Michael Shea

There’s a hard truth I have learned over decades in main street. When a small local business closes, customers don’t usually switch to another local shop—they go straight to big corporations. This isn’t just about one business failing. It’s about the slow erosion of local economies, the loss of community identity, and the transfer of wealth and opportunity away from our neighborhoods, our states, and even our country. But there’s a group uniquely equipped to reverse this trend: veterans . The...

For those who wore the uniform in any service these things defined our job from the strategic to the tactical level we oriented our actions on these things.  So now what…the uniform hangs in the closet and you got another mission…running a business.  So let me set the strategic objective for you. You are here now to buy a business and create wealth. Wealth that can provide for you and your family, provide careers for employees, trade for communities that subsequently grow and thrive. One only...

I was scrolling Instagram this morning and caught an interview that stopped me in my tracks. The topic? Immigrant families buying motels....