Episode notes
Tragedy coupled with Jennifer Hawkins’ unmatched drive in her corporate career ever so perfectly so as to set her up for one wild, unexpected opportunity to arise that would ultimately save her teen son’s life. In this episode, you can expect to hear how nearly losing her brother—and the resulting disabilities of his accident—impacted Jennifer as a young woman and led her to find a mission in her life. In seeing her brother struggle so greatly, she wanted to have an impact, and that came in the form of acquiring a failing Sylvan Learning Center franchise when she was 29—which she purchased with a credit card when she couldn’t raise the required capital through traditional means. Not only did she turn the failing business around, but she became one of the top franchisees in the country, and it ultimately led to miraculously finding that her son ha ...