Montana woman left her policy advisor job to raise $175K guard dogs. How to turn your dream business into a reality

Kim Greene never thought she would put on an “entrepreneurial hat,” as she told CNBC Make It, because that meant leaving her beloved career as a policy advisor in Afghanistan for what was initially her husband’s passion project. But Greene, 51, now leads Svalinn, a Montana-based company that breeds, raises and trains elite protection dogs, which is an interesting occupation for someone who says she wasn’t even a dog person (1). Must Read After moving to Kenya with her husband many years ago, Greene di ...