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From the desk of Bruce Duffy

     There are some things in life that will strike fear in the hearts of men and women.  Jumping out of a plane comes to mind.  Quitting a six-figure job with benefits and starting a new business venture may also fall into this category.  Let me tell you a story.

Marc and Joan Hunter built a model for success!

From the desk of Dennis Siggins

Circa 1989, Virginia; Marc Hunter was coaching track and cross-country at South lakes High School and Joan Humphries was doing the same at James Madison High School. The friendly rival coaches often swapped training ideas and coaching philosophies. They soon became a couple and married in 1994, and the tandem was formed.

From the desk of Andy Brennan

     Upon returning from WWII, my dad worked for the next forty years as a machinist for a local manufacturing company.  We lived a modest lifestyle, but we wanted for nothing. I grew up the youngest of five kids at the tail end of the Baby Boom. 

From the desk of Dennis Siggins

Behind every successful business owner is his/her team; vendors, customers, and investors, to name a few. But the most important team every new business owner will build is the team of people he works with every day – employees.  In 40 years of launching successful start-ups in several industries, I have developed a strategic process for each of the five steps to building a great team.  But before we dive into the team-building process, let’s take a side road and visit “Moneyball”.

From the desk of Dennis Siggins

If a person has a balance on his/her credit card that carries over to the next month, he may have just financed a burger and fries at the industry’s highest rates.

From the desk of Dennis Siggins

More than forty years ago, the housing department at my college randomly selected Andy and me as likely roommates.   My four-year college roommate and I have remained friends ever since.  After thirty-plus years in the corporate world, Andy suggested that we might want to start a business together.  I have been a business owner since my teenage years and have started and sold several companies in my adult life.  So began the process of starting yet another business, but this time I had a partner and we were each in our mid-fifties…