Ep27 - Dana Knowles Talking About Overcoming Addiction And Inventing

Episode Twenty Seven Features Dana Knowles Talking About Overcoming Her Addictions TO Drugs And Alcohol, Inventing The Shower Caddy, And Becoming The Director Of Inventor Relations At inventRight!

My Key Takeaways:

Dana was very real and very candid in talking about her life which has not always been easy.

• Dana started partying at a very early age and became addicted to drugs and alcohol.
• While she was and addict she had her own successful cleaning business.
• She hit rock bottom in 1997 at age 34 and checked herself in to a Treatment Center.
• It wasn't until she was about a year into her recovery that she began to realize the damage that she had done to her family.
• She credits hanging around with other successful people that she could emulate to her being able to get her life back together and succeed.
• After becoming sober she started a second hand clothing store in West Virginia and then eventually transitioned in to owning a Tuxedo Rental shop.
• Dana tried to invent and bring to market 2 other products before reading 'ONE SIMPLE IDEA' by Stephen Key.  She took the suggestions from that book and used it to help her launch the Hanging Shower Caddy.
• She became an inventRight student, Inventor, and alumni and kept showing up to events.  Stephen recognized this and made her the Director of Inventor Relations for inventRight.

To learn more about Dana Knowles, her website is DanaKnowlesInspires.com and she can be found actively posting on LinkedIn.  

Now next week we'll have on Chris Klesh talking about how he retired from AT&T and started his company, Lifetime Leisure Experiences to help people maximize their travel experiences while minimizing the cost. Be sure to hit subscribe in your podcast app so that you don't miss it or any other episodes.

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