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We had another great luncheon this month with our speaker Tara Radzinski entitled “Certify Your Success”.

Tara is the CEO and co-founder of Sustainable Solutions Corporation, a full-service sustainability consulting firm that helps businesses build a sustainability strategy that saves money and reduces environmental impact. SSC is a certified WBE (Women’s Business Enterprise). Since 2001, Tara has led the SSC’s operations through a defined vision, strategy, steadily growing SSC in the thriving sustainability industry. Tara’s efforts have contributed to the triple digit increases in gross sales between 2007 and 2009.

Prior to founding SSC, Tara had a variety of career experiences from being an elected official to operating her own consulting business. She holds a B.S. from the Pennsylvania State University in Early Childhood and Elementary Education.

Tara was able to educate the group on the 3 types of Certification (Federal, State & Local and Private) including the costs, paperwork, research, time involved and what each opened us up to with that certification. She had a number of great tips including visiting the sites for certification even if you do not get certified because they are such an excellent source of leads and information on women owned businesses.

She also talked about stumbling blocks she went through and other women may go through and some things that helped her push through and begin to really “Think Big”. She suggested a few books that she said helped her begin to see the bigger picture including “Breaking Through: Creating Opportunities for America’s Women and Minority-Owned Businesses” by Susan Phillips Bari and “Stepping Out of Line: Lessons for Women Who Want it Their Way In Life, In Love and at Work” by Nell Merlino, the creator of Take Your Daughter to Work Day and Make Mine a Million & Business.

Hearing Tara talk about her business from the struggling first few years to the success it is today was truly an inspiring story and thank her for taking the time to share her tips.