April 2013

Disability Quiz

How Much Do You Really Know? Content adapted from Awakening to Disability by Karen G. Stone. True or false? 1. Two-thirds of adults with disability wish to work but are unemployed. Yet many are educated and qualified to work. True or False? 2. Only 30 percent of women with disabilities work full-time. True or false? 3. […]

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Career Change after Injury or Illness

Karen G. Stone People sometimes pursue self-employment when health issues make it difficult to pursue their previous occupations. The following story also illustrates how a challenging circumstance can be the basis for meaningful productive work.                 The late author Karen G. Stone, an able-bodied photographer and marketing executive, […]

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Boston Marathon Survivors

Vigil “Dedication… grit… human spirit… Run with endurance the race that is run before us…” -President Obama. As our thoughts and prayers go out to the people who lost their lives or suffered injury in Boston, certain life-changing consequences are settling in for some of the survivors. For instance, the self-employed carpenter who lost the […]

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Clive Davis

Why Some Singers Should Not Write Their Own Songs The music industry entrepreneur and producer discuss his autobiography The Soundtrack of My Life with Charlie Rose. And one of the topics discussed is the struggle that some singers, including famous ones, confront about whether or not to write their own songs. While many singers decide to […]

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Midwest Book Review: Praise for Finding Your Niche

  The Midwest Book Review is a respected industry source for small press publications writes publishing pioneer Marilyn Ross.Reviews from the organization are posted with Cengage Learning, Gale interactive CD-ROM series for academic corporate and public library systems. The Review Small Press BookWatch: October 2011 The Business Shelf Finding Your Niche: Discover a Profitable Idea for […]

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Lessons from Roger Ebert

Inspiration The iconic movie critic loved his work, and entertained and educated the masses in the process. Read his reviews of “Freddy Got Fingered” or “Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo” and it’s hard not to laugh aloud while gaining some insight into the American movie industry and the culture. Roger Ebert was also an astute businessman, credited with […]

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Finding New Ideas for Social Business

Dee Adams’ Online Class Entrepreneurial trends in the academic world was the topic of a previous post that included references to the article Me, Inc. The content reveals how some non-business majors are showing an interest in becoming their own boss by enrolling in entrepreneurship classes. For instance, students in music, art, and journalism. However, […]

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