An entrepreneur must love what they do and be willing to put in the effort and the hours to make their business a success. In this issue of Strictly Business we introduce you to people who embody those characteristics: Karen and Creston Billings of Point au Roche Lodge Larry, Joann, Jillian, and Ryan Post of read more
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Each year we devote an issue of Strictly Business to young people who are having an impact on our business community. To select our honorees, we talk to key leaders in a variety of industries and not-for-profits in Clinton, Essex and Franklin Counties and we invite past honorees to offer their suggestions. This year’s group read more
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The pandemic has been brutal for businesses large and small and especially so for those in retail and hospitality. In this issue of Strictly Business we look at retailers in the North Country that are facing the new reality and are making the necessary changes that will allow them to survive and thrive. Our cover read more
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Normally the North Country would be buzzing with activity right now. SUNY Plattsburgh students would be back on campus and in town. Traffic up the road to Clinton Community College would be heavy. CV-TEC would have welcomed full classes of students in its professional programs and every school district would be bursting with activity. But read more
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The theme of this issue of Strictly Business is FinTech. Haven’t heard the term before? Let me explain. FinTech includes new applications, processes, products, and business models in the financial services industry. The technology is used to automate investments, insurance, trading, banking services, and risk management. In this month’s issue we introduce you to some read more
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I believe in forward thinking, planning for problems before they occur. Protecting our data? We have a plan for that. A fire or natural disaster? We have a plan for that. Unexpected personnel changes? We have a plan. A pandemic? I have to confess that never occurred to me but we are dealing with it read more
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It’s been 30 years since we took a leap of faith and produced our first issue of Strictly Business. At the time, an acquaintance told me we would quickly run out of businesses to write about. He was wrong. After three decades we are still going strong thanks to the richness and diversity of our read more
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We write about some topics in Strictly Business every few years. Other topics are regulars. Health care is one of our most popular subjects. There are always new initiatives to improve the health and well being of North Country residents and we are eager to bring those stories to our readers. In this issue we read more
January 2020
It was our 30th Strictly Business Forum and we wanted to do something a little different. But what? And then it hit us. Why not invite some of the participants from our first Forum, as well as some of the people who brainstormed with us when we first conceived the idea of a North Country business magazine? read more
December 2019
So close and yet… As I sat down to write my December Publisher’s View it was announced that the Democratic House of Representatives and the White House had reached an agreement on the USMCA (NAFTA 2.0) and yet total victory slipped away a short time later when a follow up statement released by the Senate read more