NEW YORK, Oct. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Jane and Scott Wolfe, founders of Melba's Old
School PoBoys, today announced the publication of From GED To
Harvard Then Inc. 500: How Two Teens Went From GEDs To Building The
Fastest Growing Business In New Orleans. The book is published
with ForbesBooks, the exclusive business book publishing imprint of
Forbes.
Throughout their lives, Jane and Scott
Wolfe started multiple businesses with a single purpose: to
engage with their community. They began in 1982 when, as teenagers,
they bought a rundown market in New
Orleans' Ninth Ward. Wagner's Meat became a fixture in the
neighborhood and grew to have ten locations across the city over
the next 25 years. Then, in 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit
New Orleans and destroyed
everything they had built.
In the aftermath of the hurricane, the Wolfes started again,
first by launching a construction company, Wolfman Construction, to
help rebuild their community. Then in 2012, they founded Melba's
PoBoys, which Inc. Magazine later recognized as 2017's
fastest-growing company in Louisiana. From GED to Harvard Then Inc.
500 serves as a roadmap for entrepreneurs wishing to tap into
the mindset at the core of the Wolfe's success: how to serve the
communities where you live and how to thrive after a
catastrophe.
"Scott and Jane Wolfe's journey
epitomizes the values of perseverance, passion, and a commitment to
community," said former Mayor of New
Orleans, Marc Morial. "They have defined what it means to
function as a double bottom-line business in twenty-first-century
New Orleans."
From GED To Harvard Then Inc. 500: How Two Teens Went From
GEDs To Building The Fastest Growing Business In New
Orleans is available on Amazon.com today.
About Jane & Scott
Wolfe
Jane and Scott
Wolfe are the founders of Melba's Old School PoBoys in
New Orleans, which joined the Inc.
500's Fastest Growing Companies list in 2016. Starting as teenage
entrepreneurs in 1980, the Wolfes founded and operated multiple
businesses in New Orleans,
including Wagner's Meat markets and Wolfman Construction.
A graduate of Harvard Divinity
School, Jane also credits higher education for providing her
with a broader, richer perspective on the finer connections between
business, politics, and religion that drive a company's success.
Scott has developed many properties in the New Orleans metro area.
Jane and Scott work and live in New
Orleans.
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