By Jim Morrison
Unassociated Press
NEW YORK (UP) – Tony Fratberger says that the entrepreneurial bug bit him early on in his young life.
The 24-year-old recent college graduate was promoted last month to Senior Vice President of Business Development at Ben, Dover & Coff after submitting his idea to lighten the workplace atmosphere and increase company revenues by placing nostalgic horsey rides in the lobby. The rides, often found outside small mom and pop grocery stores, have minimal operating costs and have been a hit with visiting clients and vendors.
“That boy is a genius!” Company co-founder and C.E.O Harvey Dover exclaimed during a recent telephone interview. “I’ve never had so much fun at work and we’re raking in the dough. Just yesterday we all had a good laugh as the UPS man popped a quarter in and rode one out.”
Chief Financial Officer Monty Jenkins shares Dover’s accolades of Fratberger’s accomplishments. He reports that company profit has already increased .005 percent since the machines were installed near the water fountain in the lobby three weeks ago. According to their latest public filing last week, Ben, Dover & Coff has not seen profit margins on that scale since the company served as primary consultants in the transformation of Monica Lewinski’s career into the field of acting.
Jenkins could not be happier. “Last month Harvey tasked our staff with developing new, innovative revenue streams – to think outside the box. To be entirely honest, I didn’t see how mechanical horsey rides fit with our business model, but I changed my mind after the first week when the receptionist brought me that large bag of quarters from the machine.”
What does the new Senior Vice President think about his new found responsibilities?
“Well, I was a little worried about coming up with a follow-up idea after the promotion and all,” Fratberger states. “That was until my next idea came to me while staring down at my feet… a shoe shiner!”
Ben, Dover & Coff expects revenues to increase by at least a quarter of a half of a percentage point in 2006 and attributes nearly all of that expected growth to Fratberger and his out-of-the-box style of thinking. Fratberger admits that he has a long way to go toward his ultimate goal of running the company, but for now it seems that the 24-year-old Senior VP of Business Development is riding high on his horse.
Unassociated Press
NEW YORK (UP) – Tony Fratberger says that the entrepreneurial bug bit him early on in his young life.
The 24-year-old recent college graduate was promoted last month to Senior Vice President of Business Development at Ben, Dover & Coff after submitting his idea to lighten the workplace atmosphere and increase company revenues by placing nostalgic horsey rides in the lobby. The rides, often found outside small mom and pop grocery stores, have minimal operating costs and have been a hit with visiting clients and vendors.
“That boy is a genius!” Company co-founder and C.E.O Harvey Dover exclaimed during a recent telephone interview. “I’ve never had so much fun at work and we’re raking in the dough. Just yesterday we all had a good laugh as the UPS man popped a quarter in and rode one out.”
Chief Financial Officer Monty Jenkins shares Dover’s accolades of Fratberger’s accomplishments. He reports that company profit has already increased .005 percent since the machines were installed near the water fountain in the lobby three weeks ago. According to their latest public filing last week, Ben, Dover & Coff has not seen profit margins on that scale since the company served as primary consultants in the transformation of Monica Lewinski’s career into the field of acting.
Jenkins could not be happier. “Last month Harvey tasked our staff with developing new, innovative revenue streams – to think outside the box. To be entirely honest, I didn’t see how mechanical horsey rides fit with our business model, but I changed my mind after the first week when the receptionist brought me that large bag of quarters from the machine.”
What does the new Senior Vice President think about his new found responsibilities?
“Well, I was a little worried about coming up with a follow-up idea after the promotion and all,” Fratberger states. “That was until my next idea came to me while staring down at my feet… a shoe shiner!”
Ben, Dover & Coff expects revenues to increase by at least a quarter of a half of a percentage point in 2006 and attributes nearly all of that expected growth to Fratberger and his out-of-the-box style of thinking. Fratberger admits that he has a long way to go toward his ultimate goal of running the company, but for now it seems that the 24-year-old Senior VP of Business Development is riding high on his horse.
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