How to launch a company for under $10,000
Even if you’re a hard core TechCrunch reader and follower, you might have missed this interesting post from the weekend. Adeo Ressi, founder of TheFunded and startup accelerator, Founder Institute, shared his 10 step plan for entrepreneurs to launch a company for under $2,000. Now some people may wonder, why are we promoting bootstrapping methods [...]
Green Hero Award – Lafayette, CA School reduces lunch waste 95%
Every so often we could all need some GOOD news – no matter how small or regional the source. And this weekend a longtime friend did just that – sending me a link to Sustainable Lafayette that outlined a tremendously successful program that reduced launch waste by a staggering factor of 95 percent! And while [...]
Fantasy Football Geek
Most people associate the word “Geek” with software and technology. But I think it expands far beyond the tech world today. According to Wikipedia, “The word geek is a slang term, noting individuals as “One who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality, electronics, etc.” And while I’ve worked [...]
Olympic Speed Skater J.R. Celski Joins Seattle-based Team Up for Nonprofits as Community Ambassador
Seattle, WA – Olympic speed skater JR Celski is the first community ambassador to join Team Up for Nonprofits, an organization that raises funds and awareness for other nonprofits through unique, affordable, professional, music events and social media tools. Celski will meet and greet fans at his first Team Up appearance August 19 at the [...]
49er Faithful
Anyone who knows me very well quickly learns that I’m a huge football fanatic – and have been for literally my whole life. Family lore has it that my first words weren’t “Mommy” or “Daddy” - they were “Go Niners!” This probably isn’t really true but it makes for a good story. But it is [...]
Coos Bay, Oregon
Saturday evening we returned from a week-long vacation in Coos Bay, Oregon. My Dad co-owns a rental property that is less than half a mile from the popular Sunset Bay State Park in Charleston. The house is great – literally on the coast and high on a cliff. It has its own set of stairs [...]
