“I was born to have a small business,” said Mark Bienenfeld.

Even though he called his office at Main and First Street a “gold mine” for a real estate business, Mike Bolen has shuttered his two-year old Intero Real Estate Services franchise office, as well as Mike Bolen Fine Art gallery, which occupied the same space.

While home buyers and sellers in the area likely know Gary Rose from his work in the real estate industry, to  another group of Napans he’s simply “Coach.”

Statistics show that nearly 60 percent of all businesses fail in the first two years.  For the “intermediate entrepreneurs,” those who managed to overcome failure, the challenges facing them will be growth, management and strategic decision making.

There cannot be a better time than Independence Day for us to recognize, among other privileges, the unique opportunity we have in our country to own private property.

The new Tulocay & Co. Made in Napa Valley Culinary Centre has opened near the airport.  

Here we are again. The stock market has fallen and now we are in a full blown “bear” market. The experts say this is a market that has fallen 20 percent or more off the previous market high. The market peak was October 9, 2007.