Archive for the 'Making A Difference' Category

Lillie Warren, a registered nurse, was on maternity leave with a child when she had a brainstorm to provide home health care to her rural county… despite the fact that she had NO business experience whatsoever.
A few years later her business grossed $975,000 and employed 70 CNA’s (Certified Nursing Assistants) providing rural home nursing care. [...]

In a recently released study from the Center on Faith In Communities the organization surveyed 250 Faith Based Organizations in cities like Cincinnati; Boston; Houston; Philadelphia; Atlanta; Phoenix; San Diego; Memphis; Portland; Trenton; Indianapolis; and Kansas City.
The survey found that 37 percent of the groups were currently engaged in earned-income ventures, while another 20 percent [...]

Ok, I know we’re a home business or work at home blog. Lots of people turn to this field because of a layoff or ‘downsizing’. In other words it’s chosen out of necessity and at the worst of times and - for that reason - more likely to fail or cause someone to fall victim [...]

I just got an email today that one of the Kiva.org microloans is already being repaid (in part anyway)!
When the loans are fully repaid, I can take out the money or keep it in circulation.
Why don’t you loan $50 through Kiva too? You can do so with PayPal or a credit card.
If you do, get me [...]

I just got an email today that one of the Kiva.org microloans is already being repaid (in part anyway)!
When the loans are fully repaid, I can take out the money or keep it in circulation.
Why don’t you loan $50 through Kiva too? You can do so with PayPal or a credit card.
If you do, get me [...]

Many people don’t realize that we cook legumes and other seeds to increase their digestibility and nutrient availability. Otherwise, chemicals in the plants would sicken us.
Some plant products defy such home grown processing - the cotton seed was one. Until now.
As reported in the Christian Science Monitor, a new genetically engineered form is being developed which [...]

What do Intel, Yahoo, Sun Microsystems, Ebay, Google and many other companies have in common?
The Wall Street Journal reminds us that behind each of these economic “engines” are immigrant entrepreneurs.
A new study from the National Venture Capital Association finds titled “American Made: The Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Professionals on U.S. Competitiveness” found that
“Over the [...]

Hey, do you market anything that ties in with your community somehow?
Maybe you sell cellular phones, CB radios, or GPS systems. Perhaps you sell “family emergency kits”. Possibly you sell nutritional products and just want a punblic service project to get you city wide, county wide, or area wide free publicity and contact with lots [...]

I was notified today that one of the Kiva.org loans I helped sponsor has been funded. The send me emails whenever the local agency administering the loan posts to their blog.
Nambafu Kevin is a married woman of 45 years with 7 children and 4 dependants. She started this business with 40 bags of coffee and [...]

On November 14th, 1915, Booker T. Washington died.
Born into slavery, he had to teach himself to read.
He formed Tuskegee Institute in his mid-twenties and recruited George Washington Carver to teach agriculture.
Washington turned Tuskegee into an entrepreneurial incubator because no graduate was allowed to leave and consider themselves “educated” until they had learned how to practice [...]