“Verbatim”
Early in 2020, Cetane’s Nancy Coop started a human interest column in BPN (Butane-Propane News). Modeled after the familiar “Heard on the Street” interview, Nancy sent questions to a group of propane colleagues who replied by e-mail. The monthly questions and responses were published in BPN and appear here verbatim. It’s an uncommon insight into colleagues’ honest replies to provocative questions.

If you weren’t already in this business, would you enter it today?

Has the headline question crossed your mind? The industry colleagues listed below took the challenge and replied with their thoughtful and honest answers. We are all in this propane space […]

What one thing makes you most proud?

This question holds promise to reveal a side of industry leaders that we may not know exists. Professional achievements are one respected measure of pride and here we learn other […]

What is your big bold goal in 2021?

Every month our responders are asked to be bold in their replies. Appropriate for the start of a new year and during a peculiar time when making plans can be […]

What’s the most important factor you consider when hiring someone?

Everyone knows you can’t choose your family, but you can choose those valuable people who work with you and your team. My dad used to say that he had two […]

What would you attempt if you knew you couldn’t fail?

One of my friends says her late husband lived in a world of magical thinking. That may have its own set of rewards and risks. In the world of reality, […]


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