical approach using the convenience of distance learning. I'm calling it The Entrepreneurial Training Academy."
Carol is working on her beta website right now and will hire professors who have a Master's degree or MBA as well as real world, start-up business experience. She hopes to be accredited within two years and will offer continuing education credits rather than a degree.
Carol appreciates education. She was a teenage Mom and a high school drop-out, with two children by age 16. But she was determined that her children wouldn't live in poverty. She worked two or three jobs and got a GED at age 21. Encouraged by an employer, she took classes at the local community college and ultimately earned a B.A. from Temple University in 1992. She completed an M.B.A. in 1999.
"There is a story here that shows just how good God is, looking after a baby raising her babies. Keeping me safe and focused on the better things in life," says Carol.
Carol recently started a non-profit outreach program in honor of her late daughter, Shenae Weeks, who died from an illness last year at age 27.
"We do face-to-face business training with a particular focus on non-profits and disadvantaged people," says Carol. "I want to help the small 'Mom and Pop' companies but I also want people to think bigger. When you're successful in business, you control your own life and you create jobs for others. You make them successful."
Carol Hendrix holds an MBA and is a trainer at Temple University's Small Business Development Center. She's National Vice President of the Urban Financial Services Coalition, on the Board of Greater Saint Matthew Baptist Church, was the SBA Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year in 2000 and winner of the Mary McLeod Bethune Award from the National Council of Negro Women.
We wish Carol more success so that she can continue to spread her spirit and vision!
"This won't be theoretical," says Carol. "It will be a step-by-step, practical approach using the convenience of distance learning. I'm calling it The Entrepreneurial Training Academy."
Carol is working on her beta website right now and will hire professors who have a Master's degree or MBA as well as real world, start-up business experience. She hopes to be accredited within two years and will offer continuing education credits rather than a degree.
Carol appreciates education. She was a teenage Mom and a high school drop-out, with two children by age 16. But she was determined that her children wouldn't live in poverty. She worked two or three jobs and got a GED at age 21. Encouraged by an employer, she took classes at the local community college and ultimately earned a B.A. from Temple University in 1992. She completed an M.B.A. in 1999.
"There is a story here that shows just how good God is, looking after a baby raising her babies. Keeping me safe and focused on the better things in life," says Carol.
Carol recently started a non-profit outreach program in honor of her late daughter, Shenae Weeks, who died from an illness last year at age 27.
"We do face-to-face business training with a particular focus on non-profits and disadvantaged people," says Carol. "I want to help the small 'Mom and Pop' companies but I also want people to think bigger. When you're successful in business, you control your own life and you create jobs for others. You make them successful."
Carol Hendrix holds an MBA and is a trainer at Temple University's Small Business Development Center. She's National Vice President of the Urban Financial Services Coalition, on the Board of Greater Saint Matthew Baptist Church, was the SBA Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year in 2000 and winner of the Mary McLeod Bethune Award from the National Council of Negro Women.
We wish Carol more success so that she can continue to spread her spirit and vision!
posted at 11:45 AM
1 Comments:
Carol:
I was inspired reading your story. It was helpful to see another African American person in the blogspot, particularly a female. I am a 54 year old Afri-Am former pastor who lost a church post and am having a hard time with part time jobs to make ends meet. I'm finishing a doctorate in urban ecology and am starting a nonprofit at my church to deal with the poverty of people in the neighborhood who need more food. Our main project is a farmers market that will launch in June.
Your entrepreneurial project intrigues me. I will keep in touch and see if I might benefit from your expertise. Your story of success is phenomenol.
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