Owning a Small Business ~ Ola Phipps of Lady Bug Exterminating, Inc.

Tune in tomorrow to WNOO (1260 AM) at 12:30 p.m. and listen to a conversation with a local business woman, Ola Phipps.

She is the owner and operator of Lady Bug Exterminating, Inc. If you don't know Ola Phipps by now, you can't miss her around Chattanooga. She drives a red Volkswagon Beetle with black polka dots, all of which suggest a mechanical ladybug. Ms. Phipps may be a ladybug of sorts herself, but she flies through Chattanooga ridding businesses and homes of those pesty bugs that could hurt our investments.

Ms. Phipps has 27 years experience in extermination and about 22 years running her own small exterminating business. We will talk about what exterminating is like and what it was like to go out on her own. I will ask Ms. Phipps to share her advice to anyone interested in starting a business. In Ola Phipps' case, she is an African-American woman who has been successful at business in the Chattanooga area (see her numerous awards and recognition HERE).