A successful business provides a service or product that expertly fills a specific need in the marketplace. The trick then, for entrepreneurs, is identifying the right product or service, for the right space at the right time. April Glavine is one example of an entrepreneur who did just that.
Alarmed at the increasing obesity rate in Canada, April felt a call to do something to improve the health of her community. After careful consideration, inspiration struck and she aimed her sights on school vending machines. She recognized a need in the vending industry to provide nutritional snacks, and Lean Machine Healthy Vending was born. Focusing its attention on products that are Registered Dietitian Approved, and distributing them in a format that is both accessible and affordable, Lean Machine has grown from one location to a full-fledged and thriving business.
Of course, with business growth comes growing pains and all too often, burnout for the owner who’s giving too much of themselves to the business. In this interview with us, April talks about how reading The E-Myth Revisited helped her change her thinking and embrace a whole new way of doing business.
Podcast: A Good Business Doing Good for Others
Learn more about Lean Machines and watch the video of April accepting the 2010 Gold Medal from the Halifax Business Awards here: http://www.leanmachines.ca
Francisco S. says:
Submitted Jun 22, 2011 11:22 AM
Lamees A. says:
April and Karin,
This is most interesting! Not only that I love your story, but I am actually heading to Halifax, Canada in a couple of weeks to spend the Summer with my family. I will be keeping an eye on your Lean Machine there! All the best April!
Submitted Jun 22, 2011 11:43 AM
Hugh B. says:
This is truly an outstanding success story. I just finished reading E-Myth and it has definately changed my perspective on how to better operate my business. In fact, I just finished creating my first Business Development Manual for my outside international sales team. I will be contacting April as she is definately the type of person/leader that I wish to closely network with. Thanks to E-myth and April for sharing this story.
Submitted Jun 23, 2011 8:10 AM
Max N. says:
What a great story!
Our business is really starting to take off so I have bee really busy of late. Last week I was approached by one of our trainers with a great idea she had to help reduce obesity rates and improve the health and fitness of young people in Australia. This story of the success that April has had has really inspired me to take action on the idea rather than just putting it on our forever growing TO-DO list.
Thank you April for sharing your story
-Max
<a href="http://www.maxnrgpt.com.au">http://www.maxnrgpt.com.au</a>
Submitted Jun 24, 2011 6:33 AM
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