My dream as a young boy growing up in the rockbound state of Maine, known for its independent thinking citizens, was to forge my own path in this world. I was the first born in my family and my parents instilled in me the mindset that I was responsible for the person I would become.

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I married young at nineteen and worked fulltime for a wholesale chemical distributor located on the waterfront in Portland, Maine. I also attended college four nights a week taking five years to earn my Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Business Management. 

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From there I spent most of my working career as founder and co-founder of several businesses and enjoyed the satisfaction of providing my family and many employees, associates and partners with a rewarding workplace environment and competitive compensation packages through these businesses.

 

I am now seventy-years old, and I am in pain.  I have been on a roller coaster of emotional pain for the last decade. I spent forty-plus years pursuing my life-long goal of being an entrepreneur and building a successful business. Writing this book is my effort to overcome the pain caused by the loss of this business in 2012.