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About Richard Uzelac
Richard Uzelac is a California business entrepreneur who has founded two successful Internet-based companies. Richard Uzelac received his college education at Pennsylvania State University and holds a degree in Broadcast Journalism with a minor in Film Production. This degree focused on the type of journalism that is disseminated by mediums such as radio and television. His major as well as his minor in Film Production provided Richard Uzelac with the skills he would use later in his career to become a prominent member of the television, film, and Internet marketing professions. Richard Uzelac began his career as a Real Estate Agent for Century 21, which has offices and real-estate listings in over 60 countries world-wide. Richard Uzelac worked for the company in Southern New Jersey and was responsible for publishing one of their very first real estate newsletters, Parade of Homes in 1983. Next, Richard Uzelac moved to California where he began a career in television and film. Drawing on some of the skills he learned at Pennsylvania State University, Richard Uzelac created digital effects, branding, and designs for various companies. In 1998, Richard Uzelac won an Emmy for the animations he had created for the 1998, Nagano, Japan Winter Olympic Games. Shortly after, he began producing graphics and branding packages for various television networks including CBS, FOX, and ESPN. Looking for new ways to expand his business skills, Richard Uzelac next took his talents to Realtor.com and HomeBuilder.com. Before long, Richard Uzelac was Senior Director for two of the largest real estate websites in the world. In this position, Richard Uzelac made dramatic improvements in both companies, using his knowledge of design and sales to make improvements in each site. The changes he made included shortening search paths, removing ads and increasing Realtor branding. It resulted in an increase of leads to Homebuilders from Homebuilders.com by 500 percent and leads to Realtors from Realtors.com by 200 percent. He also created a website for the global International Consortium of Real Estate Associations.
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Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur, Part 2, Richard Uzelac
December, 2010
by Richard Uzelac
Our guide for new entrepreneurs wraps up with five more proven pieces of advice.
—Tip #6: Learn From Your Mistakes As a new company with finite resources and manpower, you are likely to suffer a few mishaps as your business blossoms. Learn from them, and learn from your successes as well. No one can plan for every development, so be prepared to roll with the punches and adapt on the fly. Investors want to see that the people in whom they invest have what it takes to learn and grow. Having an idea is one thing. Demonstrating your flexibility when it does not work out, or when something unexpected comes up, is where you prove your true worth.
—Tip #7: Do Not Count on Easy Capital If your service or product requires thousands or millions to get off the ground, go back to the drawing board. You cannot count on money, so make your plans assuming that you will have to come up with your own funding.
—Tip #8: Stay Healthy In a business, employees can call in sick, and others are usually able to temporarily fill in for them. This is not the case when you are on your own. Because you will need to work long hours every day to get your business rolling, you cannot afford to waste time in bed with the flu. Work hard, but not so hard that you exhaust your body. Maintain a healthy diet, schedule time to exercise, and most importantly of all, get plenty of sleep.
—Tip #9: Choose Reality Over Hyperbole It is easy to fall victim to your own P.R. Rather than talk the talk, walk the walk: demonstrate your know-how and abilities by taking action rather than talking about how good you are at what you do. Be enthusiastic when you endorse your business, but be truthful as well.
—Tip #10: Know When to Quit Sad but true, the odds of success are not in your favor. Every day someone attempts to start a business, and every day countless start-up companies fail. If your product or service is not doing well despite your best efforts, know when to bow out rather than pour valuable resources into a lost cause. Quitting intelligently will allow you to step back, assess what went wrong, and try again another day.
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Disabled American Veterans
January, 2011
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Richard Uzelac counts Disabled American Veterans among his favorite charitable causes. Founded in 1920 by World War I veterans who had been disabled during the war, Disabled American Veterans (DAV) was established to serve as an advocate for veterans and their families. Gaining status as an official representative of veterans with disabilities through a congressional charter in 1932, DAV has grown to include more than 1.2 million members and to assist over 200,000 veterans with benefits claims with the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense.
With a comprehensive network of 88 DAV National Service Offices, 38 Transition Service Offices, 198 DAV Hospital Service Coordinator Offices, 52 state-level DAV Departments, and more than 1,900 local DAV Chapters, Disabled American Veterans makes Benefits Assistance its primary vehicle for improving the lives of veterans and their families. Approximately 260 National Service Officers (NSOs) work with DAV veterans and their dependents through each phase of the claims process. Operating as attorneys-in-fact, DAV NSOs hold significant experience with relevant claims in a wide range of areas, including vocational rehabilitation and employment, home loan guaranty, and VA disability compensation and pension, as well as home loan guaranty, life insurance, death benefits, and health care, among others. In addition to its core Benefits Assistance program, Disabled American Veterans also spearheads four outreach initiatives: Mobile Service Office, Information Seminars, Homeless Veterans, and Disaster Relief. Through the Mobile Service Office, DAV brings its benefits services directly to individuals who may not reside in an area with a DAV officer. The DAV’s largest outreach program, the Mobile Service Office, enjoyed the sponsorship of the Harley-Davidson Foundation in 2007, among other private and corporate donors.
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