false<![CDATA[The Pampered Chef: The Story of One of America's Most Beloved Companies]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171824155m/120420.jpg1204201<i>The Pampered Chef</i> is Doris Christopher’s extraordinary account of how she turned an innovative concept and $3,000 investment into a business with annual sales approaching the billion-dollar mark. It is packed with real-life lessons and inspiring insights for small-business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs.<br><br>In 1980 Doris Christopher, a former home economist and teacher, was itching to get back into the workforce after an eight-year hiatus as a stay-at-home mom. Drawing on her personal and professional expertise, and determined to make cooking easier and more convenient for families, she started selling high-quality kitchen tools through cooking demonstrations to groups of women in their homes. Today, the company she started in her basement, The Pampered Chef, is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary and has grown into a corporation (now owned by Berkshire Hathaway) with tens of thousands of independent Kitchen Consultants who present more than a million Kitchen Shows a year, attended by more than 12 million people.<br><br><i>The Pampered Chef</i> is the story of the vision, energy, hard work, and chutzpah that drove Christopher and her company to the height of success. She describes her early days as a “one-woman show,” chronicles the company’s gradual expansion, its challenges and growing popularity, and the process, offers invaluable advice and sound strategies on how to found and grow a business, including:<br><br>• Hard learned lessons for start-up entrepreneurs<br><br>• How to create a business concept and set your priorities<br><br>• Knowing when to expand and when to slow growth so that demand doesn’t overwhelm your operations or supplies<br><br>• How to counter the naysayers and deal with adversity<br><br>Today, as at the company’s founding, achieving a better balance between work and family remains central to The Pampered Chef’s mission. <i>The Pampered Chef</i> brings Christopher’s recipe for success to women, and men, everywhere.115953572005The Pampered Chef: The Story of One of America's Most Beloved Companiestotal:33|5:12|4:10|3:8|2:3|1:0|3313045940falsefalseFri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009Mon Feb 09 09:33:29 -0800 2009Fri Feb 13 11:18:46 -0800 2009
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