Kendall Harter

About Kendall Harter

Lemi Shine Inventor. Lemi Shine Founder.*Started my first company with and a…

Experience

1. Founder

   Lemi Shine

   Feb 1994 — Present

   Creator and Founder of Lemi Shine. I started the company in 1994 and grew it into a Multi-Million Dollar, Nationally Known brand with Distribution in Major Retailers Coast to Coast, including Wal-Mart, Albertson\'s, Basha\'s, H.E.B, Kroger and many more. Under my leadership (13.5 years), the company experienced double-digit growth annually since inception. Founded before social media, Google, Amazon, with word-of-mouth being a key initial driver of growth, as the product was \"The Only Thing That Worked\", as many customers would say. This is my Founder’s story and I am proud of the brand I created and the story truly is amazing; like the current website claims. The company existed for over 12 years before the current owners, which I gave the opportunity to purchase the company I founded and built had ever met me. I invited the current owners into the company and gave their son a dream opportunity, no doubt.To come straight out of Texas Tech and take the helm of a multi-million dollar company and introduce his family into a World far removed from Cotton Farming in West Texas. Despite what you read on the company website or in press releases, the company actually didn\'t start on a Farm in West Texas at all, but started with me, a 1988 Honda and a dream. I took the chances, the risk, and had the vision for the company.(My Founder’s story) I owner-financed the company to the current owners, allowing them to take the reins of a great, well-known company with National Distribution.(Hardly a \"Little Known Brand\" as they claim), and introducing the current CEO and his family to CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods). I had the time of my life starting this brand and seeing it grow and flourish. I want to thank my team I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with for so long, our valued customers who believed in the brand and continually purchased our products and our phenomenal retail partners and amazing vendors.

Skills

• Small Business
• Operations Management
• Team Leadership
• Management
• E-Commerce
• P&L Management
• Manufacturing
• Advertising
• Marketing Strategy
• Crm
• Business Planning
• Venture Capital
• Start-Ups
• Brand Development
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Account Management
• Product Management
• New Business Development
• Email Marketing
• Sales Management
• Product Marketing
• Training
• Market Research
• Entrepreneurship
• Marketing
• Sales Operations
• Online Advertising
• Product Development
• Executive Management
• Saas
• Competitive Analysis
• Negotiation
• Public Speaking
• Budgets
• Business Strategy
• Team Building
• Leadership Development
• Leadership
• Social Media Marketing