Chapter 012 - 1990.05.11

  • My first solo incorporated business entity was done in New Hampshire.

  • This day -

    • is written on the stock certificates -

      • I received from the attorney's office.

  • I had to re-incorporate it -

    • when I moved to New Jersey.

  • Then again when we moved to Maine -

    • the return to my birth state.

  • My firm had the same name in all three (3) states:

    • New Hope Products Company, Inc.

  • I had owned or co-owned other businesses before.

  • As a kid,

    • still in high school,

      • I had a business,

        • with business cards,

          • that just featured my name.

  • I did small building, renovation and maintenance projects.

  • I still recall my friend's mother complaining to me -

    • when I handed her the first bill -

      • that I charged more than she made in her job -

        • $5 per hour.

  • When I was let go from the engineering position in NH in 1986 -

    • I first went back into the building industry alone,

      • but then formed an official partnership company -

        • with a school friend.

  • That company was called JSB Builders.

  • We built a whole house -

    • and did very large additions and renovations -

      • including a whole church sanctuary.

  • NHPC was first incorporated to bring to market -

    • a consumer product called:

      • The Paint Saver.

  • The product tooling was built and demo inventory produced.

  • But corporations did not want to deal with a one-product company.

  • No sales were ever made.

  • But NHPC stayed in business and pivoted to game development.

  • Then it did engineering consulting with Bells Labs and Lucent technologies.

  • NHPC continues today -

    • and still earns revenue on old game licenses.