Cindy LinStaged4more make mine a million $ business powered by: count me in

My Story

Cindy is a a third generation small business owner, who started making business deals at age 5 when she asked her mom for a quarter for every diaper she changed on her baby sister. At age 25, she founded Staged4more Home Staging & Redesigns to serve San Francisco and greater bay area real estate community. In 2009, she added a parent company to incorporate the growing needs of her community and client base. Staged4more remains a core division of the company.

Cindy always say that she stumbled into real estate by a fluke, but quickly found her calling as a home stager working side by side with listing agents to use home staging as a core strategy and incorporating other proven marketing methods to help sellers to prep their homes to sell faster and for more money.

In 2008, Cindy was honored with Sam Walton Emerging Entrepreneur Award, as well as beating out 400+ women in 5 states for the Make Mine A Million $ Business Competition in the Micro Category. She was also nominated by her peers and became the finalists to Real Estate Staging Association's Professional Stager of the Year Award and Innovative Stager of the Year Award.

To Cindy, there are 3 main purposes of her life: be mindful, be relevant and be useful. These core values reflect through Cindy's decisions in expanding her company. In 2009, Cindy added an training arm to her existing services for educating real estate professionals how to affordabily and virally differentiate themselves, marketing their services and listings through a series of teleseminar classes on online marketing, as well as the Live Green Live Smart Certified Professional course through Green Build Science to teach real estate professionals how to be green and cut down unnecessary waste during real estate resale process. Furthermore, she is developing an eco-friendly product that will revolutionize the industry by discouraging the use of plastic in promotional products. In late 2009, she will also publish two books on real estate marketing.

Outside of Staged4more, Cindy actively participates in her local communities, especially those that encourage women business owners, youth education, technology, small business, and housing issues. She currently sits on the board for Pow.wow Women's Network in San Francisco, serves as PR & Community Manager for annual BizTechday conference, and organizes SF Small Biz Women through meetup.com. In her free time, Cindy enjoys yoga, museums, architecture, books, films, dining, traveling, meeting new people, and embarking on new adventures. She currently resides in San Francisco bay area with her plants.

My passion:

helping people change their lives positively, one house at a time

Why I started my business:

because I was tired of not find the job that I want or feel passionate about

Why I joined the M3 RACE:

I want to be financially independent and operates a self-sustaining business that fulfills my life goals & dreams!

Best business advice:

Get a business coach and support team

My biggest challenge:

Myself

What helps my business grow:

delegation, outsourcing

How I balance work/life:

finding things that excite me, exploring new places & people

Within five years, my business will:

prosper and at million $ level!

My professional affiliations:

CSP, DCI, LGLS CP, IAHSP, RESA, IRIS, Make Mine A Million Micro Winner, Sam Walton Emerging Entrepreneur Award Winner