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Scott Golden, Co-Founder, Golden & Cohen

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Scott Golden, CFO of the health-benefits firm Golden & Cohen is recognized as an industry leader in the small to mid-size insurance market, and ranks among the area’s top producers, according to the Washington Business Journal’s Annual List.

He received a BS in Marketing from the University of Maryland in 1985, an MBA from George Washington University in 1990, and later a JD and LLM in taxation from the University of Baltimore. His advanced academic and legal degrees enable him to evaluate local and national mandates in conjunction with helping his clients prepare and implement the proper strategy.

Supporting the community is important to Scott, who advocates about the importance of lower health-care rates on behalf of his clients. He has served on the Green Acres School Board of Trustees and sits on the board of ALS-DC in Maryland.

Scott is a native of upstate New York. He has been married to Golden & Cohen co-owner Stephanie Cohen since 1989. They have two children.

For more information about Scott’s insurance firm, visit www.golden-cohen.com contact Scott Golden by email at scott@golden-cohen.com.

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An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it.“


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Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.”

– Anthony Trollope

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

– Albert Einstein

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– Steve Jobs, Apple, Inc.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’”

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The biggest flaw in our existing theory of capitalism lies in its misrepresentation of human nature.”

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No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it”

– Andrew Carnegie

Passion makes perfect.”

– Eugene Biro

If you want to be busy, keep trying to be perfect. If you want to be happy, focus on making a difference.”

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As each woman realizes her power, she transforms the world.”

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The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.”

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Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.”

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 till we are called to rise;
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– Emily Dickinson

Are you willing to help other people succeed even when it’s not a requirement of your job to be of assistance?”

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Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”

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Inspiration and genius — one and the same.”

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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.”

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Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!”

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It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.”

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He who knows he has enough is rich.”

– Tao Te Ching

A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three.”

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