Jacobs, Joe
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Location: Walla Walla Address: 45 Terminal Loop, Suite 4 City: Walla Walla State: WA Zip Code: 99362 Telephone: (509) 527-4681 Email: joe.jacobs@wsbdc.org |
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| About Joe Jacobs | ||
| As a young boy on his family's dairy goat farm in Northwestern Oregon, Joe Jacobs, the director of Walla Walla's Small Business Development Center, developed a work ethic. Up at 6 every morning, he hand-milked about a dozen goats in a cycle that would repeat itself in the evenings Rain or shine. Holidays and weekends, too. He later learned about service and consistency as a food service specialist in the U.S. Army; the importance of planning when his post-collegiate vision of starting his own assisted living facility didn't materialize; flexibility working as an account executive for corporate food companies; and taking risks as the owner of his own inert landfill and roll-off trucking company. One of the biggest lessons of all he picked up while working on a proposed winery and event center: "Sometimes the best decision in business is not to move forward with a project." The road to Walla Walla's Small Business Development Center took him from that childhood farm in Sherwood, Ore., to Spokane and most recently the Tri-Cities, where he served as an Operations Specialist for CH2M Hill before the end of the Recovery Act funds that helped create his position. In Walla Walla, Jacobs said he has landed his "dream job." One where he can tap the benefit of his experience -- as well as a vast network of resources -- to help advise local business operators in free one-on-one sessions. | ||
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