​A) I will Form The Level Ground Initiative, a Delaware Enterprise, built on a simple but durable principle familiar to anyone who has built a successful enterprise: lasting structures require level ground beneath them. In practical terms, this means reducing the structural barriers that prevent capable individuals from translating skill, effort, and responsibility into their own sustainable businesses while maintaining high professional standards and personal accountability.
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B) I will form The Level Ground Institute a Delaware (501(c)(3)) non-profit which will provide education, exploratory skills exposure, mentoring, and barrier removal for emerging entrepreneurs and skilled trades trainees; an
C) I will form The Level Ground Cooperative, a member-owned co-op that will provide shared administrative infrastructure, coordination, and continuing education and licensure, while the co-op members (owners) will preserve their full business independence, licensure, will continue to operate their own for-profit businesses and voluntarily associate with the cooperative for support, opportunity, sustainability, and unheard of benefits!​
My background
and MY ladder fall
After a long and fulfilling career as an antiterrorism security technician and entrepreneur, protecting many of our nation’s most critical facilities and assets from terrorist attack, I retired at 72, only to realize I wasn’t ready to slow down. To stay active and continue serving my community, I started a handyman business. What began as a hobby quickly became a passion: solving problems, tackling diverse projects, and bringing satisfaction to clients who appreciated honest, high-quality, long-lasting, and reasonably priced work.
My curiosity and cognitive functions are still intact! My body may have changed with its new titanium reinforced hip, leg, and ankle, but my mind remains sharp, and my passion for innovation, problem-solving, and helping others has deepened!
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As I age, I HAVE THE DESIRE TO pursue new AND MORE IMPORTANT missions with A NEW LEVEL OF determination
I devote the remainder of my life to the following six activities:
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1. I am a father
2. I am an Innovator
I’ve been a visual thinker and inventor since childhood. Over the past seven decades, I’ve developed numerous tools, products, and solutions to make life better. Now, I’m focused on bringing public domain innovations to life, sharing them as open-source knowledge in order to spark collaboration, empower entrepreneurs, and contribute to our greater good! I see myself as a global citizen with a mission to inspire creative problem-solving and a 'Builder of Hope', worldwide!
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3. I support the lives and education of children with Autism.
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4. I am The Social Good Innovation Fund
I founded the Social Good Innovation Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, to share my innovations as open-source knowledge for the good of mankind! The goal is simple: to empower individuals and communities, especially those who feel overlooked, underserved, and discouraged, with tools and ideas that can foster their independence, creativity, and hope!
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5. I will empowering Entrepreneurs in the Services Industry (as The Level Ground Initiative)
Instead of winding down my handyman business as I grow older and am less able to do the intense physical work required, I’m reimagining it in the following way. The initiative will consist of three aligned but independent entities:
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6. Each of my business and personal efforts will continue to promote love and will reject anger, frustration, and retribution as destructive forces!
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In order to preserve my legacy and to make this initiative sustainable, I will limit it to people that follow a path of PROBLEM SOLVING, LOVE, GENEROSITY, HOPE, HAPPINESS, UNDERSTANDING, AND PERSONAL INTEGRETY!