Category Archives: My Work

Entrepreneurship, My Work

Starting Over in Waltham

I enjoyedthe great privilege of writing a ten-part series of columns for the Waltham News Tribune, our local newspaper. Part 1 was published on June 6, 2014, and Part 10 on November 28th.

One of the things I learned in the process is that telling one’s story is hard!

The series is called “Starting Over in Waltham,” and it chronicles my  personal journey of emotional and professional recovery, beginning with the end of my last business, The Elephant Walk restaurant, and ending with the beginning of my next one, a small grocery store I’m calling Hundred Mile Market.

No need to say more about it now; the articles tell the story.

Part 1: Beginning at the end

Part 2: Desperation and breakdown

Part 3: This too shall pass

Part 4: Reconnecting and reengaging

Part 5: Laying a new foundation

PART 6: Back to work

Part 7: Hundred Mile Market

Part 8: Devils in Details

Part 9: Relapse

Part 10: Ending at the Beginning

Business, Entrepreneurship, My Work

Founder Alchemists

“The Strange Secret Behind Founding a Business” is an interesting article by Kevin Ready on Forbes.com about the invisible forces founder/entrepreneurs bring to bear on the world around them as they create.

I found it particularly inspiring as I’ve begun readying an attempt to start a new business later this year. The process is Methodical/Mechanical, Technical, sure… but at some point, when a venture really takes off, it feels like an alchemical miracle occurs.

That’s what I created and experienced in the 90s with The Elephant Walk. Time to do it again! :-)

My Work, Videos

My second video for Fairbank and Perry Goldsmiths

Video

I’m the very part-time office manager for my wife’s jewelry shop in Concord, Massachusetts: Fairbank and Perry Goldsmiths, which used to be known as Goldsmiths Three.

I recently talked them into making some videos to show people how they do what they do, and perhaps sometimes explaining why.

I just finished video number two, below, on their very cool “Beach Dune Cuff Bracelet.” – If you don’t like the photos, video clips, or the music, well… they’re my fault!