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Posted: March 6, 2008
Larry Kirshon President Business Floors, Inc.
Name: Larry Kirshon
Title: President
Company: Business Floors, Inc.
Location: Hopedale, Mass.
Place of Birth and Year: Providence, RI 1967
Family: Wife & 2 daughters
College: University of Hartford
First Job Unrelated to your current field: Line Cook in Seafood Rest.
First Job in current field: At age 17, flooring installer. Worked for my father, who bought me a set of tools and said, "you might need these to help you make a living some day."
What Your Firm Does Now and Its Plans for the Future? Commercial flooring projects throughout New England now and into Upstate New York in the future.
Hobbies: Music, Hiking, Writing, Woodworking
Favorite Novel: Hemingway "Old Man and the Sea"
Favorite Film: The Godfather
Keys to Success: Hard work, unwavering determination, honesty, understanding that tomorrows successes comes from the quality of work I do today.
Person(s) You Most Admire (outside of family): Warren Buffet
If You Had To Choose a Different Profession, What Would It Be? Consulting / sales training to flooring dealers.
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