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inc Spot
As Lynn Anne Miller was getting ready to launch her green marketing firm, 4GreenPs, in 2006, Tom Scholl, currently a general partner at Novak Biddle Venture Partners in Bethesda, gave her some forward-thinking and extremely valuable business advice. “If you’re going to be a successful marketing consultant,” he said, “you need to understand social media.”
Miller, who had spent a lot of time online researching organic options for her family and posting the results on other people’s blogs, decided to start her own blog, OrganicMania. She was soon named to the Nielsen Media Research List of Top 50 Mom Bloggers (one of only two “green moms” named). Taking Scholl’s advice, she also developed a Twitter following and, three years ago, won the first Shorty Award (Twitter’s equivalent of the Oscars) for Best Green Content on Twitter for @GreenMoms.
Miller, who had more than 20 years of marketing experience with venture-backed start-ups …
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Behind the Scenes
Amidst the growing senior population of Montgomery County, Michele Horwitz Cornwell saw an opportunity. With 25 years of experience in commercial development and property management, Cornwell realized that many seniors lack the ability to perform basic maintenance around the house.
“It’s really hard for seniors to get up and change a lightbulb,” Cornwell says. Her business, Safe at Home, LLC, is a comprehensive handyman service for seniors who live on their own. With the help of Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist and husband Bruce Cornwell, Michele provides repair services, accessibility retrofitting and peace of mind to seniors and their loved ones.
Safe at Home, LLC is one of five winners of this year’s StartRight! Women’s Business Plan Competition sponsored by Rockville Economic Development, Inc. (REDI). REDI is a non-profit, private-public partnership formed by the City of Rockville, which helps …
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A View from The Top
Six years ago, Frederick attorney Scott Rolle’s then-12-year-old daughter, Devon, convinced him to try out for a local production of “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Although he had never been on stage before, Rolle—and his daughter—landed a part. After acting in a few more local productions, Devon moved on, but her father kept going, performing in regional theater, training films and small independent films. For Rolle, it was the beginning of a journey that would eventually lead to a starring role on the History Channel series “Brad Meltzer’s Decoded.”
After graduating from the University of Dayton in 1984, Rolle planned on becoming an entertainment lawyer, but became fascinated with trial work after taking a criminal law class and a trial advocacy class at Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law in Ada, Ohio. After working in a prosecutor’s office at night and for the Frederick County State’s Attorney in the summer, he knew he had found his calling.
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