It is a cold, gray, midwinter’s day along the shores of Candlewood Lake in western Connecticut. It’s starting to flurry. There’s a great view of the northern end of the lake, with an unspoken suggestion of just how pretty this is during the summer. And it raises the question about why anyone would give up this idyllic setting after twelve years of retirement to jump back into the rough and tumble world of entrepreneurship. But about three years ago, just as he turned 65, that’s exactly what Kent Lawson did.
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