Let 2005 be Your Year to Finally Start Your Own Business

Starting a business in 2005 will be one of the most popular New Year's Resolutions. A fashion model made starting a business her New Year's Resolution and opened a pest control company!

(PRWEB) December 8, 2004 -- Many people who work for others wish they could chuck their jobs and become their own boss. What often stops them is a lack of confidence and a solid plan to start. Genma Stringer Holmes, who has helped thousands of people start their own successful small businesses, inspires many to take the plunge by relating her own unlikely business story.

A professional model, Genma Stringer Holmes got more than her share of strange looks when she told people that she was going to open an exterminating business. Even her husband didn't believe her. Undaunted by what other people thought, Genma did her homework and launched an environmental exterminating company whose 2005 revenues are projected at $500,000.

Genma discusses often:
- The first two steps to take that prove your are serious.
- Why you-and no one else-should determine your destiny for your life.
- What it is like to be a black woman in an industry dominated by white men.
- How she has managed to be successful in several careers despite being told once that she would "never amount to anything."
- Letting go of negative self talk and believe that you will achieve your dreams in life.
- How she balances the many hats she wears including home schooling her children.

Genma Stringer Holmes' story has been featured in Essence, Black Enterprise, Woman Entrepreneur, Southern Women and other magazines and newspapers. Genma has also been featured on several national and regional television programs. A former marketing and public relations professional, Genma is a popular speaker at conventions and trade shows.

Genma Stringer Holmes can be contacted at 615-(391)-5708 or fax at (615)874-1265.

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