![]() “But I finally came to the conclusion that if I could grow an $11-million company, I could run an $11-million company.” Bypassing regret and taking a risk In shock, Blashack Strahan grabbed a pack of graham crackers and a slab of Land O’ Lakes butter, lathering each cracker and sticking them in her mouth. She got up from her computer, walked to the kitchen and stood in a corner nook between the stove and refrigerator. When Blashack Strahan finished her projections, she realized she could be managing $11 million by 2000. “Once you start doubling or tripling on those bigger numbers, it just snowballs,” she said. Her goal was to hire seven salespeople by the end of the first year, 30 the second and 100 the third. Blashack Strahan realized people wanted convenient food, not gift baskets.īlashack Strahan was aware of the significance her business could have months before she hosted her first tasting party in 1995 when she sketched out a five-year plan. That was her “ding ding” moment to start Tastefully Simple. That weekend, Blashack Strahan sold about a third of her average annual profit in two days.Īs she was paging through an entrepreneur magazine one night, Blashack Strahan noticed the cover highlighted those who became millionaires before turning 40, and one of the featured businesses became successful by hosting home parties. ![]() She brought five themed gift baskets along with seven individual products separate from the collections that people could taste. After closing her store, Blashack Strahan was asked to bring her baskets to Alexandria’s annual Holiday Crafters' Tour. She started selling gift baskets and hosted open house tasting events for the holidays. By age 23, she owned Jill’s Grill in her hometown. Buttering up an ideaĪs a dairy farmer’s daughter, Blashack Strahan said she didn’t have big dreams, but she was determined. Today, 25 years later, Tastefully Simple is a multi-million-dollar business with thousands of sales consultants nationwide and 75 employees working from its Alexandria headquarters, but that growth didn’t happen overnight. By the end of that calendar year, she hoped to hire seven salespeople to help her out. Borderline posts will be at the moderators discretion.Jill Blashack Strahan founded a business in 1995 in a shed with no running water, packing orders on a pool table in the town of Villard. Please note this does not include questions you may have about threesomes. While some swingers maybe into hotwife and cuckolding, this is different than swinging with a completely different dynamic and is best discussed on such places as, r/nonmonogamy, r/HotWifeLifestyle/, and /r/CuckoldCommunity/. Violation of this rule may result in an immediate bad from r/swingers. Posting of anyone's lifestyle site's screen name or kik name or any other profile information is strictly forbidden. One of us will reach out and confirm the study's validity. Simply send a mod message with your name, the name of the sponsoring professor and the university. Swingers always want to know more about swinging, so we're happy to allow posts seeking study participation on non-monogamy and swinging. However, stories-fictional or otherwise-should not be posted here. Stories are great, if they're for the purpose of generating discussions or generating questions. Those kinds of posts belong in r/swingersgw. Please do not post naked/scantily clad pics, videos, or links to same. This keeps the sub focused on discussion. Those kinds of posts belong in r/swingersr4r or other r4r sub. Please do not post looking for people, including play partners, mentors, meetup participants, or discussion group members. ![]() No R4R or Other Connection Posts or Comments Black Ring, Right Hand How to tell if someone is in The Lifestyle.Swingers Help - Website run by active Redditor u/swingershelp. OpenLove101 - Website of John and Jackie Melfi, Owners of the Colette Lifestyle Clubs r/SwingersR4R - Post your hookup requests here r/SwingersGW NSFW - Post your nudes here ![]() Krazy Truth - Website - No nonsense lifestyle conversations. Wanderlust - Website - Sexy Australians turned world travelers!īy the Bi - Website - Great for bisexuality in the lifestyle! That Couple Next Door - Website - Also on this subreddit! ITunes - Another great couple sharing their experiences. Life on the Swingset - Website - iTunes - Stitcher - They cover a lot of Poly issues as well. Moderators of this subreddit (Matt and Bianca) have two YouTube video podcasts.** *Do not post pics of your junk or your nude wife with the title "What would you do to her?", instead post those in r/swingersgwĮverybody Swing - Website - Youtube 1. *Do not post r4r posts here (looking to meet), instead post them in r/swingersr4r Any questions regarding The Lifestyle, please post here and you will be answered by our many great members.
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