Mitch's Blog

Today’s interview is a special treat. Not only do I have the normal 5 questions that I ask of all business owners, but I got to conduct my first ever live interview. This is all courtesy of Wendy Y. Bailey of Brilliance In Action Enterprises, Inc. She suggested the longer interview, she had the software [...]

I met Althea Garner almost five years ago on Ryze, and she’s been one of my best friends and ardent supporters ever since. Hers is an interesting tale of relocating from Zimbabwe many years ago and having to struggle to have success in America. But successful she is, and since I’ve known her, this is [...]

I met Robert Whipple at a meeting of my consultant’s group, Professional Consultant’s Association of Central New York, and it turned out that we shared some similar business interests. His third book is due out some time later this year, and last fall he was named one of the top 100 thought leaders in the [...]

I first met Beverly Mahone on Ryze a couple of years ago, in one of their many networks. We didn’t talk often, and then we hooked up on Twitter and now we talk all the time. She has quite a background in media relations, and has some fairly high powered clients, who are doing well [...]

I met Sean Branigan, president of Communigration, when he gave a presentation that was a part of the series “Talking Business: A Conversation With…” held here in the Syracuse area. I actually wrote about it on my other blog. I found him to be a very engaging and self deprecating guy, but he’s got a [...]

I met Warren Whitlock online, first after he posted a comment on my blog, and later on Facebook, where I learned that, among his many talents, he’s also a book marketing strategist. Fascinating stuff, if you ask me. 1. What is your business? I’m involved with a variety of businesses, often taking an equity position [...]

Back in March I wrote a post about a new interview initiative being undertaken here in the Syracuse area, and how the first interviewee was Art Zimmer. Jill Hurst-Wahl, the initiator of the series, named Enitiative, wrote about the interview here, and she captured it all very well. I like that our area is doing [...]

John Burns is a another member of the Professional Consultant’s Association, but we’re also both members of the Syracuse chapter of the American Society of Training and Development. I was always intrigued by his name and his business name, because the two aren’t related; talk about destiny! 1. What is Robert Burns Training? Dr. John [...]

I was introduced to Keith Siddel through a third party and have worked a couple of healthcare projects with him. I feel I have to specify that because he has lots of businesses, which you’ll note below. Keith is a world traveler, really the first one I’ve ever met, but he doesn’t go to simple [...]

I knew of Kim Bachstein way before I met her. At one point in my early consultancy I was reaching out to employment agencies just to let them know I was there for management training and executive coaching, and though we didn’t get to talk, one look at her picture and she was hard to [...]