Background
Schmitz, Shirley Gertrude was born on December 19, 1927 in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Wienand Gerard and Florence Marie (Grimm) Schmitz.
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Guts, Imagination, Vision; Conversations with Innovators Changemakers
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This is the book about entrepreneurship. Author Shirley G. Schmitz selected a group of 30 possible candidates representing a wide range of business types, ideas, creativity and generations. Through their willingness and her choice, the group was winnowed down to the final series of nine stories told in this book. This is not a typical conceptual how-to book. This is a content rich how to do it book that will give you concrete examples of entrepreneurship. You will read great stories of determined people performing superbly. You will be taken inside the sensitive, humanistic world of practical business building and be privy to conversations between interviewer and fascinating entrepreneurs through words and pictures. The stories are warm, emotional, sometimes funny and robust. A slice of the people side of many industries and a series of short, intimate looks at adventurers - often overlooked because they are business people. In the world of the enterprise builder there are no norms or formulas. These stories tell you how they accomplished what they did in business. There are intriguing problems to be solved. There are ideas, human drive, competitiveness, tenacity, bravado, courage, and an ever present desire for the quest. As the stories will illustrate, some entrepreneurs transition into builders who capture and dominate the market they establish. Some are serial entrepreneurs who create and then sell to bigger organizations that move the process ahead, while the entrepreneur goes on to create yet another business. The stories contained in this book run the spectrum. The successes, failures, achievements and ongoing challenges will entertain you, teach you and inspire you.
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Shirley Gertrude Schmitz
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Education
Bachelor, Arizona State University, 1949.
Career
Teacher, guidance counselor, Mesa (Arizona) H.S., 1949-1951;
area manager, Field Enterprises Ednl. Corporation, Phoenix, 1951-1952;
district manager, Field Enterprises Ednl. Corporation, Phoenix, 1952;
regional manager, Field Enterprises Ednl.
Corporation, Phoenix, 1953-1955;
branch manager, Field Enterprises Ednl. Corporation, Montreal, 1955-1961;
national supervisor, Field Enterprises Ednl. Corporation, Chicago, 1961-1963;
assistant sales manager, Field Enterprises Ednl.
Corporation, Chicago, 1963-1965;
national sales manager, Field Enterprises Ednl. Corporation, Chicago, 1965-1970;
vice president, general sales manager, Forest Engineer Compton Company division Encyclopedia British, Chicago, 1970-1971;
executive vice president, director sales, Forest Engineer Compton Company division Encyclopedia British, Chicago, 1971-1973;
president, Chung Hwa Boatworks Port-A-Book Store, Inc., 1973-1976;
general manager, Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., Indianapolis, 1976-1982;
vice president sales, United States Telephone Communications of Midwest, Inc., Indianapolis, 1982-1983;
executive vice president sales and market development, Entertainment Publs. Corporation, Birmingham, Michigan, 1983-1989;
senior vice president marketing and sales, Entertainment Publs.
Corporation, Troy, Michigan, 1989-1992. Principal Singapore Schmitz and Associations, Chicago, since 1992. Board advisors, founder Center Advanement of Small Business, Arizona State University School Business.
Board directors Spectral, Inc. Member president's cabinet capital fund raising campaign Ariz.State U.
Achievements
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book
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Guts, Imagination, Vision; Conversations with Innovators Changemakers
(This is the book about entrepreneurship. Author Shirley G...)
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Guts, Imagination, Vision; Conversations with Innovators Changemakers
Membership
Board director, founder, president Shirley G. Schmitz Foundation, Inc. Founder, managing partner Innovators-Changemakers, LLC, since 2005.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1949
Career
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1949 - 1951
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1949 - 1951
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1951 - 1952
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1961 - 1963
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1973 - 1976
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1976 - 1982
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1982 - 1983
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1983 - 1989
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Awards
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Recipient Elizabeth Cutter Morrow award, International Board Young Women’s Christian Association, 1978, Distinguished Achievement award, Arizona State University, 1995, Angel award, Arizona chapter National Association Women Business Owners, 1996, National Business Achievement award, Beta Gamma Sigma, 1998, Impact for Enterprising Women award, 2001, Spirit of Enterprise VIsionary Entrepreneur award, 2008.Recipient Elizabeth Cutter Morrow award, International Board Young Women’s Christian Association, 1978, Distinguished Achievement award, Arizona State University, 1995, Angel award, Arizona chapter National Association Women Business Owners, 1996, National Business Achievement award, Beta Gamma Sigma, 1998, Impact for Enterprising Women award, 2001, Spirit of Enterprise VIsionary Entrepreneur award, 2008.