Less than 2 Weeks and Counting
--Anita Brattina
Less than 2 weeks until we celebrate the power of PowerLink
together at
The Coterie. I can’t wait – can you?
On the evening of Monday, April 24th step inside the 20th floor of The Frick Building and experience The Coterie where we will be honoring 11 companies for their incredible stories of growth. We are
also honoring 7 advisors and 8 leaders that have uniquely contributed impact to
PowerLink -- we would love for you to join us (Register here).
This is the 25th
year in a row that PowerLink has been accepting advisors into the PowerLink
family. Impressive, isn’t it?
Maybe you don’t know my story --- I was one of two companies
lucky enough to receive the help of a PowerLink Custom Advisory Board that
first year…my very first meeting was in May, 1992. That group of advisors … Brian,
Sue, Michael, Steve, Larry, and Ilana changed my life beyond my wildest dreams.
My advisors will tell you their version of this story: they were executives from area corporations
and one very savvy CEO Founder. I was a very green business owner struggling to
figure out how to grow, hire, retain, make a profit, pay the bills and keep
track of all my expenses. Basically, I was a mess. I tried to avoid even
getting a PowerLink board because they told me I would have to distribute
financials to my board. Not only did I not have them, I stored all my receipts
in a Giant Eagle bag …. seriously. Lucky for me, PowerLink convinced me to move
forward. I shared my numbers (hand written). My board did not blink. Not only
were they not judgmental, they did the opposite. They firmly but gently shared
what I should be doing. My company did $260,000 in 1991. By October of 1993 I
hit $1 million … yes, that’s right $1 million. And I went on to grow that
business to 122 employees.
Never in a million years could I have imagined having
done that without my PowerLink Advisory Board.
If you are reading this, you may have some connection (or
want to be connected) to the power of PowerLink. We want you to share your
story. What is on your mind? What keeps you up at night? What is your desire
for your company, your family, your life? Are you someone like me, who has
achieved it? I’m sure it is probably an amazing story. And probably a story you
don’t share with anyone.
Over 25 years more than 800 advisors have helped more than
300 owners in Western Pennsylvania and hundreds more across the US through
Athena International (licensee of our PowerLink Advisory Board program for
emerging woman-owned companies). As an alumna and the new CEO of PowerLink I
was one of the people who got to sift through our 25 years of archives and meet
with and talk to many people as they shared story after story about what they
did to help our companies thrive.
We want to share
these stories because like most
success,
the path is hidden under humility and rarely shared.
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