I just read “Some Arizona University Programs Threatened by Proposed Ban on Affirmative Action” by Peter Schmidt (author of Color and Money), and it reminded me of a few questions I asked of a few Black and Hispanic lawyers during a recent meeting. Here are paraphrased versions of the questions I asked.
1) Why would a [...]
This morning, I read Exodus Mentality’s blog post “Support a Black Business.” The post resonated with me. What is being asked of me in the post makes perfect economic and ethical sense.
I believe STRONGLY that I have a moral obligation to support skilled and integrity-filled Black entrepreneurs. I suspect one way I can support Black entrepreneurs is to support [...]
Before I decide whether to join an organization or before I attempt to help improve one, I evaluate how fit the organization is for its mission or how well it should be able to execute the tasks that would strengthen the institution(s) it serves. While I perform this evaluation, formally or informally, I focus on [...]
Eve Tahmincioglu published a great article in yesterday’s NYT, “Don’t Go West, Young Man. Buy Yourself a Franchise Instead.” I learned of the piece via my daily email from the International Franchise Association, the IFASmartBrief. If you are a young entrepreneur, want to be a young entrepreneur, or often come across folks who would prefer [...]
While catching up on my reading, I read one of my man Ed’s articles for his Dream and Hustle blog, “Man, Chill Out with the Guy Kawasaki Stuff, Okay?.” Ed keeps it real over at Dream and Hustle, and he doesn’t pull punches. His insightful article got me to thinking about Kawasakian Entrepreneurship & Black [...]
General Baker at the League of Revolutionaries for a New America
This post might make more sense if you watch the video first.
General Baker discusses problems that I’d like to focus on during and after law school. There are many ways to go to work on these problems. I’ll try to make my contributions by building [...]
A few weeks ago, I sent the following email message to a few folks in my social network.
Dear Entrepreneurial Thinker:
I’m reaching out to a few dozen people in my network (entrepreneurs, investors, graduate students, lawyers, professors, managers, marketing executives, securities analysts, bloggers, engineers, classmates) in order to better determine whether I know of the best [...]