Their pictures of me as a baby wrapped in this big coat as she pulls me on a toboggan through

the snow down our street in the middle of winter.

Both of us look equally astounded by the white world around us.

My mom cries a lot in those first few months.

Their legal basement rental doesn't have its own bathroom.

The ceilings are low.

The heat doesn't work well.

But they're fortunate.

Neighbors teach them the local ways.

Telling them how to keep the car engine warm.

And very often we get a friend or a patient of dad dropping off some freshly caught fish

right off the line.

Or some baked goods that were still warm.

When this windy barren rock, neighbors have always had a history of looking out for each

other.

There's a new flan saying that people leave their doors ajar, even in a storm.

We depend on that open kindness.

We still do.

Tony Chan is treasured for bringing humanity and character into business.

As the CEO and co-founder of the Boston-based venture investment firm CUBAL, he sees

making money is just one dimension of success.

The founders Tony stands behind are proving that the highest performing businesses, the

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