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Clay Clark (born Clayton Thomas Clark, November 5, 1980) is an American entrepreneur, business owner, consultant, author and speaker. He is also the founder of ''Thrive15.com'', an online education material for entrepreneurs. He is also the recipient of the Metro Chamber of Commerce ''Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award'' in 2000, the United States Small Business Administration Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2007 and the Blue Ribbon National Quality Award by the United States Chamber of Commerce in 2009. He was named one of Oklahoma's Top 40 Entrepreneurs Under the Age of 40.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.djconnectionokc.com/index.cfm?id=50 )〕 ==Career== Clay started ''DJ Connection'' in 1999 out of his college dorm room at ORU to pay for his tuition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://djconnection.com/the-history-of-dj-connection/ )〕 Along with promoting dance parties and hosted events that he called Episodes, Clay worked construction and shifts as a home health aid in a retirement home in order to fund the business. On May, 2012 Clay stated in an interview on KRMG that he started out poor but was motivated to make more money than the welfare system had to offer. In 2005, DJ Connection was named by Modern Bride Magazine as one of the America's Hottest 150 Bands and Entertainers. In 2007, Clay was named the Small Business Administration Entrepreneur of the Year, and One of Oklahoma's Top 40 Entrepreneurs Under the Age of 40. Between 2008 and 2009, Clay expanded DJ Connection to Dallas, Oklahoma City and Kansas City and provided entertainment for QuikTrip, Bama Companies and Southwest Airlines. In 2009 Clay sold the business to his friend and business partner Jason Bailey. After the success of DJ Connection, Clay went on to start Juliet Films & Production, Epic Photography, Elephant in the Room Men's Grooming Lounge and the Tulsa Bridal Association which he co-founded with Lori Montag, the creator of SlapWatch and Zany Bandz. Clay formed the Make Your Life Epic Success Institute in 2007 where he was able to work with entrepreneurs and small business owners who were looking to grow and scale their business. Because of his success with Make Your Life Epic he became a keynote speaker for Farmers Insurance, Hewlett-Packard, Valspar Paint and UPS. On February 13, 2014 Clay was interviewed by the Tulsa World, discussing the formula for starting and running a successful company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clay Clark」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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