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		<title>T. Boone Pickens, Jr.</title>
		<link>http://www.thebusinessowner.com/business-guidance/survivor-spotlight/2006/09/t-boone-pickens-jr</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Born in Oklahoma in 1927, son of a land man, T. Boone Pickens graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1951 with a degree in geology. He married at 20 and had four children. He took a job as a roughneck for a refinery and then as a geologist with Phillips Petroleum. Citing difficulties with company bureaucracy, he resigned to work for himself. ]]></description>
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		<title>Fred Rathjen, AmeriSpec</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 17:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had built my marketing business from the ground up. I didn't want to do that again. I wanted to buy an existing company and hit the ground running.
While recognizing his mistakes, he also takes a moment to reflect on the wise choices he made along the way.]]></description>
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While recognizing his mistakes, he also takes a moment to reflect on the wise choices he made along the&nbsp;way.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Doug Braken: Wiemann Iron Works</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 18:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ernest Wiemann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivated employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oklahoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ornamental metalwork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The National Ornamental and Miscellaneous Metals Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tulsa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may have been Doug's brainchild to buy this business, but it has been a family affair. Bracken said the smartest thing he did was to bring his family into the business and utilize their experience. "My brother, David, is my business partner and vice president," explained Bracken. "He handles the business transactions. My father, Gary, retired from his previous occupation, a pipeline construction engineer and executive, a year after we bought the business. He has shared his wealth of business experience and knowledge with us. My degree is in architecture and I am more comfortable with sales, marketing and design."]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It may have been Doug's brainchild to buy this business, but it has been a family affair. Bracken said the smartest thing he did was to bring his family into the business and utilize their experience. "My brother, David, is my business partner and vice president," explained Bracken. "He handles the business transactions. My father, Gary, retired from his previous occupation, a pipeline construction engineer and executive, a year after we bought the business. He has shared his wealth of business experience and knowledge with us. My degree is in architecture and I am more comfortable with sales, marketing and&nbsp;design."]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>John Groll: Groll Ornamental Iron Works</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2005 18:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, even though the business is strong, the fourth generation of the family does not seem inclined to want to take over the family business, so, looking ahead several years, Groll is not sure what to do with the family owned business.]]></description>
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		<title>Jesse Gaddis: D &amp; L Service, Inc</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2005 18:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[taxi business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gaddis attributes hard work and luck as the key to a flourishing business. He says he has been highly successful over the years, but he also is quick to say he didn't get there all by himself.]]></description>
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