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Join us at the Market Avenue Wine Bar 2526 Market Ave, Cleveland OH 44107 $10 if preregistered $15 at the door 6:00 PM: Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 To RSVP for the April meeting please email us at info@TheGorillaGroup.org July Guest Drinker: Aaron Grossman Aaron Grossman is the founder of Alliance Staffing Solutions. The story begins with many of the classic elements. Experience in the industry. A clear insight showing better ways to serve the customers and make more money. If only you were in charge. Yes, that is the recipe for a start up. Oh the joys of starting a business from scratch with a set of partners that you believe share your vision and have the work ethic to make the business grow. They had great early success thanks to some real hard work on the sales side of the business. Unfortunately the best laid plans do not always work out. You do not know what is going to happen in the company until the rubber really hits the road. Partners can have very different agendas than you agreed upon. Then the fireworks really start. Join us on the First of July for Good Company, Good Cheer and the extrication from a bad business relationship. The Hot Seat on the Hot Seat Fresh Fork Market.Com is the result of four guys getting an idea in school. The business is up and running but is not even 30 days old yet. Lets put some pressure on them to succeed. Good Bye To The Market Ave Wine Bar July is the final meeting we will be having at The Market Ave Wine Bar. The business has lost its lease and is looking for a new location. All of us who have spent so many hours there over the last six years will remember it with great fondness. Be sure to stop in for one more glass of your favorite Pinot or IPA. Former Guest Drinker John DiJulius Publishes Everyone should know John DiJulius, local entrepreneur and nationally know author and speaker on the topic of customer service. John’s first book – Secret Service – was outstanding, and his new book – What’s The Secret? – just hit the shelves. Do you remember his visit to The Gorilla Group? How about starting a business with a cash advance on your MOTHER'S credit card? By the way the business plan is to charge Manhattan prices in Cleveland Ohio. How do you make that work? World class customer service. Check out the book. Wisdom: "You have to make a decision with the info you have not the info you want."    - Jim Price, Owner of 40+ Companies 2008 Gorilla Group Schedule Tuesday June 3rd Jim Price, Serial Entrepreneur Tuesday July 1st Aaron Grossman, Alliance Staffing Solutions Tuesday August 5th The Annual Meeting on the Shores of Lake Erie Tuesday September 9th Laura Gordos, Pass Your Plate Tuesday October 7th Carole Sanderson, Herschman Architects Tuesday November 11th Diana Richards, Vacuum Systems International Tuesday December 2nd An International Entrepreneur

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