we got to North Carolina, we were totally alanarenliyad how much of the hucinat uggled to make ends meet with minimum woge jobs. Her marriage broke aport when the twins were When we got to North Carolina, we were totally alone. I realized how much of the business existed in the minds of the Maine employees. There, everyone had their mark on the process. That was all lost when we left Maine in 1994. I just kept thinking. "Why did I move Burt's Bees?" I thought I would pick the company up and move it and everything would be the same. Nothing was the same except that I was still working 20-hour days struggled to make ends meet with minimum wage jobs. Her marriage broke apart when the twins were four. Quimby put her belongings on a toboggan and pulled it across the snow to a friend's house. The money-making skills her father forced her to develop allowed Quimby to survive. She and her chil- dren lived in a small tent, ond Quimby made almost $150 a week by working local flea markets, buying low and selling high. She also held jobs waitressing Quimby said, "I always felt I had an entrepreneurial spirit. Even as a waitress I felt entrepreneurial because I had control. I couldn't stand it when other people controlled my destiny or performance. Other jobs didn't inspire me to do my best, but waitressing did because I was accountable to myself. Eventually I got fired from these jobs becouse I didn't hesitate to tell the owners what I thought Quimby needed to make a decision quickly secause Burt's Bees was hiring employees and surchasing equipment. If she pulled out now, she could minimize her losses and rehire the 44 employ. es she had left back in Maine, since none had lew jobs yet. On the other hand, she couldn't gnore the reasons she had decided to leave Maine. n Maine, Burt's Bees would probably never grow wer $3 million in sales, and Quimby felt it had sotential for much more. Copyright Jeffry A Timon, 1992. This case was when by Rebecca Voortels under the direction of Jeffry A Timmons Franklin W On Distinguished Mofessor of Entrepreneurship con College Funding provided by the Ewing Morios Koumon Foundation All rights reserved we got to North Carolina, we were totally alanarenliyad how much of the hucinat uggled to make ends meet with minimum woge jobs. Her marriage broke aport when the twins were When we got to North Carolina, we were totally alone. I realized how much of the business existed in the minds of the Maine employees. There, everyone had their mark on the process. That was all lost when we left Maine in 1994. I just kept thinking. "Why did I move Burt's Bees?" I thought I would pick the company up and move it and everything would be the same. Nothing was the same except that I was still working 20-hour days struggled to make ends meet with minimum wage jobs. Her marriage broke apart when the twins were four. Quimby put her belongings on a toboggan and pulled it across the snow to a friend's house. The money-making skills her father forced her to develop allowed Quimby to survive. She and her chil- dren lived in a small tent, ond Quimby made almost $150 a week by working local flea markets, buying low and selling high. She also held jobs waitressing Quimby said, "I always felt I had an entrepreneurial spirit. Even as a waitress I felt entrepreneurial because I had control. I couldn't stand it when other people controlled my destiny or performance. Other jobs didn't inspire me to do my best, but waitressing did because I was accountable to myself. Eventually I got fired from these jobs becouse I didn't hesitate to tell the owners what I thought Quimby needed to make a decision quickly secause Burt's Bees was hiring employees and surchasing equipment. If she pulled out now, she could minimize her losses and rehire the 44 employ. es she had left back in Maine, since none had lew jobs yet. On the other hand, she couldn't gnore the reasons she had decided to leave Maine. n Maine, Burt's Bees would probably never grow wer $3 million in sales, and Quimby felt it had sotential for much more. Copyright Jeffry A Timon, 1992. This case was when by Rebecca Voortels under the direction of Jeffry A Timmons Franklin W On Distinguished Mofessor of Entrepreneurship con College Funding provided by the Ewing Morios Koumon Foundation All rights reserved
