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Anna Doran (Big Dipper) named Helena Business Woman of the Year

Charlie Beaton, owner of the Big Dipper in Missoula, hadn’t intended to expand his iconic ice cream shop outside the city, let alone entrust the brand to a franchisee.

But one day, about four years ago, a woman approached him with an idea: she wanted to open another Big Dipper, this one in Helena. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Big-Dipper-Ice-Cream-Helena/351125635974

The two had already been acquainted, Beaton said — both are avid runners, and the woman had once lived in Missoula. But Anna Doran was a schoolteacher without any business experience, looking to start a new career that would also allow her to spend time with her two small children.

"I knew nothing about running a small business," Doran said. Nor was she an ice cream expert.

"I knew very little about it," she said. "It was the coolest business I could think of."

By Derek Brouwer

Full Story: http://helenair.com/news/local/anna-doran-named-helena-business-woman-of-the-year/article_0f0c003c-400b-11e3-9f63-001a4bcf887a.html

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