A pickleball mom says she built a company with over $10 million in sales, and her friend tells people for her
She says she would never mention her sales herself, so her friend who helps run the company tells acquaintances out of pride.
Ready For Love with Hilary Silver · This Is What a Real Friend Does When You SucceedHilary Silver, a 54-year-old wife and mother of two teenagers who works from home, says she built a company with more than $10 million in yearly sales from nothing and still runs it from the same house she and her husband bought 20 years ago when they could barely afford it. She says a team under her serves more than 4,000 clients.
In daily life, Silver says, strangers would have no reason to notice her. She plays pickleball and walks her dog, and describes her routine as unremarkable.
She says she would never bring up her sales at a dinner party because it would feel strange and out of character.
Her friend Sarah, who helps run the company as its second in command, says it for her. Silver learned by accident that Sarah tells acquaintances who know Silver only slightly about her work and its scale, out of pride. Silver says she was moved because Sarah said what she would never dare to say herself.
Questions people ask
What does a chief operating officer do?
A chief operating officer is the person who runs the day to day work of a company, carrying out the owner's plans and managing staff. In a small business, the role often means handling hiring, clients, money, and problems so the founder can focus on leading and creating.
How common is it to run a very large business from home?
They are more common than most people think. The United States has tens of thousands of businesses with yearly sales over $10 million, and advances in software, shipping, and remote work have made it possible to run many of them with a small team and no large office.