I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do but I had a feeling that I just had to do something, anything. Thus I did a real crazy not-recommended thing and quit my promising job in Corporate America and essentially left without prospects for a better position and started a not too-well thought out consulting company.   And that was followed by a series of positions in a variety of industries which led to me experiencing a lot about industry and working in general. Included in the experience were assignments as a construction site manager, a convention center manager, experience in a multi level marketing company, owner and operator of a small Italian restaurant, followed by a consulting job with a paint company which led to some experience in sales and marketing in the paint industry. All of this very good experience paid off in many ways when it came time to start my own business. So with a great idea of attacking a neglected niche market I started an aerospace paint distributor business. And after 15 years at it I can say that I have far exceeded anything I ever dreamed of with this business.. It is a true family business which now includes my ex-wife and features my two college-educated sons as key contributors to this business at this time.

 

Now it is time for me to step back and tell the story of everything that contributed to the success of that company and to my longevity and to teach other people starting out in business some of the do’s and don’t’s that I’ve discovered along the way.. Hence I am calling my new business The Helpful Expert because that is what I want to be….