A personal notebook
Thoughts, notes, and ideas.
Writing about whatever I’m trying to understand.
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Why I Want You To Go Camping
We started camping as a family when Indy, our kid, was 2. It rained. The tent leaked. The fire wouldn’t start. And you know… We had a 2 year old. This seems to be…
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It’s official: I’M AN AUCTIONEER!!!
80 hours of classes in Kentucky. Finding a sponsor, which is incredibly difficult. Or maybe I was meant to be with Chuck Kreiner and we just had to find each other. He is amazing!…
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Learn About Adoption Meetup
I friend of mine, Jackie Smigel, runs a non-profit adoption agency. She has just announced a meeting she is having in Kent Ohio on Wednesday, April 27 from 10:30am-11:30am. here: Fred Fuller ParkOld Jail497 Middlebury…
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Why I Don’t Speak In Person Much Any More
I used to speak anywhere and everywhere. I once did an SEO speech at a Golden Corral Buffet. My van broke down on the highway on the way to a speech. Both to and…
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Ep. 3 Picking a Product. Making an Entrepreneur
I think people get really hung up on what product or service to sell in a business. I know I do. I’m always trying to come up with something totally new and innovative. The…
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Homeless GoFundMe Accounting
I have another campaign coming up so I wanted to get my finances together. (I’ll tell you more about it soon.) But I wanted to post where we are with our money. In a…
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Ep. 2 The Other Side. Making an Entrepreneur
I’m a little unsure about this post. The world is filled with pie in the sky visions of what “taking control of your future” looks like as an entrepreneur. Fancy trips. Working 4 hours…
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Ep 1. Why I like abusing myself. Making an Entrepreneur
When we first started SageRock I told everybody how great owning your own company was. “You should start your own company,” I’d say like some kid who just discovered gummy worms. I don’t say…
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Making an Entreprenuer – Intro
Sure. I stole that title from “Making a Murderer.” There’s a reason for my plagiarism. But that’s a story for another time. This is my written documentary of (hopefully) making a successful company. My…
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Here’s the biggest thing you can do for homeless kids right now…
How much money do you think the national government spends on helping homeless kids? Before you guess, let me give you some budgets the government does spend money on: Printing Costs ($930,000,000) Maintaining Vacant…
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Unadopted Akron Family Needs Your Help This Christmas
I got an email last night from Debra Manteghi, the Program Manager for Project RISE: the only group in Akron that solely focuses on homeless kids in the Akron area. They organize an “adoption”…
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Um… Wait. What????
Yesterday, a large, but simple box came to our office from Paris Hatters in San Antonio Texas. That was strange because almost all boxes we get come from Amazon, or recently from Wal-Mart for…