Ella the Entrepreneur
By LMReviews on Jan 8, 2009 in Multicultural Contributors, Multicultural Media, Multicultural Writing
SLR: As the owner of EDC Creations and the Sankofa Literary Society and the producer and moderator of an Internet radio talk show, The Black Authors Network, which showcases authors, publishers and community leaders across the global network, what put you on course to become an entrepreneur?
EDC: My motivation to become an entrepreneur came from my mother. My mother is a retired nurse now, but most of her life she operated successful sideline businesses. She later became the most affluent Black woman in our town. Her drive to receive a higher education, raise three children alone, and to work two jobs—gave me the same sense of determination and perseverance. For the first 20 years of my adult life, I worked in mills as quality control managers and training instructors. After all the factories moved to Mexico, I was forced to turn my events planning hobby into a real business. My life time of hosting elegant parties became my new career. Those house parties became corporate and political events and they opened doors that took me from the assembly lines to the boardrooms of some of today’s most successful companies. With the help of my sister, who is a corporate executive, my dreams were becoming a reality and EDC Creations began.
