Mitch's Blog

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 [...]

I’ve known George Chapman for a few years now, and we even worked on one project together. I wish I’d known him when he was vice president of one of the local hospitals because it might have helped my consulting business take off earlier, but so be it. George is one of those guys for [...]

I can’t remember how I got in contact with Richard Satterwhite to tell you the truth, but we decided to meet up with each other for lunch at the Red Lobster in Rochester on a very snowy day that would qualify as blizzard conditions anywhere else in the country. I live in the Syracuse area, [...]