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Chapter 9

 Graystone Industries

www.graystonecreations.com

 

Your name:                   John Olson

 

Company name:            Graystone Industries 

 

Website URL:  www.graystonecreations.com

 

Your company / website vision statement / goal: 

 

To provide a premier buying resource for customers in the pond, fountain, aquarium and water gardening industry.

 

What you sell / services you offer (brief description of your company): 

 

Pond, fountain, aquarium, and water gardening supplies.

  

Have you always wanted to run your own business? What were some of your previous jobs / companies? 

 

I have worked for 11+ years in the retail management business. Have always wanted to merge the customer service standards of a retail location into the untamed wilderness of the World Wide Web.  


Have you got any qualifications? Please tell us about yourself academically? 

 

I have HS degree with a few courses in college.  

 

How / when did the idea of your website / company come about?  

 

When an associate at my last job introduced me to eBay. I spent two months reviewing everything about internet sales at that time. I started selling fountains that I made. I tried selling a few pumps to defray the cost of buying a full case and the business went from there. We will due well over a million dollars in pump sales this year.     

 

If you could give readers of this book one piece of advice when starting up a business, what would it be? 

 

START NOW! You will continue to learn as you grow!

 

  

Who are your role models / mentors and why? 

 

I really don’t spend much time on other people and what they do. I have so many ideas I want to implement I just sort of learn as I go. 30 min reading a day in any field will make you an expert in 2-3 years time.   

 

Excluding yours, what company / website do you like / admire the most?  

 

I don’t really get to many websites. I don’t like being on the computer, I just know how to make money that way.   

 

What do you look for in an employee? 

 

Someone who wants to make hundreds of thousands of dollars and can put aside all their stupid work habits and realize that I am the very best chance they will ever have to become rich. Make me money and I will share the wealth. I just recently put my assistant from a cut of total sales to an hourly position. Why did she give up a possible $120,000 a year job? Because her mother in law insisted that she leave work at 5pm.

 

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Companies Interviewed:

 

Abbott & Costello Comedy Collectibles

American Discount Beauty

BestMonthlyClubs.com

BrightPlanet

CleverMedia

EZ Show

FilmAffinity

Grails

Graystone Industries     

HairBoutique.com

KosherPets

OnlineOrganizing.com

Paul Fredrick MenStyle      

PicassoMio.com       

Pip Squeakers Baby & Toddler Shoes       

Quintessential Resumes & Cover Letters    

Ricebridge

RoomAuction.com        

Simply Sublime Co.     

SnackAisle

Three Rings        

AVS Forum.com

Turning Point Inc

The World of Bronzes

Your VU Efficiency Consulting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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