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What is Your New Year’s Resolution for Your Business? Interviews by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
“Our hope is to take advantage of the technology available to operate in a more efficient manner and be able to obtain and relate information to our clients more effectively so everyone can make a better decision.” Dan Goetzmann Goetzmann & Associates in Syracuse “Travel a few places finally! COVID ruined several plans so, hopefully, I’ll go to Italy in the spring. For me, personal and business travel is the same thing. I would like to start and finish the former YMCA pool conversion and then bring residential suites to the Curtis Manor wedding venue for wedding guests to stay on site.” Anthony Pauldine Owner, Anthony Pauldine’s Contractors, Inc., Oswego “I’m doing my first foray into TV advertising. I just dipped my toe into the pond, and I may continue next year. I’ve equated it to going to the casino: you spend all that money, and you may get a big return. Also, like at the casino, you feel like if you spend more you may get a big return.” Clark Gronsbell Owner/broker, Fiscal Fitness, Syracuse “Hopefully, we’ll be overcoming the supply chain issues and getting things back to normal procedures, but that’s not something I have much control of. I want to expand what we’re doing with our current customer base. We offer more than what our company was founded on and most of our customers have just copiers and printers, but we have more, like IT services for business, software solutions, and electronic document management.” Ryan Jones COO and owner, Advanced Business Systems, East Syracuse “We’ve always fine-tuned things around here over the years but now
“I want to work harder, deliver the best possible service and that will make business grow. You can’t worry about what’s going on with everybody being in a negative attitude. You’ve got to be positive when things are tougher and work harder and you will succeed.” THOMAS PIRRO, Owner, Winter Harbor Marina, Brewerton
things just work and everything is just right. We are working like a well-oiled machine. It’s just the four of us, and we don’t believe that getting bigger is necessarily better. We’re in the people
business first and service cars second. We will have a new owner Dec. 30, 2022, Justin Taber. We need to make a smooth transition for new owner. I’ll be around here awhile to help make that happen.” Michael Atutis, Owner, Torbitt’s Service Center, Inc., Oswego “We always say to be excellent. Be kind. Help people. We’re in the business of helping people.” Betsy Stoutenger Co-owner, Computer Outlet North, Inc., Oswego “I want to raise awareness a little higher of what we actually do within the community and how they can become a part of it. We cover all these events, promote businesses, events and we go to all of the events to take pictures and put them on social media. I want to make it more available to a micro business of 10 and smaller and nonprofits that want to get the word out. We have an audience of 24,000 on social media and I developed an advertising event to help people get the word out. It gives them a full year of social media posts
DECEMBER 2022 / JANUARY 2023 OSWEGO COUNTY BUSINESS
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