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Call it a Village Industry, the galvanizing of an entrepreneurial community and the leveraging of our strengths, individually and in concert. My deepest gratitude goes out to Dr. Ray Benedetto, Kevin Gross, Gaye van den Hombergh, Rebecca Berneck and Craig Hickman for their strategy, vision, development and brilliance. To Ina’s Restaurant – and Ina, the Breakfast Queen. – to [...]

Who wants to learn the hard way that the system is broken and our lives have changed? TV commercials are telling me how my values have changed and how much better they are now. I’m not buying it OR their products – because my values haven’t budged. It’s my lifestyle that’s changed. Here is my [...]

You don’t pick your family but you do pick your business community – and they are a second family of choice.  Surround yourself with good people and they will up your game, watch your back and genuinely help you succeed.  Good people will talk about what is tough and noodle how to get through it.  [...]