The Roving Corner
Professionals who care from Care2
This week on our summer interview series, we spotlight Care2’s Editor-in-Chief, Robyn Hessinger and Joe Baker, Vice President of Advocacy and Causes. Care2 is a social network that helps “ordinary” people take steps to making a difference in their lives — from adopting Greener habits to petitioning lawmakers about a cause close to heart.... »
Farhana Huq, Founder and CEO, CEO Women
Moved by a personal family story of entrepreneurship, statistics on women in business and the poverty she saw on a trip to Bangladesh — her father’s country, Farhana Huq visualized and built an organization that empowers low-income immigrant and refugee women to become entrepreneurs. According to the organization’s website: “The mission of C.E.O. Women is to... »
Orange County Director of Second Harvest Food Bank talks about growth in servicing tough times
On Friday, June 5, we sat down for a conversation with Joe Schoeningh, Director of Second Harvest Food Bank in Orange County. They distribute food to over 400 agencies in Orange County each month that then help provide food for over 456,000 people a month. See how they coordinate this, implement best practices that... »
LOS ANGELES: Discussion with entrepreneur Kris Vaca
On Friday, May 8, we spoke with my friend, entrepreneur Kris Vaca, on his rooftop in Downtown Los Angeles. He and I have a passion for business and always toss around ideas about social media marketing and his business as a financial planner. Check out his blog, www.krisvaca.com! »
SAN FRANCISCO: David Cohn, Founder of Spot.us
On Friday, May 1, BusinessBoomer traveled to San Francisco to cover the Society of Professional Journalists event at the University of San Francisco. We sat down with David Cohn, founder of Spot.us, a community funding site for journalists. His organization was recently awarded a grant from the Knight Foundation. Interview conducted at the Northern California... »
SACRAMENTO: Kent Wong, The Student Entrepreneur
BusinessBoomer conducted a live interactive webcast with Kent Wong, the president of the Sacramento Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs (SACE). He is an international student from Malaysia graduating from Sacramento State University in May. Kent talks to us about what entrepreneurship means, why he is aspiring to be one, and the programs he’s creating with... »
YORBA LINDA: Sinnary Sam of FORE Networking
Sinnary Sam is the founder of FORE Networking, a business association for golf enthusiasts. I sat down with Sinnary on Friday, April 27, 2009, for a live mobile webcast at the Black Gold Golf Course in Yorba Linda, Calif. Sinnary is not only an entrepreneur but also a mother of four daughters. On the... »
Why doing good is good for business
Man. My post just got deleted. Here we go again. I just left a video comment on Techcrunch because Michael Arrington wrote about Causes on Facebook. I met the founder, Sean Parker, at the event I volunteered for at Mobilize.org. I didn’t get to speak to him for very long, but I was... »
Effective Executive
Last night, I posted what was really a rant about my inability to keep on task and stick to a schedule. Tonight’s blog is an attempt to give you something with more substance, since I do appreciate that you’re here reading my random business bloggerings, and I think that you should get some sort... »
Non-profits, Drucker and how I got bitten by the Business Bug
This webisode is dedicated to the non-profit organization and Peter Drucker, the father of modern management. I’ve been volunteering for Mobilize.org these past few months. A few months after graduating from college, I was a little lost on what I should do with myself, so I asked my friend Mac what business books I... »
