How Chuck Copenspire Built MindBlown Festival Around Music and Mental Health
Sterling Real Estate Group’s Mandie Kozlowski on Why Marketing Sells Homes
Selling a home today takes far more than uploading a few photos to the MLS. According to Mandie Kozlowski, Director of Marketing at Sterling Real Estate Group in Saratoga County, New York, success depends on combining local expertise, strategic digital
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Process First. Technology Second.
The Problem
One of the first questions I hear from growing businesses is, “What HR software should we use?”
As organizations grow, spreadsheets become harder to manage, employee information becomes scattered, and onboarding becomes inconsistent. Business owners naturally begin looking …
The Hidden Cost of Owner Dependency: When Every Decision Requires the Owner, Growth Stops
The biggest bottleneck in many organizations isn’t the market, the competition, or the workforce. It’s leadership architecture.
Last month, we explored why successful companies often become stuck as growth creates complexity that existing systems can no longer support.
For many …
Hourglass SaaS Founder Michael Nelson on Why Fractional Businesses Need Better Operations
For many fractional operators, the biggest obstacle to growth isn’t finding clients—it’s managing the business behind the work. Michael Nelson, founder of Hourglass SaaS in Saratoga Springs, NY, believes simplifying operations is the key to helping service-based businesses scale. Built
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Andrew Menzie Says Great Tutoring Builds Confidence, Not Dependence
For Andrew Menzie, education has never been about giving students the right answers—it’s about helping them discover they can find those answers themselves. As a tutor with Nourishing Minds Tutoring serving New York’s Capital Region and Director of Historical Interpretation
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518 Great Aims to Help More Families Across Upstate New York
When Ryan Holderman and Chris Mastantuono set out to provide Thanksgiving meals to local families, they expected to help around 100 households. Instead, the effort grew into serving more than 600 families—roughly 3,000 people—across the Capital Region and beyond, inspiring
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Local Businesses Come Together for Veteran & First Responder Suicide Awareness Walk
On September 9, 2026, local businesses, nonprofit organizations, and community members will gather in Glens Falls City Park
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How Ballston Spa’s Peach Fest Became a Farmers’ Market Hit
What started as a simple idea to bring more visitors to the Ballston Spa Farmers’ Market quickly became one of the village’s biggest summer events.
Steve Miraglia, Secretary of the Ballston Spa Business & Professional Association and Market …
DFG Illustration Brings Handcrafted Art to Upstate NY
When the world shut down, David F. Globerson, an Illustrator and founder of DFG Illustration in Upstate New York, discovered his true calling by offering fifty-dollar paintings to celebrate paying off his student loans.
What started as a …