{"id":1567,"date":"2016-10-05T15:48:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T19:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/?p=1567"},"modified":"2021-12-20T09:05:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T14:05:47","slug":"entr-480-speaker-shares-inspirational-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/entr-480-speaker-shares-inspirational-story\/","title":{"rendered":"ENTR 480 Speaker Shares Inspirational Story"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tiffany Sauder speaking to ENTR 48000 about her successes and challenges in starting a business.<\/p><\/div>\n

Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation <\/a>ENTR 48000 instructors, Kris Taylor and Mark Thacker, have always brought insightful speakers to\u00a0their class.\u00a0They continue to bring back Tiffany Sauder, Element Three <\/a>President, who shared her story of struggle and success as she built her marketing agency from the ground up.<\/p>\n

Sauder started with one client, a husband and wife team looking to expand their business. In a small shared space in Indianapolis, she and her team started gaining momentum, bringing on more clients and showing significant growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy goal was to get the company to a million dollars,\u201d Sauder said. \u201cIf I could meet that goal I knew we would really be going somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the goal of a million dollars in revenue on track, Sauder moved Element Three to a larger space and hired additional staff. Unfortunately, the progress was halted when the economic crash of 2008 interrupted her plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2009 we lost 50 percent of revenue from the year before. I was basically back where I started.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sauder had to make a decision to either continue to pursue building her business or to take another career path. She knew building Element Three was the right choice.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to decide this wasn\u2019t the end for me. The end is only the end if you let it be the end. That is a decision every entrepreneur has to make.\u201d<\/p>\n

After pouring her energy and time into Element Three, they are the third largest marketing agency in Indianapolis and are looking to compete at the national level.<\/p>\n

Sauder left the class with a note of inspiration. \u201cDon\u2019t be driven by fear, don\u2019t let it consume you. Replace it with discipline. You might fail, but it won\u2019t be from a lack of trying.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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