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Interview with Cardiair Geezus, CEO of Real Life Muzic, Fayetteville, NC

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Cardiair Geezus, CEO of Real Life Muzic, Fayetteville, NC.

Cardiair is a producer, writer, and songwriter of Hip Hop music.  I met Cardiair at a Poetry Slam, a poetry competition in Wilmington, NC.  Cardiair warmed up the audience reciting his original poetry.  In talking with him, I discovered that he has a Business Marketing degree and he’s an entrepreneur of a multimedia production company.  He started his business in his kitchen three years ago.  His website www.reallifemuzic.com introduces the company’s productions, staff, and artists.  I really enjoyed interviewing Cardiair.  He explains how he started out and gives practical advice about starting a business in the music industry.

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Interview with Wendy Farmer, Co-Owner of Interior Design from Above, and IDA Christian Bookstore

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Wendy Farmer is the co-owner of IDA Christian Bookstore & Interior Design from Above, in Archdale, NC. 

Tell me a little bit about yourself and how you got started.

In April 2001, I bought a wallpaper store.  The owners were selling the business and accepting closed bids and I won.  I took over the wallpaper business and starting doing interior design.  We both have a background in interior design.  Business was great for a few months and then the economy tanked.  In 2003, I met my partner, who was an interior designer and formed Interior Design from Above, Inc.  We moved into a 10,000 sq. ft. building just off the interstate and business was good.  We do residential and commercial interior design.  We also sell furniture, window coverings, everything you need to decorate your home or office.  In March 2010, we opened a Christian bookstore.  Business has been picking up since then for us.

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Interview with Jim Clary, Co-Owner of Crossroads Restaurant

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Jim Clary is the co-owner of Crossroads Restaurant in High Point, NC.  It is a Christian themed, family restaurant.

Tell me a little bit about yourself and how you started your business.

I run Crossroads Restaurant with my wife, Jeanne.  We named our restaurant Crossroads because we were at a crossroads in our life.  I had just lost my job at The Home Depot and my wife had worked in accounting but, she felt it was time leave her job.  We decided to take the leap of faith and start a restaurant.  We originally opened up in Archdale, NC about a year ago.  We had a problem with the lease on that building and we were forced to close after a few months.  But it turned out to be a blessing, a couple months later we were able to find another location and reopen.  It just worked out for us, the owner of the building had a Mexican restaurant, a small chain that had 5 locations, ready to move into the building, but he liked our business plan better.  We are a Christian family restaurant and it was important to us to be that.  Since we don’t serve alcohol we converted the full bar in the new location to a dessert bar.  Our passion is serving people.

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