About LCT's The Great Limo Race

LCT will be comparing how five operators with less than two years in the industry build their success, including the challenges, failures, and achievements. Read more

Players

Deborah Talbott

Debbie is a former purchasing director who after 20 years found herself unemployed in a recession. She immediately launched her new business from home starting with a single 120-inch stretch limousine and has since added a Lincoln Town Car Executive L to the fleet. Read more

Ricardo Garza

Ric, as he is known to friends, is 45 years old, married, and a proud parent of two boys and one girl. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science and spent many years working in the Houston Mayor’s Office as a certified conflict mediator and business developer. Read more

Becky Laramee

Along with her brother, John, Becky bought All Points Limousine in 2008. Their mother had spent time in the motorcoach and travel industry and had retired, but wasn’t quite ready for retirement. Needless to say, mother Bonnie is the office manager. Read more

Brad Gregory

Brad bought a 25-year-old limousine service in 2009 from a retiring owner. The company is located between Nashville, Tenn. and Bowling Green, Ky. He had no previous experience in the industry, working for the past decade for an automotive company. Read more

Georgia Berg

In July 2007, at the age of 44, Georgia became a long-distance business partner with her longtime Australian friend, Peter Smith. They met by chance while vacationing in Hawaii in 1993. During a 2003 visit to the U.S., Smith saw a Ford Excursion limousine and vowed to bring the first one to Australia. Read more

Race Referee

Jim Luff

LCT Contributing Editor Jim Luff is an operator from Bakersfield, Calif. After working as a chauffeur in the early 1990s, he joined The Limousine Scene in 1993 as general manager and later became a partner in the business. Read more

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BECKY Update 8: LCT Show Helps Biz

The 2011 International LCT Show met all of my expectations and then some. The educational programs were very helpful. I enjoyed the presentation on a better way to write emails; it seems so simple what the speaker shared, but yet it has had a profound impact in my business.
 
My favorite event is the Women’s Entrepreneurs Forum. This was very helpful for me yet again this year. I took home some great contacts but also good ideas on action items that will help my business grow. I was able to spend some time with a fellow racer, Georgia Berg. We had lunch together and shared accomplishments and challenges and the experience of being a racer with the LCT Magazine.
 
All Points Limousine has big goals this year and we are well on our way to accomplishing them. January numbers far surpassed our budget numbers, and February is looking to be a fine month as well. We have been in business for just over two and a half years, and it seems that we are seeing our reputation as part of our growth. The word is out about how we do business and we are getting more and more referrals every day.
 
Here’s to a great Spring and prom season.
 
Becky Laramee
Leominster, Mass.
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