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Tireless Leader Grows Firm Rapidly in Peripherals Field
Best Small Business Executive – Marx Acosta-Rubio
By SLAV KANDYBA
Staff Reporter
The voice greeting on Marx Acosta-Rubio’s office line at Chatsworth’s One Stop Shop says a lot about the man his endless energy, to be exact.
The president of the computer peripherals firm is an aficionado of personal growth and motivation tapes, and has applied the teachings to his job. The return has been pretty good.
The 6-year-old company clocked in $6 million in sales of printer toner cartridges and other supplies and Acosta-Rubio estimates the firm will sell $12 million worth this year. Sales have jumped 50 percent since the beginning of the year, compared with the same time period last year.
Acosta-Rubio, 34, came to U.S. from Venezuela in 1974 and graduated from UCLA in 1992. He went to law school, but dropped out, opting to become an entrepreneur.
He used $70,000 from his mother’s life savings and started One Stop, where he has applied the skills acquired from the personal growth CDs and tapes. He has instilled the company with his energy, and employees and clients alike have responded well.
“What would make us unique is the culture of personal growth we have in our company,” Acosta-Rubio said. “We encourage our employees to listen to tapes and books on personal growth.”
Acosta-Rubio also treats his employees well. So well, in fact, that some employees recommend their kin to work at One Stop.
Acosta-Rubio said his reason for being successful is “developing people first, strategy second.” He further described himself as a “good boss because I help people see themselves.”
Employee gifts
It’s also not uncommon for One Stop employees to be treated to trips to Vegas and other tokens of appreciation for a job well done.
One of Acosta-Rubio’s 18 employees, Jenni Hurley, had just begun working for One Stop and was working extra hours to learn the job, she said.
One day, Acosta-Rubio gave her a gift certificate for $50 to Marmalade Caf
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