Caroline Worley grew up immersed in the workings of Zettler Hardware, a small business owned at that time by her grandfather, father, and uncle. As a young teen, Caroline began working at the hardware stores for just $3.35 an hour plus free candy and pop. As she grew up, Caroline stocked merchandise and worked as a cashier. Even after she went away to college, Caroline was still happy to help take inventory over school breaks.

Now, Caroline is a successful attorney and owner of her own small business, Worley Law and Zettler Hardware is one of her clients.
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Pat Zollars has run a small commercial construction company for five years, and has done it for the last 30 months without a business partner.

So keeping an eye on marketing and other strategic issues had become a challenge while operating a business in an economic downturn.

“I have a team and we work on the business plan collectively,” Zollars said. “But I really didn’t have a sounding board to say, ‘This makes sense and that doesn’t make sense,’ or ‘Let’s go in this direction.’ ”
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Mary never considered that the team would be on different pages and soon came to realize she had to slow down and listen very closely to not get too far ahead. “I didn’t fit into the corporate world, but I do fit in the Entrepreneur world as I can run with an idea and not be held back.”
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