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Article: Bob Smith. (New Faces In Retailing) (Cover Story)
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- Do-It-Yourself Retailing
- Article date:
- July 1, 1991
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BOB SMITH
It's been 20 years since Bob Smith quit his electrical engineering job at IBM in Burlington, Vt., bought a sailboat, and traveled the Caribbean with his new wife.
But after a year of sunning and sailing, he once again got restless. He moved back home and began another business career. This time, he did not want to get "absorbed" into another big company. Instead, Smith joined a small Boston consulting firm that developed computer software.
As a managing partner, Smith helped the company's annual sales increase from $1 million to $98 million during his 15-year career there. Smith moved to the Chicago area several years ago to supervise an ...
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