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Name: 
Gertrude McCain
Title: 
Owner/President/CEO
Company: 
Gertrude's International Fashions
Location: 
East Orange, New Jersey
What I do: 
Fashion Apparel for the well-dressed woman
Web Site: 
http://www.gifashions.com







Nature of Business: We cater to the well-dressed woman; women who are leaders, church women, businesswomen, representatives - the women who stand in front of an audience.
I became an entrepreneur because
I wanted to take control of my future, my surroundings, my wealth, and my skill level.  Working for an employer limits my potential, my income, and my growth.  Therefore, I developed myself in the Management and Finance career and exercised my expertise.
 

The most important lesson that I've learned is taking control of my life requires maturity, strength, focus, persistence, and effective decision making.  It is a great responsibility with great rewards.  It gives me the ultimate sense of diginity, and character.


I want to encourage you to stay in school, focus on your education because that is the groundwork of your future.  Don't take the easy way out because you will not develop strength; that is the number one asset to success.  Never follow people who talk but can't produce, via demonstration, their wisdom.