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Now: Teen, Tween and Parenting Coach Then: Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutor Current Position: I am the founder of TheGiftedTeenCoach.com. I help families with gifted teens (often diagnosed with ADD/ADHD) release anxiety, frustration and confusion so they can enjoy better communication,...
Now: Company founder and CEO Then: Hop Picker Current position: Founder and CEO of Caron Architecture, a firm in Seattle and San Louis Obispo, Calif. First job: While attending high school, I worked as a hop picker on a...
Now: Business owner Then: Cashier at Nordstrom Current position: As owner of Champion Assistants in Kirkland, I help business owners implement sales and marketing strategies. We manage online shopping carts, Web design, and localization for internationally minded businesses. First...
Now: Job recruiter Then: Pharmacy helper Current position: Recruiter and retention specialist with Peterson Sullivan, a certified public accounting firm in downtown Seattle. First job: My first job was working in a pharmacy in New Orleans, my hometown. I...
Now: Director of global relocation, Microsoft Then: Mail bagger Current position: I'm responsible for the design and implementation of Microsoft's global program strategy, so I work in the U.S. and other countries in which we do business to keep...
Now: Owner, Go Go Green Garden Then: Bakery worker Current position: I plant edible gardens for people in their back or front yard, and teach them to grow and cook their own food using organic and heirloom seeds. First...
Now: Co-owner, personal training studio Then: Clerk for dad's pharmacy Current position: Co-owner of Elite Fitness Training in downtown Bellevue, specializing in helping customers lose weight and tone up through one-on-one, circuit-style training. First job: At the beginning of...
Now: Construction exec Then: Bakery worker Current position: General manager of Shirey Handyman, an Issaquah-based company that provides maintenance, repair and small-remodel services to homeowners in the Seattle area. First job: Working at a bakery inside a grocery store...
Now: company president Then: budwood harvester Current position: President and co-founder, Sound Financial Partners, which creates sustainable investment strategies for women in transition due to divorce or the death of their husband or partner. First job: At 13, I...
Now: Company president Then: Staff writer Current position: Founder and president of Cypress Consulting, a business consulting, technology and creative-services firm. First job: A staff writer at Downtown Source, a free weekly tabloid publication featuring happenings, food, music and...
Now: company co-founder Then: assistant awning installer Current position: Principal and co-founder, 2130 Partners, an executive leadership development and education firm First job: helped the lead installers with building new awnings, assembling frames, installing awnings, taking them down, washing...
Now: company president Then: sales clerk Current position: President of www.betsytalbot.com, a coaching and training firm for women who own businesses. I work with "solo-preneurs." First job: At 16 I landed my first job as a sales clerk in...
Grey Lundberg Inc. president started out as a paperboy at age 11.
Now: program director for Respiratory Therapy. Then: Inhalation Therapy trainee
Now: marketing writer. Then: campus computer-lab help desk.
Now: President, Junglecity Network. Then: Salesperson at a boutique.
Now: retired professional land surveyor. Then: Seattle Times paperboy.
Current position: president of HastyChef.com. First job: data entry for a direct-mail company.
Now: construction manager. Then: pot washer in a hotel.
Now: Nonprofit executive. Then: Sales clerk
Now: Architectural interior designer. Then: McDonald's cashier.
Now: Director of education. Then: Singing box-office cashier.
Now: Director of Northwest Builders Show. Then: Housekeeper.
Now: Real-estate broker. Then: Display ad sales clerk.
Now: Green project manager. Then: Fruit cleaner.
Now: Homebuilder. Then: Home-building student.
Now: UW Alumni Association CEO. Then: home-driveway parking attendant.
Now: Charity executive. Then: Yogurt sales.
Now: President and CEO. Then: Sales clerk.
Now: Wildlife rehabilitator. Then: Supermarket courtesy clerk.
Now: Executive. Then: Laborer
This company president started out his career delivering The Seattle Times.
Now: company owner. Then: janitor.
Now: company owner. Then: busboy.
This Bellevue-based novelist’s first job was as a carhop.
Now: CEO. Then: Milkman.
Now: Executive. Then: Dining-room server at a retirement community.
Now: Mayor of Auburn Then: Paperboy
Now: Managing partner. Then: Italian delicatessen counter clerk.
This executive director started out as support staff.
Find out what valuable skills this company founder learned at her first job, as a lifeguard.
Now: Company founder and CEO Then: Concessions worker Current position: Founder and CEO of Delicious Planet, a Seattle-based gourmet home-delivery service First job: Working in concessions for Arizona State University What I learned: I learned average Americans eat and...
Now: Business owner Then: Dancing snowman Current position: Owner of Jim Webber H.R. Training and Consulting First job: Dancing snowman at Disneyland's Fantasy on Parade when I was in high school. What I learned: In addition to learning how...
Now: Boutique owner Then: Nurse's aide Current position: Owner of Clementine Shoes, Bags & Accessories in Seattle First job: My brother's girlfriend helped me get a job with her employer when I was just 15 1/2. I was a...
Read what this company president learned during her first job: selling clothes at Nordstrom.
Doug Hoselton Now: Company president Then: Natural-gas drilling-crew member Current position: President of Sandler Sales Institute of Washington...
Bryan Lowe Now: Programming executive Then: Paperboy Current position: Program director of 98. 1-KING FM First job: Delivering newspapers.
Dennis Dunphy Now: Attorney Then: Log peeler Current position: Shareholder and litigator in the Seattle office of the law firm Schwabe...
Jim Anderson Now: Company president and CEO Then: Nursery worker Current position: President and CEO of Adaptis, a health-care-outsourcing...
Currently president and CEO, Wattenbarger Architects. First job: Gas-station attendant in Bellevue.
T. Brandon Gillespie Now: Restaurant owner Then: Supermarket employee Current position: Proprietor, Be... Food & Wine in West Seattle...
Current position: Co-founder and principal of Chameleon Technologies in Kirkland, a technical-staffing and professional-services company.
Renee Smiley Now: Tire-store assistant manager Then: Tire-store greeter Current position: Assistant manager, Les Schwab Tire Centers. The job includes assessing...
Current position: President of Sleep Country USA. First job: Bartender
Paul Long Now: Bank branch manager and financial specialist Then: Cook at a burger joint Current position: Branch manager for U.S. Bank, Tukwila Trading Co...
First job: Child entrepreneur. Current position: CEO of ZAAZ, an interactive agency serving clients worldwide.
Chase Jarvis Now: Photographer Then: Sold golf balls and lemonade Current position: Photographer whose work is featured by brands such as...
Owner of Conexión Marketing LLC, a Seattle agency that targets Hispanics in the Puget Sound region.
Eric Knudson Now: Marketing executive Then: Tennis teacher Current position: Principal of Basecamp Communications, a strategic marketing...
Current position: Insurance-company owner. First job: Salesperson/cashier.
Current position: President of Bellevue-based The Hacker Group, a direct advertising agency. First job: grocery bagger.
Annie Jacobsen, Owner/founder of Assisted Transitions, a Seattle move-management company that streamlines the moving process.
Current position: Executive director, Built Green of King and Snohomish Counties, a nonprofit organization that promotes environmentally friendly homebuilding practices.
Current position: Co-founder, CE0 and president, Seattle-based Matter Group, creator of the Xeko adventure game.
Current position: Vice president sales and marketing, GoMobile Advertising, a Kent-based marketing and promotion company.
Current position: President and chief operating officer of The Lexas Cos., which focuses on the development of high-quality real-estate investments, including high-rise multifamily projects, land development and condominium conversions.
Current position: Executive managing director, Greater Seattle Chapter of eWomenNetwork, an international business-networking organization for women.
Current position: Owner and creator of Karan Dannenberg Clothier — a nine-year-old women's clothing boutique in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood that she said she created "on a wing, a prayer, a dream and my American Express card."
Current position: Owner of GreenWorks Realty and GreenWorks Development Group, which specialize in eco-friendly homes.
Current position: Vice president of marketing and sales for TalkingRain Beverage Co.
Current position: Principal, Belt Collins Northwest
Current position: Owner and therapist at Coppersmith Physical Therapy in Seattle and also on the physical-therapy faculty at the University of Washington.
Current position: Partner, Lorig Associates.
Current position: Managing director.
Current position: CEO, CollegeGear.com
Current position: Lead release technician
Current position: Interior designer and owner
Current position: Co-founder and general manager of The Tasting Room.
Current position: Current position: Executive director, Northwest Crafts Alliance.
Current position: Assistant director.
Current position: President, Schuchart Corp.
Current position: Co-founder and director of Electronic Content Management, Serials Solutions.
Current position: Executive vice president and chief lending officer
Current position: Convention sales manager
Current position: Freelance writer and writing coach
Current position: President of Pioneer Organics
Current position: Regional Business Banking manager.
Current position: Guest services manager.
Current position: Executive director.
Current position: Career counselor.
Current position: Vice president for instruction, chief academic officer of Edmonds Community College.
Current position: Manage communications for the law offices of Graham Lundberg & Peschel.
Current position: President and founder of Parsons Public Relations, a communications firm that works with companies and organizations committed to sustainability, specifically within the design, horticulture and green-building industries.
Current position: The city of Bothell's economic-development manager/assistant to the city manager.
Current position: Chief executive and founder, Receivables Performance Management (RPM), a Bothell-based accounts-receivables management company.
Current position: Director of strategic development, McKinstry Co., a Seattle mechanical and electrical contractor.
Current position: President, The Frause Group, a Seattle-based public relations, marketing and business-analysis firm.
Current position: Executive vice president of Allyis, a technical-consulting and staffing-services company that manages Web and technology personnel.
Current position: President, Shirey Contracting, a family-owned company specializing in custom homes and commercial facilities.
Current position: Caregiving marketing, employee recruitment and retention for Home Care Associates, a division of Jewish Family Services.
Current position: Owner of Tap House Grill and general partner at Trader Vic's, both in Bellevue.
Current position: Clinic manager and physical therapist at the Apple Physical Therapy Seattle clinic.
Current position: Vice president, McKinstry Essention, a Seattle-based facilities management company.
Current position: Admissions adviser, Pima Medical Institute Seattle.
Current position: Shareholder in Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt.
Current position: Executive director, Providence ElderPlace Seattle.
Current position: Principal, Group Design Leader, MulvannyG2 Architecture, Bellevue.
Current position: General manager, Trader Vic's Bellevue Restaurant.
Current position: Executive vice president — consulting, Baldwin Resource Group in Bellevue, a diversified professional-services firm that specializes in business consulting, risk management, commercial insurance and employee-benefits and wealth management.
Current position: Senior associate, PRR, a communications, marketing, public-relations, design and public-affairs consultancy, with offices in Seattle and Washington, D.C.
Current position: CEO, McKinstry Co., a locally owned, 45-year-old mechanical and electrical contractor with about 1,000 employees in the Pacific Northwest. McKinstry was co-founded by his father, George L. Allen.
Current position: Clinical director and owner of Medifit Health Clinic in Seattle, providing chiropractic kinesiology, massage therapy and personal body retraining and conditioning.
Current position: Managing principal at Riddell Williams, representing businesses in labor and employment matters.
Current position: Director of Marketing/Sales at Process Heating; also president of the Sodo Business Association.
Current position: Co-founder and owner of CHEKWellness.com, a Bellevue-based online and personal service provider of lifestyle-enhancing exercise, nutrition and stress-reduction programs.
Current position: Owner of The Crepe Cafe & Wine Bar, a gourmet creperie in the Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle.
Current position: Director of community relations for Providence Hospice of Seattle.
Current position: Chief of police, University of Washington Police Department, which has more than 100 staff members, including 51 commissioned police officers.
Current position: Founder and chief digital strategist of Brand Digital — a small team of digital marketing experts in Seattle that wants to help small and midsize businesses succeed on the Internet.
Current position: Founder of WonderChess, a Seattle company that creates learning kits for kids aimed at making chess fun.
First job / current position: Teen business-development manager at YouthForce in Seattle.
Current position: Instructor in the veterinary-assistant program at Pima Medical Institute, Seattle.
Current position: Chairman and CEO, John L. Scott Real Estate, a Seattle-based company with more than 130 offices in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
Current position: 46th Commander and District Engineer, Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Current position: Senior superintendent at Skanska USA Building, one of the largest general contractors in the Pacific Northwest.
Current position: Business Development Manager, Washburn Communication, a technology marketing company in Bellevue that offers marketing and related services for clients primarily in the technology industry.
Current position: Partner, Point B Solutions Group, a professional-services firm specializing in project leadership. Point B has practices in Seattle, Portland, Denver and Phoenix.
Current position: Interior designer and owner of Kelly McCombs Timeless Interiors, designing home and business interiors, landscapes and furniture, and running a Seattle showroom.
Current position: President and CEO of Essential Baking Co., an artisan, organic bakery with two cafes in Seattle.
Current position: Co-owner, Olympic Hot Tub Co., with four stores in the Puget Sound region and a fifth opening in December.
Current position: Owner of Slo Joe's Bigtime Backyard Barbecue in Seattle.
Current position: Chief meteorologist at KING-TV and author of several books, of which "Mountain Weather" is the most recent.
Current position: President, owner and founder of both the Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat in Leavenworth Valley, and of the Icicle Broadcasting Co.
Current position: Administrator of the WorkSource offices in Auburn and Renton for the Washington state Employment Security Department, working with South King County job seekers and business.
Current position: Senior vice president, Integra Telecom of Washington.
Current position: Executive director, Providence O'Christmas Trees, an annual holiday event (Nov. 30) to celebrate caring services that enhance the lives of those in need through health care, housing and hospice.
Current position: Senior vice president marketing, U.S. Assessments & Testing Group, Pearson Education, a global educational publishing and testing company.
Current position: General manager of the Everett Events Center, a 10,000-seat arena in downtown Everett that opened in 2003.
Current position: President and CEO of Scan Design, a Bellevue-based chain of furniture stores.
Current position: Owner, TiniBigs Lounge & Watertown, Spot Tail Salmon Guide fishing guide and auctioneer.
Current position: Vice president and dental director, Washington Dental Service, which serves about 2 million residents statewide.
Current position: President and founder of Medina-based BrandSolutions, which works with companies and nonprofits in developing, implementing and managing brand identities.
Current position: Owner and line cook, Cafe Lago.
Current position: Retired after a 28-year career as a daily newspaper editor and seven years in public relations.
Current position: President of Ergo, a company in Carnation that develops ergonomic bicycle seats, and president and founder of Daedalus, an industrial-design firm.
Current position: Owner of Media Skills Training in Seattle, a company that helps business owners, CEOs and management teams improve their performance during interviews, speeches and presentations.
Current position: President and CEO, EvergreenBank.
Current position: Makeup man at KCTS-TV.
Current position: Campus director of Pima Medical Institute in Renton, a private medical-vocational school.
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