#My.start-up.story. #MyStartupStory

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Once upon a time……
There was a
little girl who
dreamed of
owning her
own business.

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For as long as she could
remember, she would
watch as her parents
cheerfully gave their hard
earned money
to store clerks &
business owners.

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“Playing
store” was
her favorite
thing to do.

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While her
friends
wanted to be
the
“shoppers &
the
Mommies”

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But, Terie?
She wanted to be
the store keeper.

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And, she thought to herself…

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To this day,
that has
never changed.

9. Terie has done many things over
the years.
An Army “brat” & daughter of a
M.P. & Police Officer, her family
moved from state to state &
even lived in Japan & Hawaii.

10. Terie went to more schools then there
were girl scout badges, cheated death,
went to college to become a cop, but got
married & got pregnant…3 times. So, she
went to college again, this time in graphic
design & communication arts. She set her
career dreams aside, as she raised her
kids, all the while working at everything
from cocktail waitress to family
entertainer.

11. She finally owned her first
business, when she started doing
face painting, balloon twisting &
balloon décor, to help support her
family & still be a full time,
stay at home Mom

12. Terie also homeschooled her
kids when the schools weren’t
making the grade and
somehow found the time to
start a youth soccer program
in Colorado.

13. They ultimately moved to Cape Cod &
where Terie became a Real Estate Broker.
Not long after, she became
divorced .
She worked even harder to take care of her
kids & met this nice guy that turned out to
be an abusive jerk & control freak.

14. Finally, she had as much
as she could take &
reached out for help from
police & local domestic
violence shelter, for the
safety of herself and her
kids, but found none.

15. Terie took it
on herself to
take all the
lemons life
had given her
and decided
to….
Make
lemonade.

16. Terie took all she had
learned over the years,
from school, life,
business & love, good
times & bad and….

17. She started working on her
vision of an international
website for the marketing of
resort & luxury homes and a
companion lifestyles
website…

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&
www.ResortAndLuxuryLiving.com

19. These websites are funded on nothing
more than what she has scratched
together & sheer determination. She
spends every spare minute, revising
and developing these sites, to meet
her vision. All the while, she works full
time at real estate & always developing
her professional skills.

20. This is only the beginning of her story.
You could call it, the first chapter. The
next chapters will come to life with
funding & publicity.
You can help with both.
You can help Terie write her story, by
Sharing her story & by connecting her
with “Angels” to help her with funding
her vision.

21. You can follow Terie on Twitter:
Boston2CapeCod
And find her on LinkedIn:
Terie Merkle-Michon
Visit her website!
www.ResortAndLuxuryHomes.com

22. Not, the End….
It’s just the “Beginning”
Thank you, for reading
Success to you all!
#My.start-up.story