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Teamwork Keeps this Firm Alive

Profile of:  Six Manthei Partners, of Manthei Ventures What happens when you have six family members - two sets of three brothers, to be exact - all helping to run the same company? Team concept “We fight regularly,” says Tom Manthei, President of  Manthei Inc., whose leadership team also includes Tom’s brothers Dan and Tim and... >Full Story

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Life Can Bring Joy out of Sorrow

Profile on: Norma Becker, Vice President and Secretary of Econotech Ltd. We have been married for over 50 years. Ed and I met while going to university and were married at age 21 – that makes us over 75 years old. We now have two children and four grandchildren. The early years of our marriage were not happy years, but were filled with...... >Read More



It’s All About Trust

Profile of: Ron and Cristy Varela, owners of Ron E. Varela Company Inc.,  an excavating and grading company. "Originally we were doing two or three million dollars a year, and it grew up to five and seven or ten million dollars." "We ended up growing that company into eventually a 30 million dollar a year company, had up to 150... >Read More



Quotes about FATHERS

"A wise son maketh a glad father." - Proverbs 10:1 "I just owe almost everything to my father [and] it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election." - Margaret Thatcher "By the time a man realizes that maybe his...... >Read More



December Tears

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Bah Humbug. For many people, Christmas is the saddest time of year. In a culture that is obsessed with all things Christmas, it is easy to feel like an alien when our thoughts and feelings are anything but merry. Whether your pain stems from lost loved ones, unfulfilled hopes, shattered dreams or personal...... >Read More



December Tears

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Bah Humbug. For many people, Christmas is the saddest time of year. In a culture that is obsessed with all things Christmas, it is easy to feel like an alien when our thoughts and feelings are anything but merry. Whether your pain stems from lost loved ones, unfulfilled hopes, shattered dreams or personal...... >Read More



Home Alone for the Holidays

Christmas, they tell us, is 'the most wonderful time of the year'.  What they don't tell us is what we're supposed to do when it isn't. As the cards and carols like to remind us, Christmas is a time for families and togetherness, peace and well being for all. If only the problems in life paid more attention... >Read More


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