Confessions of a Quiet Home Office Worker

I do project work and consulting, and my office is one of the largest rooms in my home. Like a lot of home office workers (I prefer “home office professional”), I always have multiple projects at once. So working all the time is just part of the deal. If I’m not working on a client’s [...]

ROW Spotlight: Kiva – You Can Microlend

Have you heard about Kiva? Kiva is a free web site that lets you provide micro-loans (in amounts of $25) to impoverished entrepreneurs needing investment to make their businesses thrive. The entire loan amount goes to the entrepreneur and is facilitated through Kiva’s partnership with local micro-lending organziations in each country. The micro-lending organization collects [...]

The Tribe and the Lords of Flatbush

I’m not officialy a social entrepreneur. I aspire to be, but I’m not, yet. As a micro-entrepreneur, it’d be a stretch to suggest otherwise. I do have people that work for me all over the world. And my contribution is to treat them with justice and fairness. To be honorable. Arguably, I’m not changing the [...]

I wanna be a cowboy, baby…

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Hallmarks of the Entrepreneur Breaks rules Continually steps (or stays) off the prescribed path Challenges or questions authority Sees a world outside the usual definitions Has a minority of peers Is accustomed to risk Is open to failure (indeed, successful entrepreneurs are typified by significant past failures) Invests and believes primarily in himself – his [...]