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He's a walking contradiction
Partly truth and partly fiction
Taken every wrong direction
On his lonely way back home
And there's a lot of wrong directions
On that lonely way back home.
The Pilgrim
Kris Kristofferson
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Starting a New Business
Ten years ago this spring, I bailed out of Corporate America.
My last "job" was with KPMG Peat Marwick where I was charged with selling tax shelters to very wealthy people. I feared that the tax shelters were illegal and resigned. As it turns out, the government agreed with me about the illegallity of the tax shelters--a few years ago, 16 KPMG partners were indicted, the firm admitted wrongdoing, and paid $456 million dollars in fines. The individual defendants were left to fend for theselves.
Since then, on my own and more recently in partnership with my wife, I've had a successful consulting business--Centerg, Inc. It's been a pretty good ride.
The truth is, I've used the business to finance my passions for fiction writing and high-end cooking. Like I said, it's been a pretty good ride. But for a variety of reasons, I'm cutting back on my work for CenterG and starting a new business--Joie de Cuisine. Basically, I'm turning what I know about cooking--and I've come to know quite a lot--into a business.
To date, there's been a lot of work--planning and thinking and learning--to get the new business up and going. We've filed for business permits, obtained an Assumed Name, opened checking accounts, and run up a credit card bill. I've created menus, joined a personal chef organization, and attended training in Chicago. We're getting close to opening with several Grand Opening parties scheduled for next month. I'm scheduled for more training in Philadelphia next week.
Gary
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