Why is your business in Enumclaw?

Reminding yourself of the "Original" answer to this question could refresh your business vision and inspire you to continued greatness, no matter what the economy does.

It doesn’t matter if you run a lemonade stand or build houses, did you have an original idea or did you want to improve on something you had experienced? Everyone has a story and we want to hear yours!

Tom Spencer:  Why my business is in town?  EnumclawBusiness.com

My dad was an entrepreneur and I was raised in a family clothing retail business in Kansas. 
I suppose because of his zeal for life and business, I was captivated with the mystery of it all and I was on a quest to find out how business worked.

 Our family was different than most because of our “store” and because most of my friends’
parents worked for someone else or served as a fireman or postman. Our family discussions at the dinner table wereabout:  customers, shipments, alterations, sales and the new dress ties that just arrived.  After school when most kids were walking home, I walked to the “store”.

Being the youngest of four boys I would get the clean-up jobs in our family business; dusting, empting the trash, restack the dress shirts and vacuuming a half of block of carpet.  I learned to “make change” and count money back to costumers at age eight. I wasn’t allowed to sell suits until I was sixteen but I sold plenty of shirts, ties and slacks before then.

I was amazed with how my brother would do the window displays, my dad would alter a pair of slacks while the customer waited, and mom? She always had a pencil in her hair while cranking rolls of white adding machine tape to the floor trying to balance the books.

The greatest mystery of all was, how people would keep coming in the front door and spend money. How does that happen.

Today I am more intrigued with business than ever so when I moved to town it was just natural for me to befriend many business people and become part of the business community. 

What about you? Everyone has a story what is yours?  What is your business, fulltime or part time and why in this town?  This is your chance to let the locals know how you got here! Please leave me a comment.

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