
What We’re Learning and Building for Small Businesses, Starting in Upstate NY
I’m writing this from the road (literally—somewhere between Saratoga and Skaneateles), and I can’t shake the feeling that we’re at one of those pivot moments

I’m writing this from the road (literally—somewhere between Saratoga and Skaneateles), and I can’t shake the feeling that we’re at one of those pivot moments

I grew up baking bread with my dad at the Firehouse Café in Hudson, NY. It was the kind of place you could smell before you stepped inside: warm, familiar, and real. My dad opened it in the early 1990s, and I spent my teenage years learning how to show up, keep my word, and treat people with respect. The café didn’t make a ton of money, but it taught me more about entrepreneurship than any textbook ever could.