Looking for someone who runs their own small to medium sized business?

Although I do run my own international software development company, I'm taking graduate classes at a top-ranked entrepreneurship program. I've interviewed fortune 50 executives, and Ernst& Young entrepreneurs of the year, but each of them is a growth oriented entrepreneur. For one of my final classes, I wanted to see about interviewing a lifestyle entrepreneur- Someone that owns their own store, works in a family business, runs a consulting group, runs a lawn service, owns a construction company, or something similar, where the owner has a few employees, and has been in business longer than two years. Does anyone know of someone who may fit this bill and may be interested in helping me out with this short survey/interview to aid in my education? If no one bites I'll just call some business up in the phonebook, but I thought this would be a fun way to connect to someone I normally wouldn't be able to come in contact with. I can do the whole thing via e-mail or a chat messenger, and I'd gladly offer up a small gift certificate to star bucks or something for whoever can help out.

13 months ago - 2 answers