Jenn is Founder, CEO of Teach Me Beauty
Reason for choosing profession: To help build confidence in others.
Turning point/defining moment in your career: Realizing my strengths and weaknesses and knowing the only person who can hold me back is myself.
Tools/factors that helped you achieve early success: To be focused on the now and the ability to recognize opportunities.
Guiding business principle: To always be evolving.
Best way to keep competitive edge: To never think you have completely answered the question.
Characteristics that a good leader must have: Confidence, integrity and being positive.
Best advice you’ve received: Find out what you are truly passionate about and instead of making it a hobby develop it into a career.
Worst advice you’ve received: That you don’t need an attorney - they only make things more complicated.
Most important lesson learned: Always trust your instincts.
First choice for a new career: I am living my dream.
Favorite books: Long Walk For Freedom by Nelson Mandela.
Civic organization involvement: American Heart Association; Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama; board of trustee member of the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce; involved in Executive Women Roundtable, Entrepreneur Roundtable, the Venture Club, all of which are affiliated with the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Nominator comments: “Jennifer is a very talented young woman who is the founder and chief executive officer of Teach Me Beauty Cosmeceuticals, which offers its own line of pharmaceutical grade cosmetic products. Jenn personally developed the comprehensive line of cosmetics using the top R&D cosmetic labs in the world and uses only the best and world’s top cosmetic manufacturers for her products. In addition to cosmetic sales and distribution, Jenn also operates the Teach Me Beauty Clinic, a medical clinic in Birmingham, where she and her clinical staff treat patients as well as train and educate others in selling and applying the Teach Me Beauty cosmetics.” - Kimberly Powell, Balch & Bingham LLP
from http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2006/07/17/focus27.html
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