Second Career: From Manufacturing Plant Worker to Entrepreneur

After working for a major telecommunications company for 28 years, Toni Cory's position servicing chip-placement machines was outsourced to another country. Even though Cory could see it coming months before her position was eliminated, it didn't make the downsizing any easier to swallow. Cory had planned to retire from her company when she was ready and with some financial security -- but like many others in today's turbulent economy, that was no longer a possibility.