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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Miami Herald
Byline: Monica Hatcher
Aug. 29--Since her Business Monday Makeover, Conni Gordon's blue eyes have been ablaze with entrepreneurial zeal.
After her story appeared in The Herald in January, the artist, author and motivational speaker said her phone has been ringing off the hook with requests for her group art lessons. Gordon claims that anyone, including the blind, can learn how to paint and think creatively through instruction in four easy-to-learn steps. It's the Conni Gordon Method -- the crux of her multitiered, decades-old business.
"I couldn't even go to the bathroom I was getting so many calls," Gordon said from her home and art studio in Miami Beach. "It was great."
But, she said, sighing, it's wasn't what she had wanted to gain from her professional business makeover. Gordon, 82, had hoped to attract a partner and investor to help franchise her enterprise by teaching instructors she calls "Conni Clones" in the Conni Gordon method.
It takes more than enthusiasm and publicity to build a business, however.
After consulting with a makeover team of eight business professionals who advised her on how best to make her dreams become...
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