Author: Sage
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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 nutshell: The Shoes for Homeless Kids program has raised $1310. We’ve spent $1068.82. We have $241.18 available. The Socks for Homeless…
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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 a week. Fancy cars. Big houses. That end result, if it happens, is the product of all the things I talked…
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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 that any more. In fact, while I don’t tell people not to start their own company, I rarely encourage them if…
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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 plan is to outline how it’s going, how much money I’m making, how much money I’m spending and what I come…
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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 Buildings ($175,000,000) 118 Medical Clinics that never existed ($35,000,000) European Legislators ($2,600,000) I get it. America is a big place. It’s…
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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” of families for Christmas. The idea is that a family “adopts” another family and gets them presents for Christmas. Debra emailed me…
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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 the shoes we bought for the homeless kids of Akron. I would have remembered buying something from a hat shop in…
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Harvest Dinner for Local Families Experiencing Homelessness
Probably the most influential post I’ve ever written was discussing the 2200 homeless kids that are in Akron and the only group that is solely responsible for helping them: Project R.I.S.E. (Realizing Individual Strength through Education). You, as I, were incredibly moved by these kids and Project RISE. I wanted to let you know about an…
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Who Are We?
I’m 44 years old. I’ve spent this first half of my life collecting. Collecting things like: An amazing wife A mind-blowing kid A mediocre business A couple properties Various cars A pop-up camper The wife and kid part are perfect. I will tell anyone that asks: I won the lottery with Rocky. I could not…
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One Last Marijuana Plea – Yes on Issue 3
I know why most of you say you don’t like Issue 3. “It’s a monopoly. I mean it will say that on the ballot. So it must be one.” It is not a monopoly. In 2009 you voted to allow only four casinos in Ohio. By definition you were in support of a much…
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A Completely Selfish Post. Please Read.
This is a really selfish post. So forgive me ahead of time. But Im going to gloat a bit here. I can’t help myself. About 6 years ago, during a hellish part of the Great Recession, Rocky and I bought 15 Broad Street in Akron. This was probably the most terrifying business move weve ever…
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Who I Endorse For Akron Mayor
As I attempted to run for Akron mayor, I was given a unique front row seat to the candidates. I also got a lot of interesting off the record insight into these people too. There is a part of me that really wants to tell you all the gossip I heard. Much of what…
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Ohio ACLU Supports Issue 3 and So Do I
You may wonder why I care about a marijuana bill when my focus is the homeless. It’s simple: the war on drugs is an easy way to hurt minorities of all kinds, including the homeless. Issue 3 will stop this. Please vote YES on Issue 3 and stop letting the law hurt the weakest in…
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Accounting Update for No Feet Left Behind – Socks Edition
I’m a big believer in transparency. So I wanted to upload my completed order from Sam’s Club for socks and Ziploc Freezer Bags. It’s for a total of $269.62. There have been $325 in donations at our “No Feet Left Behind” campaign: https://www.gofundme.com/akronsocksThey deposited $296.95 into my account.That puts us at positive $27.33. I was…
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Shoes For Homeless Kids: 11 Donations, $214, 2 Days
https://www.gofundme.com/akronshoes Because so much of my work is on email I tend to take an email break over the weekends. Email can get a little overwhelming. But this Monday morning, today, could possibly make me LOVE email again. I woke up to a slew of supportive comments on last Friday’s post talking about all…
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2200 Homeless Kids In Akron
When I write these posts I try to come up with a catchy headline. I try to say something that will make you stop a second and consider clicking into read the rest of the story. If 2200 homeless kids in Akron sounds about right, sounds like an understandable number, sounds like something you can…
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Akron Press Club – A Scourge On Democracy
I spent most of the Akron Mayoral debate yesterday just shaking my head. There are three candidates you will see on the ballot for Akron mayor on November 3. But the Akron Press Club chose to only let the Democrat and Republican candidates participate in their debate. I challenge you to tell me one legitimate…
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Taking the Monopoly / Cartel Propaganda Head On
If you live in Ohio you are probably aware that when you go vote on Tuesday November 3 you will be voting on Issue 3. It’s the marijuana initiative. If you are familiar with the initiative you might also connect with it the words “Monopoly” or even “Cartel”. In fact, that is how it will…
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Why I really want you to vote for the marijuana bill…
There is one prevailing reason most people I know don’t like Issue 3 that will be on the ballot on Tuesday, November 3: It creates a monopoly. In fact, here is the text you will read on the ballot: Issue 3Grants a monopoly for the commercial production and sale of marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposesProposed…
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The Mac is Bac!
You may remember the story of our iMac being stolen from our office by a homeless guy I was helping. The interesting part of that story is that all Apple products have gps tracking on them. So I’ve had an alert set to notify me when it came back online. Sure enough, it came…