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8 | MAY31 -JUNE 13,2013 I
You can make all the difference
Editor’s note: As high schools and colleges invite successful
alumni to return to campus to share their thoughts about life,
we thought we’d provide a “commencement address” of our own.
Sandy Springs businesswoman Kat Cole, president of Cinnabon
Inc., has traveled the world and seen success close up. We asked
her to share her thoughts on living a fulfilling life. Here’s what she
had to say.
Coworkers, students, peers, media and friends often ask
me, “What advice do you have to help others be successful?”
My response is, “Success is something that you have to define
for yourself, and it is almost completely up to you whether or
not you achieve it.”
I went from growing up in a divorced family and single
parent household, being in high school, working at Hooters,
going to college, traveling globally for work, dropping out of
college, and getting promoted to the corporate world all by
the age of 20.
I remember becoming a serial volunteer, painting, travel
ing, living and loving life to the fullest, being in and out of
relationships, seeing my sisters grow up, becoming a speak
er, taking big professional risks, and becoming a vice president
of a large company by the age of 26. I recall moving up in
the for-profit corporate world, leading non-profit groups, get
ting into a serious relationship, traveling internationally, get
ting involved in global humanitari
an work, spending time in Rwanda,
getting my MBA, changing jobs to
become president of Cinnabon at
33, and most recently helping vil
lages elevate themselves out of pov
erty in Ethiopia.
There are many lessons garnered
from that journey so far, and I’m
certainly still learning. Those les
sons helped me realize success (for
me) is about helping people, com
munities, brands, businesses and
even countries realize they are ca
pable of more than they know, so
they can make a positive difference
in their world. Success for me is also expressing gratitude and
making people proud, especially the many people who have
given me chances, coaching and opportunities along the way.
Looking back, I realize that some of my most powerful influ
ences and inspirations for leadership, success and living a fulfilled
life came from the most unexpected places — from villages in Afri
ca, from little sayings my mom had, from listening to others’ suc
cesses and mistakes, and definitely from making my own.
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KAT
COLE
GIST COLUMN
A new community for us, but the same mission
Our purchase of the Atlanta In-
town monthly paper (see related story
on page 2) takes Reporter Newspapers
into its fifth distinctive community
in greater Atlanta—and second one
within the city of Atlanta. Intown’s
leafy neighborhoods and parks, along
with iconic restaurants and stores,
give it an unconventional flair, ad
mired by a diverse blend of residents
and visitors alike. For 19 years, Atlan
ta Intown has fostered a sense of com
munity in a dynamic urban setting
and we are delighted to welcome this
popular newspaper into our growing
family of local
publications.
When the first
two Reporter
editions in San
dy Springs and
Buckhead rolled
off the presses in
2007, our intent
was to inform res
idents about is
sues and actions
affecting their
homes, neighbor
hoods, schools,
parks and busi
ness districts.
That mission has
since expanded to
Brookhaven (where the Reporter kept
residents informed during last year’s
march to cityhood) and Dunwoody.
Now, with the acquisition of Atlanta
Intown, we will have a wider reach but
with the same purpose: providing read
ers with fresh and engaging informa
tion about their communities.
Through your feedback, we know
that readers appreciate this “hyperlo
cal” coverage. Often these very local
matters don’t make the headlines in a
large daily metropolitan newspaper or
fit the sound bites of radio and televi
sion news. Nor do they always pop up
in an online search (although they can
usually be found at our websites, www.
reporternewspapers.net and www.atlan-
taintownpaper.com). Yet they are the
cornerstone of our content.
The local focus also ensures that a
community paper will be relevant at
a time when most print media is un-
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sure. In the
words of in
vestor War
ren Buffett,
who owns
several news
papers: “Pa
pers deliver
ing reliable
information
to tightly
bound com
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come.
Also, our very local focus allows us
to partner with our advertisers who can
market cost-effectively to customers
within a few miles of where their busi
nesses are located. We are grateful to the
hundreds of advertisers who have made
Reporter Newspapers an integral part
of their marketing efforts, and we look
forward to working with Intown’s loy
al base of advertisers to help them reach
more readers and prospective customers.
We encourage you to patronize them,
which also helps to build economic stabil
ity in each community.
Our initial mission is fueled by the en
thusiasm of a talented (and growing) staff.
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all of our papers and what you think about
them. Please let me know how we’re do
ing and what we can do better.
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