Sharon Joseph, Co-Founder and CEO, Harlem Lanes
The competitive analyses Harlem Lanes co-founder and CEO Sharon Joseph churned out as a consultant in Booz Allen Hamilton's financial services practice helped get a community-oriented entrepreneurial venture rolling. Joseph and her aunt, Gail Richards, were struck by the same thought as they walked through Harlem in late 2001: Why is there so little interactive, family entertainment in rapidly revitalizing Harlem?
"I treated the question as a consultant would, and set out to solve the problem," says Joseph, whose ensuing survey work, competitive analyses of the bowling and roller-skating "industries," pricing studies, business planning and fund-raising activities culminated in the 2006 opening of Harlem Lanes at 126th Street and Seventh Avenue.
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