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Shiner Profile: AccuTutor
This time around we have a profile of member company AccuTutor, you can visit their site at http://accututor.comGive us your elevator pitch.AccuTutor is an education company that provides personalized instruction for all ages and subjects. Whether it’s English, math, languages or even computers, we provide customized service, usually in the comfort of the client’s own home.
How has Sunshine helped you or your business?Sunshine has enabled us to meet our critical business needs at a fair price. Besides 24/7 access to a workstation with fast internet service, we have access to conference rooms to meet and to interview prospective tutors. I looked at several different options for office space but none matched Sunshine in the value-for-money metric.
What is your primary motivation for being successful?What drives me to be successful is independence and flexibility. I’m sure I would have made more money had I stayed in Corporate America, but being an entrepreneur is dramatically more enjoyable in a multitude of ways.
How would you like to see the Sunshine community improve and how do you think we can achieve said goals?Sunshine is a loose community, not a tight one, much like the apartment building in which I live. I think it would add tremendous value to current tenants as well as prospective ones if Sunshine could foster more connections such as the ones that the Shiners Networking Group seeks to forge. Whether it’s finding suppliers for business needs (e.g. an attorney or accountant), networking connections, or just a support system, Sunshine can provide something that a solo office cannot. How is a tricky question, as not everybody wants to be interconnected, but I’m sure there could be an opt-in for getting hooked into the ecosystem. My priority would be an online group/bulletin board/wiki—a great place to look for suppliers (“hey, who knows an attorney who handles x?”) and networking contacts (“I’d like to have coffee with someone who’s an independent college advisor. Is anyone here one? Or know one?”). I’m sure many other uses would arise. We should also offer seminars open to Sunshine members—for example, how to deal with Workers’ Compensation, delivered by someone qualified to present. For instance, we recently gave a free seminar to a company on preparing families for Back-to-School.
Tell us your opinion on something you think is important to the community, but that we didn’t ask.If we can’t have Astor Wines as an affiliate, is there some other way to work with them? Perhaps as host of a networking event?
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