Herein, you will find a list of small businesses through which I learned many lasting lessons. Overall, each has enabled me to better understand my own interests and the many corporate, management, and inter-personal interaction styles as they effect a business.

I have developed a brief outline pertaining to my observations, in part, including the following organizations grouped by type of participation.

Associate/Advisor

Troy United Ink

A partnership established to research and publish information pertaining to activities and issues in Troy, NY

Web Services Group

A partnership established to provide regional Internet access and WWWeb hosting services

MapInfo Corporation

A mid-sized company established to design, develop and market desktop mapping/database integration development tools

Niche MicroStructural Corp.

A small company established to provide state of the art material analysis services to private and gov't research centers

Capital Region Software Network

Association of regional businesses

MS Designs

A sole proprietor/graphics artist in partnership with others providing design and development services to the on-line community

Sullivan's Scribes

A sole proprietor/writer in partnership with others providing analysis and writing services to publications and other small businesses

Trink Originals

A sole proprietor/crafts-person in partnership with others designing, creating and marketing jewelery