East Lansing Entrepreneur Juggles Global Translation Business, Coffee Franchises

Fathy Shetiah's Lansing-based company, Global Image Network, uses more than 400 freelance translators around the world to handle projects in 35 different languages. The venture is just one of Shetiah's many ongoing entrepreneurial projects, and it's growing quickly.

According to excerpts from the article:

Fathy Shetiah starts most days at about 6 a.m., checking to make sure everything is running smoothly at three or four of the 20 Biggby Coffee stores he co-owns with his

He then heads over to his office in Lansing, where he runs Global Image Network, a translation service company. Shetiah switches focus back and forth throughout the day, depending on which business demands more attention.

Shetiah, 35, has been performing this balancing act for about two years. But it seems to suit him.

"I'm a marketing guy," he said. "I can't sit still."

Shetiah moved from Egypt to the United States in 1989, when he was 14. He attended East Lansing High School and graduated from Michigan State University in 1999 with a degree in marketing.

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