Name: Ron Cornwell

Name of business: Re/Max Now

Street address: 1580 Armory Drive, Franklin

Phone number of business: 562-7653

Operating hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, weekends and nights by appointment

Email address: roncornwell@remax.net

Nature of business: Real estate

Administrator: Jim Hart, broker

Year founded: 1983

Number of employees: Four

How’s business: Getting better every day. We’re coming back.

One thing you wish everyone knew about your business: We have a menu of services to help with buying or selling your home.

Something you offer that a customer won’t find elsewhere: Individual attention, flexible schedules, an international company operated entirely by local people with local knowledge.

Advice for young entrepreneurs: Find something you love to do, work hard and make decisions based on what is right rather than only what is profitable.

Your first job: Helping on my dad’s farm in the Berlin area of Southampton County

Your role model: My mother taught me kindness and patience, though it took me most of a lifetime for me to realize it and put it into practice.

The key to a successful business is: Love what you do and make business decisions based on ethics, both personal and professional, and always weigh decisions based on what is right.