A disciplined fellow, I have evaluation criteria for organizational events. When I visit a group, I assess the group based on specific criteria. If they do not match what I have deemed as important to my business goals, I do not join merely for the sake of joining. Presently, I only attend one other monthly group outside my own BS&T Forum and Marketers Mastermind groups. Yesterday, a woman that I’ve slowly been growing to admire from a distance for her walk in the world was honored for winning Marketer of the Year.
What first made me notice this individual is that she had personality, spunk and a fun fashion, a style of her own. To a visual guy like myself, she quietly stood out within a sea of BS talking suits. More importantly, during table discussions, she never puffed herself up or waxed on at the mouth, dominating table time on assigned topics. Her comments were/are always crisp. She always stayed on agenda topic asking others thought provoking questions. Every time I’ve been fortunate to sit at her table, she has asked me hard questions. I may not always have the ability to get my ADD brain to answer, but I always walk away feeling helped. Probably what I have valued most about her approach is that she always asks questions with care in the wording as to give dignity to the recipient. She has also been exceptionally encouraging compared to other table mates focused on the mere take away.
Cindy Dunston Quick is a woman with a unique business. She loves her dogs and has developed a unique dog treat. These dog treats, made from Elk Antlers, apparently are safe and yummy for dogs. What’s cool is every aspect of the antler is used, so there’s no waste to the animal whose “died in service” if you will. As a business owner, what makes her business stand out above all the rest being evaluated for Marketer of the Year is that her business not only grew by an Earth-shattering 800% in one year (sorry Cindy, creatives are numerically challenged, so I don’t remember the exact number), but outside of the amazing accomplishments and strives forward getting her bones steered into big box retail stores, her dear business was about only presentation that wasn’t worded as self-serving. And if memory serves seemed the only one where the opportunities of achievement included visible community philanthropy. The money she makes she reinvests back into her community, doing good.
I don’t really know Cindy’s age, her positive spirit and mature manner makes me want to happily note her as early 40s. A gentleman doesn’t ask such things, but she may have a touch more seasoning. Still, the title of this blog is about that, but more importantly to the age of her 11 year old dog for whom her business derived and any business. The business lesson from her story is no matter how long or short an entrepreneur has been in business, only by constantly, DREAMING, PLANNING and LEARNING, leads to RECORD BREAKING GROWTH.
To learn more about Cindy, visit www.ScoutAnd Zoes.com To order dog treats for “pawing inspiring” presents, call 317-457-7722.
