Diane Hendricks
Diane Hendricks
Diane M. Hendricksis an American businesswoman, film producer, and philanthropist from Wisconsin. She is the widow of businessman Ken Hendricks...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinesswoman
CountryUnited States of America
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I became pregnant by my first love at 17 and did what my parents thought was the right thing. I married him. My first husband and I moved to Janesville, Wis., where he worked in a Chrysler plant.
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Of our seven children, five are at ABC Supply. The three older daughters went to college. The boys went into construction, and I wasn't disappointed they didn't go to college.
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Talk to successful entrepreneurs. Learn about what they've experienced so you can avoid some of the pitfalls that come with wealth.
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I don't think I have ever taken any 'offbeat' advice. Actually, I don't know I take any advice very often. I trust my own instincts and seek out information so I can make fully informed decisions. That's what's worked for me.
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I don't have heroes, exactly, but I do have people I hold in high respect. Ronald Reagan, for example, stood for ideals that I value: integrity, patriotism and a fundamental belief in goodness and capabilities of mankind.
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We need to get out of the way of the small business owner - and big business owners - and allow them to do what government can only dream of doing: creating jobs and thereby creating wealth.
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When I was 9, we moved to Osseo, Wis., where we owned a couple of hundred acres. My father was well respected in town.