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March 2015
| Business World
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15 years ago, Ian Williams was working as a
heating and cooling technician. Today, he’s
the president of Encore Custom Audio/
Video in Sterling, Virginia. What seems like
an unusual career path was really just about
finding something he was passionate about.
“I started out not knowing anything,” Wil-
liams said. “I woke up one day and decided
I’m going to do something with my life that
I really enjoy doing – which is anything re-
lated to audio/video, music and movies, and
I thought what’s better than getting into an
industry which allows you to do that.”
“So I opened up the Yellow Pages, searched
through Northern Virginia, called a bunch
of companies and got a job working as an
intern making a very low amount of money
and then just kept my eyes wide open and