Hi Everyone
I just drove back from Edinboro, Pennsylvania this weekend where I completed the set-up of Greg Krautter’s new franchise. Greg and his wife Susan are great people. We ate dinner at a pizza restaurant in Erie called Barbato’s Italian Restaurant. When I am out of town, I always try to eat at restaurants that we don’t have in Columbus, Ohio and Barbato’s was one of them.
The 400+ mile trip back and forth from Edinboro, gave me a time to develop ideas in my mind for ways to build the virtual bankruptcy assistant field. Because of the tremendous success Greg and I both had in building his franchise, I thought it would be an excellent template for developing virtual bankruptcy assistant businesses for others.
As soon as I arrived home from Edinboro, I didn’t even unpack. I immediately started the development of the 713Training.Com’s Apprentice Program so I could put all the ideas in my head on paper. The Apprentice Program will work in the same manner used in Greg’s franchise development. The only difference, instead of building franchise operations where people can sell the 713Training.Com training products – I will develop them a fully operational business from the ground up. The more successful virtual bankruptcy assistant businesses that are operational, the more successful for the growth of the industry, but I will have to limit the number of Apprentice’s to four (4) per year.
If you did not receive an announcement about the Apprentice Program, visit: http://www.713training.com/vabusiness/index.html
Don’t Be Alarmed if Greg Answers the Company Phone
One of the jobs that Greg Krautter will be responsible for is answering the 713Training.Com customer line. He has been chosen for this job because he wants to learn more about the customers and their wants and needs.
So, if you call the office on October 22, or thereafter, do not be alarmed if Greg answers the phone instead of Angie Boyd (who most of you are used to talking to.) However, Angie has not gone anywhere. She is busy building her own business and is still available if you need to speak with her.
Please note the following phone numbers for direct contacts:
Angie Boyd – 614-208-8168
713Training.Com Office – 614-875-4496
Greg Krautter’s Shipping Office – 814-734-4539
Update on Visit from Michael Misenheimer
On October 5, 2007, I had a welcome visit from Michael Misenheimer. He flew to Columbus, Ohio from Atlanta, Georgia to discuss some business matters. I have known Michael since he first entered college in 2001. I also trained him in the preparation of his first Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition.
Since 2001, Michael has been busy working on his career. He has been so successful that he was recently chosen as the Pro Bono Board Member for the Georgia Association of Paralegals (GAP).
On the GAP website at http://www.gaparalegal.org/bodbios.html, Michael’s bio reads:
Michael Misenheimer holds a paralegal certificate as well as a B.A. in Psychology. Michael began his paralegal career working for a solo practitioner whose specialty was consumer bankruptcy. Upon leaving the consumer bankruptcy firm, he went to work for a Chapter 7 Trustee. In 2003, he joined Kenney, Solomon & Medina, where he was a paralegal focusing in creditors’ rights issues in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. In 2005, he joined the firm of Sicay-Perrow, Knighten, Bohan & Iqal, P.C. returning to the creditors’ rights arena, including consumer bankruptcy litigation, foreclosures and suits.
Why am I telling you all this? Because Michael and I are working to put several 2008 seminars together in Atlanta, Georgia. On top of that, we are co-writing a new book which will be entitled: Misenheimer and Ring’s Quick and Easy Paralegal Desk Reference. I will tell you more about it later as the book develops.
The Chapter 13 Training Seminar
This week I will be concentrating on putting the final touches on the Chapter 13 Training Seminar to be held October 27, 2007. Terry McNeal, an attendee at the seminar as well as a Board Member of the new NAVBA organization, will be meeting with me so we can discuss plans for the NAVBA and I will report on our progress in the next Memo to Members.
Update on NAVBA.ORG Website
I have now finished all the customization (from my end) for the NAVBA website. Now, MemberClicks is going through the site and fixing all the internal workings so the website operates efficiently. As soon as MemberClicks has completed their set-up, I will announce it to the NAVBA members and transfer all the Bankruptcy Club members to the database.
Have a great week. I hope some of you consider the Apprentice Program because it is well worth the investment. I wish it would have been available when I first started my company in 1988; but it is available for you.
Victoria Ring
President, 713Training.Com
