Entrepreneur Gave up Corporate Job to Become Strawberry Farmer
At 35, Doug Finke was putting in 70-hour work weeks as a manager at a local Peterbilt dealership in Fargo, N.D. With a wife and two kids at home, Finke worked hard to establish a career, but bonuses continually decreased and promotions fell short of expectations.
When Finke unexpectedly found himself without a job, he decided he had had enough. Instead of searching for a way to get back into the shuffle of corporate America, he was ready to be his own boss.
For Finke, who grew up on a farm in Iowa, working in the fields was a labor of love: the love of being outdoors, working with his hands and working for his family. So he bought an 80-acre piece of ground and took to farming…