Dr. Lynnette Claire

Dr. Lynnette Claire came to class and spoke to students about entrepreneurship and her experiences during her career.  Dr. Claire was awarded a B.A. in English from the University of California and her first job was writing articles for a magazine centered on Horticulture.   Dr. Claire passed on an opportunity to move to Boston MA to continue work with the horticulture magazine company and instead decided to peruse her options in the greater Puget Sound area.  Dr. Claire started her own company called Simply Seafood magazine using her learning’s while working for the Horticulture magazine.  Claire began working with small businesses as a part time coordinator and helped those companies develop and expand their networks.  Dr. Claire also helped expand several other ventures and realized her passion for business.  At this point she decided to pursue higher education and returned to school at the University of Puget Sound – attaining masters and eventually a doctorate of philosophy from this school.  (Personal note, my wife received her undergraduate degree from UPS – but her PhD from University of Missouri – completely unrelated field though; plant insect and microbial biology)  After finishing school Dr. Claire became interested in teaching and took a position at UPS where she continues to teach.  On the side she is also working in Tacoma to establish an entrepreneurs network in the hopes of helping future entrepreneurs in the area get their careers started.  This type of network could be critical for many new entrepreneurs because many new comers have plenty of good ideas  but lack the experience and connections to bring their ideas to fruition.