Full Text of HR0440 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Lori Greiner on her | 4 | | successful career as a self-made inventor, entrepreneur, and | 5 | | television personality; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Lori Greiner grew up on the Near North Side of | 7 | | Chicago and attended Loyola University; while in college, she | 8 | | worked for the Chicago Tribune; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In 1996, Lori Greiner launched her career when she | 10 | | designed and patented a plastic earring organizer that was | 11 | | picked up by J.C. Penney before the holiday season; after her | 12 | | success with J.C. Penney, she started her own company and | 13 | | successfully designed and patented other consumer products; | 14 | | her products were sold on the Home Shopping Network and at Bed, | 15 | | Bath & Beyond; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In 2000, Lori Greiner transition to QVC, where she | 17 | | began hosting Clever & Unique Creations, one of the | 18 | | longest-running shows on the network; in 2012, she joined the | 19 | | television show Shark Tank; in 2014, her investment in Scrub | 20 | | Daddy, a company that produces a texture changing household | 21 | | sponge, was noted as one of the biggest successes in Shark Tank | 22 | | history; her other successful Shark Tank investments include |
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| 1 | | Screenmend, FiberFix, Sleep Styler, and Squatty Potty; she | 2 | | currently holds over 120 U.S. patents and has created over 700 | 3 | | products; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Lori Greiner has achieved success through her | 5 | | talent, hard work, and perseverance and serves as a model for | 6 | | all future entrepreneurs; her sharp instincts and hands-on | 7 | | approach to business have created a true American success | 8 | | story; in addition to her efforts in helping people's dreams | 9 | | become reality and her passion to help make people's everyday | 10 | | lives easier through consumer products, she is a sought-after | 11 | | speaker, a published author, and a generous supporter of a | 12 | | variety of charitable causes and organizations; therefore, be | 13 | | it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we congratulate Lori Greiner on her successful career as an | 17 | | inventor, entrepreneur, and television personality; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Lori Greiner as an expression of our esteem and | 21 | | respect.
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