The Magic Hour: A Very Personal History of State Street
Item
Title
The Magic Hour: A Very Personal History of State Street
Date
2023
Description
Starting a store sounded like fun, sort of like putting on a play. I’d get to write the script, design the production, be the lead actor, hire people I liked, and direct the whole thing! After a year of answering to bureaucrats in my job as coordinator of the new State Street Mall, it would be wonderful to be the boss of everything. But what about afterward? What if the show wasn’t a hit? What if I couldn’t pull a salary out of it?
Later in my career, I would understand that luck and timing were big factors in my success. In 1979, I had no grasp of national economics, but I did have a sense of something afoot. A strong new business cycle was brewing that few saw coming. I would open my store on State Street on the cusp of a retail boom at the height of the American Century, although I had only a faint sense of that yet.
Nor did I have any idea that within a decade, it would all start to fall apart.
Later in my career, I would understand that luck and timing were big factors in my success. In 1979, I had no grasp of national economics, but I did have a sense of something afoot. A strong new business cycle was brewing that few saw coming. I would open my store on State Street on the cusp of a retail boom at the height of the American Century, although I had only a faint sense of that yet.
Nor did I have any idea that within a decade, it would all start to fall apart.
Author(s)
Durand, Janice
Pages
264
Publisher
Little Creek Press
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Genre
Biography
Subject
Biography; Business; Madison; Memoir; State Street; Women
ISBN
978-1-955656-50-4
Catalog Link
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Purchase Link
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