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“By the bootstraps”

By on May 5, 2011 in Boundaryless Brands, BULX, Entrepreneurship, Press, SpeakerSite

Reposted from Business First (Business First 29 April 2011 PDF) WHEN YOU SEEK investors to start a company, you give away control and profit. That’s not acceptable or necessary for some business owners, who get going on a lean budget often funded personally. BY CINDY BENT FINDLAY | FOR BUSINESS FIRST Technology has made creating [...]

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“Standing Up For Cancer Prevention” Cleveland Jewish News

By on August 6, 2006 in Philanthropy, Press

Rob Emrich, the Cleveland native who created a foundation aimed at teaching kids about cancer prevention, is a stand-up guy — literally. The 27-year old founder/chairman of Road of Life, a nonprofit agency with a mission to educate children about cancer prevention, doesn’t even have a desk chair in his downtown Columbus office. Instead, he [...]

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“26-year-old has long list of accomplishments” Columbus Dispatch

By on April 25, 2005 in Press, Road of Life, Social Entrepreneurship

He was a prep cook in an Israeli kitchen, a construction worker and a campaign manager for a woman running for a seat in the Ohio House. Rob Emrich was a congressional page, a political and business consultant and an emergency medical technician who ran for the Columbus City Council. He’s been a molecular-genetics researcher, [...]

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Columbus’ “40 Under 40″ – Business First

By on September 17, 2004 in Press, Road of Life

Rob Emrich, Founder and Chairman of The Keren Rebecca Emrich Foundation, dba Road of Life: Cancer Prevention for Kids, is honored as one of Columbus’ Forty Under 40, based on the nomination of Carleen Taylor, customer service for Labcorp. After witnessing family and friends suffering and dying from cancer, 25-year-old Rob Emrich decided that he [...]

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“Road Less Taken” – Northern Ohio Live Magazine

By on December 11, 2003 in Press, Road of Life

While his friends set out for profitable careers, Rob Emrich set out on a walk for cancer sufferers. On top of a small hill in central Ohio, between Danville and Wooster, two men in a beat-up pickup truck pull up beside Rob Emrich. They hand him an apple, two crumpled dollar bills and some loose [...]

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“Shaker Life” Profile

By on October 28, 2003 in Philanthropy, Press, Road of Life

Last year, Rob Emrich, 24, lost a cousin to a malignant brain tumor. This was a double blow for Rob, who also lost his sister, Keren, to cancer. More aware than most of the way this disease ravages the lives of both young and old – and their families – Rob decided to take action. [...]

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“Every Mile Counts Toward A Cure” Cincinnati Enquirer

“Every Mile Counts Toward A Cure” Cincinnati Enquirer

By on September 5, 2003 in Philanthropy, Press, Road of Life

Rob Emrich, founder of Road of Life, begins trek in memory of his sister. Rob Emrich is the sort of guy who might decide to walk from Cincinnati to Cleveland for no particular reason at all. But the 24-year-old Columbus resident, an avid hiker and bicyclist, had good reason to set off from Great American [...]

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