Business is and never was for the faint of heart. Most small businesses don’t make it. 20% fail in the first year, 30% in the second year and 50% by the fifth year, and 70% have failed by their tenth year. With all that bad news…
I love technology. At least most of the time I do. And I hate technology just as much. Technology is at its best when it serves us. When it is at its worst, we serve it. We become slaves to our computers, our smart phones, our…
Sometimes when people ask me what I do for a living, I say that I am a technologist. It is kind of an odd term but fits me pretty well. I have made a career out of being on the leading edge of technology since I…
WHEN I was a very young man, around 25 years old, I acquired a one-acre piece of land on Route 31 between Weedsport and Port Byron. This land is zoned for commercial use. At the time, storage unit facilities were the new thing and a few…
I remember when I was quite young I was working as an insurance agent. I had a house, a wife, a son and one on the way. I was working primarily on commission so money was always a challenge. At that time I used to walk…
Yesterday I spent the afternoon at the car dealership getting a warranty repair done on the front end of my 2010 Mazda CX-7. This vehicle has 218,000 miles on it and it still runs and drives like new! I get picked on from time to time,…