Survivalist Entrepreneur – Chapter 4

April 14, 2020 “Unlike their traditional counterparts, survivalists [entrepreneurs] don’t innovate. Instead they enter industries with low education requirements and small start-up costs that consumers still need despite hard times.” Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, July 11,...

PPP is Chaos and Everyone is to Blame – Chapter 3

“I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.” – Tim Matheson, playing the role of Eric “Otter” Stratton in the 1978 film, National Lampoon’s Animal House Our bank rolled out its Payroll...

If You Build It They Will Come – Chapter 1

Introduction: Illinois Avenue Partners LLC has three partners – Gray Gifford, Mike Winton and Tucker Twitmyer, and we own & operate a commercial sign and graphics company with about 90 employees, operations in Florida and Georgia and nationwide customers....