Current Focus and Endeavors

The most important thing I can do is what works.  A very wise Jerry D. Hawthorne (BeneTrac.com) demonstrated that all business must remain on dry pavement.  I remember the meeting well.  I was pontificating on something useless, and he stood up to tell us the story of his parents who lived in Oklahoma out on a farm.  His mother would often turn to her husband to comment about how great it would be when they finally got to the oiled road (and off of the muddy dirt road).  His point was to say it's great to have a theory or a new idea, but its better to stick with what works.

Payday Loan Constultant (Click Here For More Details)

Life is odd, and it would be difficult for me to over-emphasize the importance of meeting the optimistic and risk-taking Dino L. Tagnani in 2001.  At the time, our nation had just experienced 9-11, and I knew my job was in jeopardy from the rapidly worsening economy.  My goal was to find a new industry where I could stretch beyond my 2001 abilities, and begin to work for myself. Culturally speaking, a payday loan has its problem areas, but my clients all do a good job at being responsible to society and especially to their customers who keep them in business..

Felt Brothers Salem Delivery

From before the Revolutionary War of 1776 to a few years after the War in 1812, the Felt Brothers of Salem Massachusetts rode the high seas along the Atlantic seaboard delivering goods which poured into Salem ports from around the world.  My immediate goal is to reconstruct a new Salem enterprise based on history and the delivery mechanism of our time (the Internet).  Salem's early example of harnessing the power of world merchandising will be my guide and theme.

Digitization of Felt Papers (Click Here For More Details)

Within Salem's famous Phillips Library lies a treasure trove of original source documents our greater Felt family wants to digitize and transcribe.  We call them the Felt Family Papers which occupy approximately 6 linear feet of archive shelf space.

Nathaniel H. Felt Family Association (Click Here For More Details)

After 10 years of separation from Utah, my family and I returned in October 2002.  By June 2003 we had successfully resurrected the old Felt family association I had only heard about as a youth.  The experience has been richly rewarding, and I highly recommend you do the same thing with your own extended families as soon as possible.