Para alternar esto estupendo espacio de la creatividad virtual donde muchas veces nos encontramos os puede interesar un lugar - fisico - por fin, donde el innovador social pueda conectarese, impulsar sus ideas y trabajar codo a codo ...READ»
Hanh mitakuyapi. Hello my relatives.
I was listening to NPR a couple of mornings ago and heard a story about a man challenging the incumbent for State Representative in one of the other U.S. states.
He was having a hard time ...READ»
The main question is: what will be the future of organizational leadership? the percentages of everyday cases with corruptions, quotations, and so many things against the common good are exploded. Is out there a combination form ...READ»
Hanh mitakuyapi. Recently, I was hit with that old garbage about "one person can't make a difference". Few -isms irritate me as much as that one does; and I'm confident that you who read this agree, or you wouldn't come ...READ»
Hanh mitakuyapi. Hello my relatives.
I realize that calling myself a radical CEO is not going to come as a big shock to at least some of you. ITI humor being what it is, we've had buttons, t-shirts, bumper stickers, etc. ...READ»
I read in the news yesterday where Wachovia Bank lost $8.9 BILLION last quarter - mainly in the mortgage idiocy, apparently - and summarily laid of 6,340 people without so much as a 'by your leave'. 6,340 people is just about 50% ...READ»
Recently, I was discussing the perennial problem minorities have with finding startup funding with a Caucasian "successful businessman" sort.
I explained in brief that we seldom have credit scores, and definitely ...READ»
Hanh mitakuyapi. Hello, my relatives. We are now 13 of us. In the Traditional ITI Way, 13 is an important number because it is the number of lunar cycles in a solar year. If we didn't "have them surrounded" before ...READ»
Francisco couldn't get this to re-post here, so gave me permission to do it. For me, this is one of those "answers to a maiden's prayer" posts. OK, so I haven't been a maiden for awhile. Picky, picky! :-) ...READ»
Hanh mitakuyapi. Recently, I was speaking to a group of non-Indns about micro-business and there was a heckler who said, "You have a lot of nerve, talking to us about micro-business and how to be a success while staying ...READ»
I'm always stunned when people climb on a wagon I'm already on. Not because I lack confidence in myself or have a low level of self-worth, but because I continually hear how much courage it takes to say and do the things I do. I ...READ»
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Long ago I loved to read the comic strip 'Pogo'. Pogo was a possum and a pithy homey philosopher who often hit the nail squarely on the thumb. One of my favorite observations by Pogo was, "We has met the enemy, and he is us".
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It is entirely possible to be too small to meet the demand for whatever a given small business produces, and therefore too small to be able to get whatever is needed to expand to meet existing demand. I and Indian Maid Products ...READ»
The symbol we call '8' is also the mathemtatical symbol for infinity. In the Traditional ITI way of looking at things, the symbol for infinity is made this way because it is 2 circles conjoined, and so speaks simultaneously to our ...READ»
Hanh mitakuyapi. In the way of my People and many other ITI, 7 is a holy number. When we pray, we address 7 Directions - The Four Directions of N, E, S, & W, and Tunkashila (Grandfather), Unchi Maka Ina Wakan (Grandmother ...READ»
Hanh mitakuyapi. Recently, I was helping some people apply for a startup loan for a micro-business when one of the bureaucrats asked me about the size of the loan we were seeking. He thought it was "awfully small, especially if ...READ»
Hanh mitakyapi. Every so often, someone asks a question that seems really off in left field on the surface, but actually begs for a considered answer.
Recently, someone asked me why anyone would "want" to establish a business with ...READ»
Hanh mitakuyapi. I tried to post this yesterday but it wouldn't go, so here it is today.
On June 25, 1876, a thug named George Custer and soldiers of the U.S. 7th Cavalry under his command attacked a peaceful village of ...READ»
Hanh mitakuyapi. I'm going to make a confession at the start of this post. Actually, it's a multi-aspect confession. I call these "I'm-nots".
I'm not a financial big shot. I'm not a financial wizard used to ...READ»
Of recent years, it seems you don't have a chance to establish yourself in business unless you have a lot of family members and they are willing to chip in $5 - $10 each to help you get up & running. Or even, ...READ»
When I started my first business, I was five years old. Five. I could read and write (not print) by the time I was four. I learned to write by watching adults and copying their writing, so I also learned to write in different ...READ»
The objective of a minority micro-business incubator is support and growth of successful minority micro-businesses resulting in decreased welfare, increased tax base, decreased crime, increased pride of accomplishment. It's a ...READ»
In the Lakota Way, if a person has an ability, s/he has a responsibility to use it to help others, and in so doing, increase the prosperity of all. When the washichu first came to this Turtle Island, and for decades after, they tried ...READ»
So, since my last post....
My investor backed away from the investment after I reiterated my disinterest in dating anyone. including but not limited to someone investing money in my company. Frustrating. So, in the matter ...READ»
