Category Archives: Entrepreneurs

By Marc Monahan

With spring at hand, now is a great time to start thinking about new opportunities. As entrepreneurs think about starting or growing their businesses, often the first task that needs to be addressed is funding—whether it’s for new office space, investment in equipment, operating cash, payroll, marketing, or any other aspect of running a business.

Here is some guidance:

1. Use the area’s great resources for entrepreneurs. Banks work closely with and refer many small business customers to work with economic development corporations in the Saratoga region, including the New York Business Development Corp., Empire State Certified Development Corp., and SCORE. 

By Maureen Werther

In 2008, Robert Chadwick decided to join his wife, Wendy LaFountain-Chadwick, in ARCA Ink, her screen-printing and embroidery business. 

She began the company seven years before, first operating from the family’s basement, then in 2013 relocating into a rental space. 

Wendy LaFountain-Chadwick has been involved with screen-printing for more than 32 years and, according to her husband/business partner, she is known as one of the best screen printers in the area. 

LaFountain-Chadwick seems to embody the adage, “do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” As a team, the pair have steadily grown their business and are currently looking for an inside sales person and another printer.