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5 Years In

It is hard to believe that I opened the doors to Thorium Wealth 5 years ago on May 24, 2014.  Looking back, it was the scariest and most exciting thing I have ever done.  Starting a business is not for the faint of heart.

Thorium Wealth was a logical next step for my professional career even though my timing was probably too early. I had spent the entire first part of my career working with business owners and Thorium Wealth has been built as a firm designed for business owners.

In honor of reaching our 5 year anniversary I am going to share some lessons I have learned the hard way related to being a business owner with a little help from some of my favorite rappers. (more…)

I grew up in Bridgeport, CT. For those that don’t know Bridgeport is the childhood and adult home of PT Barnum. Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) is most famous for founding the Barnum and Bailey Circus but was a tremendous businessman, philanthropist, politician (mayor of Bridgeport and served two terms as a member of the CT House of Representatives) and most famously as a showman. What most people don’t know about Barnum and his business career was that he was an innovator across many different business. He founded a ferry company that connected Bridgeport to Port Jefferson, NY a business that still operates today, He was part of the original lottery craze and had a lottery shop where he sold tickets before the state of CT outlawed the lottery forcing him to close his store and move to New York City. (more…)