I spent my week gearing up for a second date with a woman I met through a friend. Thursday was our second meeting with text and Facebook messages throughout the…
Many years ago when I opened my first location in Gardner, I scrapped together an old computer and a bunch of equipment and rolled the dice. I didn't have much…
Wouldn't it be great if upon meeting someone we revealed the contents of our wallets? Not the money, but our really personal information like addresses, debit card numbers, and the…
My store phone numbers forward to my company cell phone when we're closed or the phones ring too many times. It can be a nuisance, but most times it's great…
There's an old saying in business: "Think like a customer." At least I believe that's an old business saying. No matter, basically it means to think about your business as…
As I tossed and turned Friday morning my phone went off. I answered to a voice I knew very well, it was Cyndi's shrill voice. "Jeromy, can you give a…
For the past few months I've been planning stores 4, 5, & 6. After the first store #2 closed because of poor planning on my part, I've spent more than…
The new additions to the hundred dollar bill should make it much more difficult to copy. Counterfeiters will need to come up with some new techniques to make this one…
Mechanical printing presses have a distinct smell: oil combined with ink and I would imagine a hint of paper. Those who work around printing presses have probably built an olfactory…
My first job out of college was with a small industrial automation distributor in New York. I was the youngest of a half dozen reps and employed technology to track…
