What Building and Selling Company Teaches Entrepreneur - Audrey Parker

In Chapter 8 of 21 in her 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, entrepreneur Audrey Parker answers "How Has Going Through a Full Cycle of Starting, Growing, and Selling a Company Been Most Educational in How You See Your Career?" She finds the greatest value learning it is possible and that the cycle works. In each period, Parker immerses herself in the process, finding the most personal satisfaction in growing the company. In the end, she finds reward knowing the business she helped build was surviving and thriving and poised for future growth. Parker is currently on a one-year sabbatical. Parker co-founded CLEAResult, an energy management consulting firm. In 2010, CLEAResult ranked #144 in the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies. In late 2010, CLEAResult was sold to General Catalyst Partners. Parker graduated from Wake Forest University.