HELPING OTHERS STAY ORGANIZED.BUSINESS NAME: The Work Organizer BUSINESS ADDRESS: 9909 Topanga Canyon Blvd. #256, Chatsworth PHONE: (818) 884-8798 WEB SITE: www.theworkorganizer.com, help@theworkorganizer.com OWNER: Cindy Faith Ross Ross , Sir Ronald 1857-1932. British physician. He won a 1902 Nobel Prize for proving that malaria is transmitted to humans by the bite of the mosquito. ESTABLISHED: 2005 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: Just me DESCRIBE YOUR BUSINESS: I'm an efficiency expert providing service to individuals and businesses needing to organize, prioritize pri·or·i·tize v. pri·or·i·tized, pri·or·i·tiz·ing, pri·or·i·tiz·es Usage Problem v.tr. To arrange or deal with in order of importance. v.intr. and maintain systems whether it's office, home or otherwise. The Work Organizer provides productive solutions to everyday living. IS THIS YOUR FIRST BUSINESS? Yes WHY DID YOU START THIS BUSINESS? I've always been good at developing and implementing systems. I wanted to provide a service to individuals where I can help them decrease their stress and increase their efficiency. And I wanted to be my own boss. WHERE DID YOU GET THE IDEA? From many years working in corporate America and finding my strengths were in administration and managing others. HOW LONG WAS IT FROM CONCEPT TO OPENING? About a year. WHAT DID YOU DO DURING THAT TIME? I joined a networking group; did a lot of research; asked friends, colleagues and family members questions about their troubles in the workplace; and shopped around for office supplies Office supplies is the generic term that refers to all supplies regularly used in offices by businesses and other organizations, from private citizens to governments, who works with the collection, refinement, and output of information (colloquially referred to as "paper work"). and storage units. WHAT WERE YOUR STARTUP COSTS AND HOW DID YOU FINANCE THE BUSINESS? Minimal. Most of the start-up Start-up The earliest stage of a new business venture. costs were in time networking with others, participating in events and speaking engagements. WHO DID YOU RELY ON FOR ADVICE? My family, friends, former and present colleagues and my accountant. WHAT HADN'T YOU CONSIDERED BEFORE OPENING? Just how many businesses there were that could benefit from my expertise, particularly in niche markets A niche market also known as a target market is a focused, targetable portion (subset) of a market sector. By definition, then, a business that focuses on a niche market is addressing a need for a product or service that is not being addressed by mainstream providers. like real estate, accounting and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the retail. WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTED REVENUE THIS YEAR? $50,000 to $100,000, hopefully. WHAT GOALS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE COMPANY? To increase my referral business. To increase revenue by 30 percent annually. To do monthly public speaking and to expand to outlying out·ly·ing adj. Relatively distant or remote from a center or middle: outlying regions. outlying Adjective far away from the main area Adj. 1. areas of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . I would also eventually like to franchise. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Cindy Faith Ross established The Work Organizer in 2005 and is the sole employee. The business provides organization and systems advice. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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