Name: Ken McEntee

Company: The Write Company (McEntee Media Corporation)

Web site: www.thewriteco.com

Founded: March 1990

COSE Member Since: 1995

Elevator Speech: The Write Company is the business communications division of McEntee Media Corporation. The Write Company offers public/media relations, professional writing and newsletter production services. Biggest clients include Mimi Vanderhaven's Fabulous Buys and Image Builders Marketing, which publishes annual community magazines for numerous cities throughout Greater Cleveland.

What do you like most about being a business owner: Independence, flexibility and the knowledge that I am responsible for my own success or failure. Being self-employed I don't have to do anything that compromises my ethics or principles.

What do you like least about being a business owner: Juggling unexpected problems that are not on the schedule and never reaching the bottom of the agenda.

What do you like most about having a home office: Convenience. Being available to help kids with homework and other problems and the flexibility to attend their events. The commute. The ability to work at any hour of the day or night.

What do you like least about having a home office: The ability to work at any hour of the day or night. Hiring help can be difficult in a home office, both logistically and comfortably.

Advice to anyone who is considering starting a home-based business: Have a large enough office space and make it as comfortable and attractive as possible. You are going to spend your life in there. Have extra staplers, tape and rulers. They disappear. Don't answer your phone at 2:00 in the morning. It's probably somebody from New Zealand.

Biggest business mistake: Trying to do too much myself. I am still making this mistake.

What two or three personal characteristics are most critical to your success: Trust, reliability, flexibility and honesty. And a low tolerance for petty nonsense.

Advice that you try to live by: 1. Everything happens for a reason. 2. Actions speak louder than words.

Past Member Profiles:
May 2006 - Jeanne Coughlin, President, The Coughlin Group, Inc.
June 2006 - Matthew J. Doyle, President, eHC Central
August 2006 - Cheryl Palmentera, President, C R Alpacas, Inc
September 2006 - Kristy Amy, President, OnMark Solutions
November 2006 - Cheryl Grassi, We'll Remember Co., Inc.
December 2006 - Winthrop DeFreitas, Tropic Speed Computers, LLC
January 2007 - Steven J. Krisfalusy, SJK Beringer Group, Inc.
May 2007 - Mark Hannah, Full Color Resources
October 2007 - Cathy Rehn Vella, BlackBird Graphics, Ltd.
December 2007 - Jessica Brandt, Q5 Media

How would you like to get your company name in front of thousands of COSE members by simply filling out a profile? The Home-Based Business Network is currently looking for members to feature in the COSE Update that is sent to 20,000 companies, the network’s monthly e-newsletter that is emailed to a few thousand businesses, and on the network Web site. We want to hear about you!

Please click here and answer the member profile questions, or contact Colleen Beard at: cbeard@cose.org or 216-592-2281.

After you have completed the form and clicked “submit,” you will also need to send an e-mail with a personal photo (professional quality head shot preferred and in photo format – a “gif” or “jpeg”) and your contact information (name, e-mail and phone) for your profile to be considered for inclusion in the COSE Home-Based Business e-newsletter and cosehome.org

Send this information to: cbeard@gcpartnership.com . Make sure that you include your name and “COSE Member Profile” in the subject line of the e-mail. There is no guarantee that your profile will be published, but if it is chosen, you will be contacted ahead of time. Thank you so much for your time!

If you should have any questions on this process, do not hesitate to contact:

Colleen Beard
cbeard@gcpartnership.com
216-592-2281