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"When
you
join
the
Sign
Biz
Network,
you
become
partners
with
the
most
experienced
team
of
instant
sign
professionals
in
the
country."
--
Business
Opportunities
Journal
 Teresa
M Young, President and Chief Executive Officer
For 20 years, Teresa M. Young has supported new entrepreneurs entering the digital sign and graphics industry, originally as mentor and trainer while operating her own sign business (1986-1992). Teresa sold her sign business to become President and CEO of Sign Biz, Inc., a full-service business development company that supports a chain of
nearly
200
independently owned sign companies
throughout
the
US,
Bahamas,
Canada,
Mexico,
Philippines,
and
Mongolia, the largest of its type.
By 1994, Sign Biz was hailed as the fastest growing sign
network in America, receiving media attention in such publications as
Entrepreneur Magazine, Signs of the Times and Sign Business magazines.
Income Opportunities featured an article citing the company’s
integrity as a major factor contributing to the organization’s
success.
Here
is
a
summary
of
accomplishments
and
significant
contributions
that
have
made
Teresa
Young
one
of
the
most
influential
entrepreneurs
of
our
industry:
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June
2009
Young for Keynote Address: International Sign Industry
Supplier / Distributor Conference Keynote by Young
Garners Kudos. "Right Brain" thinking in a
Left Brain World" was the luncheon keynote
delivered by Young. What you need to be thinking and
doing today to take advantage and adapt to the new
reality of business post recession. This keynote proved
to be the top-rated session of this year's event. Full
Story |
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March
2008
John Campbell, Member of Congress, and Stephen T. Ayers, Acting Architect of the Capitol, honored Teresa M Young, President of Sign Biz,
Inc. with an American Flag that was flown over the White House in her honor on March 11, 2008, for dedication to and support of the on-premise sign industry.
Full Story |
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April
2007
Teresa
M. Young, 2007 Chairwoman of the International Sign Association Board of
Directors, honors Kozell Boren with ISA's distinguished Kirk L. Brimley
award. Full Story |
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January
2007
Teresa M. Young Elected First Chairwoman of the
International Sign Association -- A First in ISA's
63-Year History. Full
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December
2006
Sign Biz, Inc. becomes a certified Microsoft Partner. Full
Story |
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January
2006
Young commences term on the International Sign
Association Executive Committee. |
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January
2005 - The International Sign Association, founded
in 1944, presented one nomination, Teresa M. Young for
the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. Young
is unanimously approved to sit on the Executive
Committee commencing in January 2006. Full
Story |
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January
2002 Young elected to ISA Board of Directors: Teresa has taken an active role in the
International Sign Association (ISA) since the early 90’s, and
represented the Digital Sign and Graphics division on ISA’s Board of
Directors for 5 years before being elected to their Executive Committee.
Her term marked the first time in ISA's 60-year-history that a woman sat
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June
2000 Headquarters expands in Dana Point, CA |
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1999
Representative for Korea accepted |
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1998
HP, Encad, and Scanvec/Amiable all recognize Sign Biz,
Inc. as a Premier Value Added Reseller |
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1996
Young received recognition as a Semi-Finalist in the
Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, sponsored by Ernst
& Young LLP, USA Today, and NASDAQ, for her work at
Sign Biz, Inc. Full
Story |
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1994
Media hails company as fastest-growing US chain |
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1992
Young becomes President of Sign Biz, Inc. |
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1991
Young becomes Certified Trainer for the fledgling Sign
Biz corporation and is featured in Entrepreneurial Woman |
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1989
Sign Biz trademark logo registered Washington, DC |
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1985
First "instant sign store" opens under Young |
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1982-1985
Young becomes a trainer for the Michael Thomas
corporation, working with Michael Gerber, founder and
author, The E-Myth phenomenon |
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1982
Young graduates from Oberlin College with a double major |
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Teresa is one of less than a
handful of sign chain leaders with more than 20 years of industry
involvement that includes front line experience as a sign store owner
for six of those years. She is committed to the growth and development
of the Sign Biz Network and dedicated to each member's success. She has also
developed a complete
education program and training center for sign industry professionals, and established a national
missing children's initiative utilizing digital services provided by her
chain of sign companies, the Miles of Hope project.
 "My
corporation has worked with more than 300 new entrepreneurs over the
past 20 years to establish full-service retail sign stores. In this
process, we developed a business plan to secure SBA financing of minimum
$120,000 for each of these enterprises, and with our business plan and
consulting services, have achieved 99.95% success rate. This means we
have obtained more than $19,000,000 worth of SBA funding for new
business start-ups," explains Young.
An instructor for many years,
through the early-1980’s Teresa presented a series of workshops to
groups of 20 to 50 business owners, and now assists other trainers
throughout the industry in developing relevant and effective curriculums. "In addition, I developed a Business Plan
Mini Tutorial that is offered free on our corporate website. I invite
you to browse it here."
 She
is listed in US Registry’s Who’s Who Among Outstanding Americans and
has been featured in and contributed to such publications as:
Entrepreneurial Woman (Jan/Fed 1991), Business Start-Ups Magazine, Sign
Business Magazine, and Signs of the Times Magazine. Her company, Sign
Biz, Inc., is referenced extensively in Small Business Profiles,
(Suzanne M. Bourgoin, Editor) a book published by Gale Research
Publications (1994) and found in the reference section of most public
libraries. A reprint of a published interview with Teresa Young provides
an up close and personal look at her views on entrepreneurship, family,
work and ethics. Click here for Spotlight
Article.
 Teresa
works closely with her staff to assess each new
store owner's business development progress. She also works closely with the Sign Biz
Advisory Board to create exceptional national conventions each year.
About Sign Biz® Inc. 
Sign Biz, Inc. is founder of the world's largest international chain of non-franchised computer-aided sign companies, today known as imaging sign companies. The corporation was established in 1989 to guide entrepreneurs into the new field of digital visual communications, by educating, equipping, and supporting business owners in their chain of 170 independent sign businesses across the US and in 6 foreign markets.
The Mission of the Sign Biz organization is "to provide an innovative and productive digital sign & graphics business model, the best education and equipment, and lifetime member services, to support entrepreneurship in the most successful network of full-service imaging sign companies worldwide."
The Sign Biz chain supports triple the percentage of million-dollar and half-million dollar grossing shops of any other chain in North America, franchised or otherwise.
Sign Biz Inc. 24681 La Plaza, Suite 270, Dana Point, CA 92629
Phone: (800)-633-5580 ~ (949) 234-0408 ~ Fax: (949) 234-0426
www.signbiz.com www.signbiznet.com |
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