Entrepreneur. Leader. Philanthropist. Meet Alan Greenberg, the namesake of the 15th Annual Alan Greenberg Charity Golf Tournament which is scheduled for September 19th at Barnsley Gardens in Adairsville, Georgia.
Greenberg spent his early years in a family owned flooring business and developed a passion for entrepreneurship, which led him to co-found CCA Global Partners, where he later became Co-Chairman and Co-CEO.
On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to visit with Don and Emily Finkell, two local entrepreneurs.
Win-Win-Win. That’s how CEO Don Finkell describes his company. The state wins. The company wins. The prisoner wins.
Inmates in Turney Correctional facility outside of Nashville, Tennessee have the opportunity to work at a fully-functioning flooring plant inside the gates of the prison. American OEM Wood Floors, Don Finkell’s brainchild, has a huge focus on social entrepreneurship. He started the company four years ago and fired up manufacturing two years later.
One of my favorite movies growing up was "The Parent Trap," the version with Hayley Mills playing the twins who meet each other for the first time — that they can remember — at summer camp as teenagers. They quickly realize how much richer their lives are together.
This column aims to share about philanthropy within the floor covering industry and the people who are leading the way in giving back and improving lives. Today, I want to introduce you to Jared Warnack, who taught me a lesson about the fear of failure.
Jared shared with me his favorite quote: “The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.” — Theodore Roosevelt
"Old formulas don't give new solutions."
What better mantra to lead you to greet each day with a mindset of innovation? Meet Susan Farris, who recently shared this quote with me as one of her main drivers. "As individuals, as leaders, and as organizations, we must constantly be evolving and changing to be relevant and sustainable for the future," she noted.
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
