Entrepreneur of the Month

GraceCom Communications

Success Magazine: You have been in business for over twenty-five years. To what do you attribute your staying power?

Kevin Grace: We align ourselves with great people; in many ways what makes us unique is the company we keep. At GraceCom we not only have outstanding employees, but we also have fabulous customers. Their loyalty has truly made us who we are today.
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Pizazz

Lisa Santy

Success Magazine: Lisa, Pizazz is a fullservice interior design firm. What are your
areas of specialty?
Lisa Santy: My expertise spans across residential and commercial in the following areas: interior and exterior design, home staging to entice new buyers and help sellers, space planning and organization, mood enhancement through color and texture, accessory placement, lighting
consultation, and holiday decorating.
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A. Johnson Heating, Cooling
& Plumbing

Anthony Johnson - President

Success Magazine: Anthony, your
business is family-owned and operated.
You learned the trade from your father.
How old were you when you started in
the plumbing and heating business?
Anthony Johnson: I was thirteen years
old when I first started working. I worked
nights after school...

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Kelly Rae Hair Design

Kelly Rae, Owner

Success Magazine: Kelly, what services
are offered at Kelly Rae Hair Design?

Kelly Rae: We are a full-service salon offering all phases of hair care services and more, including cutting, styling, coloring (especially dimensional coloring), permanents
and straightening, foiling, makeup application, manicures, pedicures, and waxing. We provide services for the whole family (ladies, men, and children), and bridal parties...

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Keller Williams

Orson Klender

Success Magazine: Orson, you have been in real estate full-time since 2006 and have built your business by referral since then. What is it about your selling style or your work ethic that makes people choose you?

Orson Klender: I have found 
that communication and follow-up are the keys to helping folks find their next home or business...

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Greater Life

Health Coaching

Kevin Daugherty

Success Magazine: Kevin, what is
the mission of Greater Life Health
Coaching?

Kevin Daugherty: My mission is to provide
service and support for busy people to lose
weight and gain health. I am fully dedicated
to the health and happiness of others so
they can achieve the best life ever...

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Specific Chiropractic
& Slender Wrap Spa

Craig Wehrenberg, DC, BCAO

If you are ready to refine and reshape
your health and your body, I’ve got good
news for you – you can! You can also do
it faster than you probably think you can.
At Slender Wrap Spa we use revolutionary
techniques and ingredients to reshape,
tighten and tone, and help turn your body
into a fat burning machine. It is all possible,
but you have to be ready, take the first step,
and commit to the process...

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Tiny Tots Tea Room

Sari Medick

Success Magazine: You have given new
life to Tiny Tots Tea Room. How did
you come to purchase the business?

Sari Medick: I had the wonderful opportunity to meet Kate (the previous owner) prior to her opening Tiny Tots four years ago...

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KB Engineering & Consulting
Kurt Bedore - President

 

Success Magazine: What is your experience in the military, and how has it prepared you for success as an entrepreneur?

Kurt Bedore: After college, I served five
years in the Active Duty Air Force as a B-52 Electronic Warfare Officer and pulled Alert Duty under the Strategic Air Command toward the end of the “Cold War.”...

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Erin P. Vestal

Attorney at Law

Success Magazine: Erin, when did you begin practicing law? Where did you work prior to starting your own firm?

Erin Vestal: I was admitted to the bar in January, 2006 and began working right away for a local real estate law firm and title insurance company. In 2008, I opened Vestal Law, PLLC thanks in most part to the love and support from my parents and husband.

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Pipino Builders

Paul D. Pipino Jr., CGP Member

Success Magazine: Paul, you founded
Pipino Builders in 2001. What was your
experience prior to starting the business?

Paul Pipino: As a kid, I worked for my father
framing houses and remodeling during the
summers and school vacations. After high
school I worked for him for a little over a
year before starting my own company...

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Top Ten Interview Criteria

What is the prospective boss looking for?
By Tom Cronin

What are the most impressive qualities that employers see in potential job candidates?...

 

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The Wesley Community

 

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Repeat Business Systems

Dawn Abbuhl

Success Magazine: Dawn, Repeat
Business Systems was founded in 1987
and since that time has delivered the
highest quality technology in the office
automation industry. To what do you
attribute your success over the past twoplus
decades?
Dawn Abbuhl: We have always been
on the cutting-edge of technology,
but maintained a small company feel...

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Argyle Cheese Farmer

Marge and Dave Randles

Success Magazine:“cheese farmer?” How did you get into the cheese making business?

Marge Randles: “Cheese farmer” is a term that we developed to tell the story of our business in the fewest words. Our goal was that the person hearing the term would envision a farmer who not only milked and cared for his cows, but also made cheese from the milk they produced....

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Success Public Relations

Can Public Relations and Advertising Coexist in one Department?

Public relations, advertising, events,
and sales are all sub-sets of marketing.
It is imperative for them to work with
each other—in most organizations
the marketing head is responsible for
all these tools. The key is successful
integrated marketing infrastructure...

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Saratoga North Creek
Railroad’s Maiden Voyage

The Saratoga North Creek Railroad made its maiden voyage Wednesday July 20, 2011. It initiated its journey from North Creek at 10 AM and arrived on time in Saratoga Springs at 12 noon. The SNCRR was met with Saratoga dignitaries from the Saratoga Chamber and media who were curious about this new opportunity to promote the Adirondack corridor from Saratoga to North Creek and bring business to both municipalities...

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MotorcycleHelmets
andJackets.com, LLC

Susan Curley

Success Magazine:Susan, MotorcycleHelmetsandJackets.com
is an online retailer with an incredible
selection of helmets and jackets. What
other products do you sell?

Susan Curley: We sell all of the essentials
and desirables for riders of snowmobiles,
motorcycles, dirt bikes and ATV/UTV’s,
as well as the vehicles themselves...

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Ballston Spa
Veterinary Clinic

Dr. Eric Anderson

Success Magazine: You purchased
Ballston Spa Veterinary Clinic with your
wife, Dr. Danica Salamun, in 2004. What
was your goal in taking on this venture?

Dr. Eric Anderson: We had been practicing
for about six years at that time and
were ready for the challenge of practice
ownership...

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Livingston Fuels LLC

Kelly Livingston

 

Success Magazine: Kelly, why did you and your husband Mike start Livingston Fuels?

Kelly Livingston: My husband, Mike, had worked for large oil companies for fifteen plus years. We had watched how national companies treated customers on a local level, as numbers not as people. It felt as though they wanted to make money off of the community, but not interact with the people in it.

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Saratoga Polo Club

Jim Rossi - Owner, Mike Bucci - Owner

Success Magazine: Jim, what does success mean to you?

Jim Rossi: Success is having a vision and delivering on it.

SM: Mike, what does success mean to you?

Mike Bucci: Success is creating a vision that is mutually beneficial for the community, for yourself, and for your company. Saratoga Polo Club marries the beauty and heritage of Saratoga Polo with our vision for the future...

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Gils Garage
Mike Brewster - President

 

Success Magazine: Mike, Gil’s
Garage is a second-generation team
of service professionals. Who started
the company and in what year was it
founded?
Mike Brewster: Our parents, Gil and Lucille Brewster, founded Gil’s Garage in 1966. The original shop was a two-bay Sunoco station which was located across the street from our current location.

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The Turf Club

At The Springwater Inn

The recently renovated, former site of
Springwater Bistro is now the home of
Saratoga’s most lauded new restaurant, The
Turf Club. From the warm and inviting
atmosphere to the level of culinary expertise,
The Turf Club is a standout!

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Classic Interiors

Lynn Ricci, WFCP, IDS & Kevin Mc Cauliffe - Owners

Success Magazine: Lynn, how many years of design experience do you have?

Lynn Ricci: I have over twenty-three years of experience in residential design. SM: Classic Interiors has evolved since its inception in 1981. In what ways has the company changed? Lynn: In 1981, Classic Interiors was a small family business specializing in upholstery...

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Neighbors NY Inc.

President – Nancy Talarski
Vice President – Sandra Fowlkes

 

Sandra Fowlkes: Neighbors NY provides non-medical, in-home assistance to seniors and others who need some help in their homes.

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