entrepreneur

The revitalization of Utica is being driven by the determination of entrepreneurs, who make a dream into a business. Sixteen-year-old Deondre Linder is one of them.

Thomas Pfisterer was at a friend's graduation party 7 years ago when he noticed no one was manning the rented snow cone machine. The New Hartford teen stepped up to crush the ice and squirt the sugary syrup...and an entrepreneur was born.