Meet Mr. Russo

About the Program

Small Business Entrepreneurship is a one-year program in which students learn to conceptualize, vet, and implement their entrepreneurial ideas. For more information, click on the "Small Business Ownership Program Page" link in the blue box to the right.

About the Instructor

Instructor at ROC since 2006.
California teaching credential in CTE Marketing, Sales, and Services.
BS, Human Resource Management with minor in Political Science, CSU Bakersfield.
MBA, CSU Bakersfield.
ROC Teacher of the Year, 2012; ROC Spirit Award, 2022.
ROC’s Jim Burke Education Foundation Teacher of the Year nominee, 2011.
Co-owner, Russo’s Books, 1989 – Present.
Adjunct faculty, Bakersfield Adult School & KHSD Career Resource Dept., 2006 – 2020.
Adjunct faculty, Bakersfield College & Kern Community College District, 2001 – 2015.
KHSD job training instructor / Support Services Technician, 1989 – 1996.
Previously co-owned Career Concepts (job search consulting firm) and Market Concepts (marketing consulting firm).
Retail / Shipping & Receiving experience at The Broadway, Gottschalks, and Montgomery Ward, 1981 – 1990.
41 years of retail experience; 28 years in education & job search assistance (simultaneously, I’m not that old!).
Served on and presided over multiple community boards and associations.
Married with 3 children, all four of whom took ROC/CTEC classes while in high school ...as should you!

Posts

Opportunity looks a lot like work.

Ashton Kutcher cuts to the chase.

What makes you uncomfortable is the only way to grow.

You have 5 seconds to move from Idea to Action ... or just hit the snooze button. Your choice.

Advice from Entrepreneurs who have been there.

Russo's Books Marketplace Staff

So one of the great things of Small Business Ownership is assembling your team. It is kind of like one big family where you (as the boss) get to choose who you are related to.