Lisbeth Calandrino talks about the importance of Small Business Saturday

Entrepreneur Lisbeth Calandrino talks about the importance of Small Business Saturday

Lisbeth has been an entrepreneur since the age of 5 hosting her own “theater productions in the backyard,” and managing her grandfather’s fruit stand at the age of 9. With a degree in psychology and no formal business experience, she quit her college teaching job and opened the first of seven carpet and furniture stores. Over the next fifteen years, Lisbeth spent her time developing a unique “liquidator brand” and built sales and customer service programs until the sale of the businesses and her retirement in 2000 and off to several new careers. 

She is no amateur in raising money. Her credits include over $150,000 for a program for woman in recovery, $200,000 for an international flooring design magazine and over $300,000 to launch and international area rug company. She is known for her ‘no box thinking’ and was the winner of an international contest for the launch of homeopath medicine. 

Lisbeth has been teaching sales and customer service programs. She is presently working on a program for first time entrepreneurs and small business owners. She was instrumental in developing and managing a program for men and woman in recovery where she raised over $200,000 to develop housing mentors for the participants.