Mitch's Blog

I don’t often find gems in older posts or articles but I came across an article that was written by someone I know and posted on Forbes. Her name is Adrienne Graham, and to prove that I know her, here’s the interview I did with her last year:   https://youtu.be/y2dA_DFVukk Anyway, the article was titled […]

This is a rare statement from me, but I have a “former friend”. It’s rare because I’m very good at vetting people, deciding who’s trustworthy and who’s not, who gives me bad vibes and the like. I’m good at hiring people when I have the leisure of deciding whether any of the candidates fit as […]

Last week the CEO of Mozilla, an open source software company that produces the Firefox browser along with many other products, resigned under pressure because of what’s now an unpopular stance he took back in 2008 in California when he supported Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that initially banned gay marriage in the state. He […]

Last Friday I went to a seminar put on my my consulting group, the Professional Consultant’s Association of Central New York. It was a great presentation by a local guy named Nasir Ali on the topic of entrepreneurship in the 21st century and what Syracuse University and local businesses are doing to try to keep […]

Around the end of December I had someone reach out to me to provide some services for their hospital. It sounded really good and I was pretty enthusiastic for the opportunity, as it would have been a great financial start to the year. After I sent the proposal I heard nothing, and finally after 3 […]