Senor Sisig
Compare a recent glowing review for the multi Mexican and Filipino food truck on Check, Please! Bay with the 2013 Huffington Post article on industry failures.

Senor Sisig Check, Please!
http://tinyurl.com/k2kns3z

Food Truck Failures 01/18/2013 Updated: 01/22/2013 3:2
Reveal Dark Side, But Hope Shines Through http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/22/food-truck-failures_n_2499463.html

Clipart
http://publicdomainvectors.org/en/

Takeaway lesson:
Hope had better be defined as Business Skill and Marketplace Smarts.

James Reese Europe and Horace Pippen

Two backstories are illustrated by the musical genius of the regiment’s leader, James Reese Europe
and artist Horace Pippen.

Horace Pippen injured during his time as a Harlem Hellfighter, taught himself how to adapt, and continued to paint after returning home. His letters and notes are archived in the Smithsonian.
http://www.biography.com/people/horace-pippin-9441456

Europe’s demise was a tragedy on many levels. Europe’s interpersonal and leadership skills were thought to be the catalyst that could help influence the integration of the American military. And some historians believe his death delayed the process for decades.

References
James Reese Europe & The Hellfighters Band
http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/hhf.htm

Brendan McNalley, Nazis & Dinosaurs
Lieutenant James Reese Europe
http://tinyurl.com/lu58ceo

Defense Media Network.com
“Lt. James Reese Europe:
The World Catches Jazz Fever,
Compliments of the U.S. Army”
http://tinyurl.com/n28mcon

Horace Pippin notebooks and letters, circa 1920, 1943.
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
http://tinyurl.com/pmyxwu4

A More Unending Battle:
The Harlem Hellfighters Struggle for Freedom in WWI…
http://tinyurl.com/o8e6scm

Amsterdamnews.com? Harlem Hellfighters finally awarded Congressional Gold Medal. http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/sep/02/harlem-hellfighters-finally-awarded-congressional-/

Quick Quiz Excerpt
What famous iconic painter had a physical disability?
Who is considered the Martin Luther King of the disability rights movement?

Answers

• In The Pencil Professor Henry Petroski, discusses Leonardo Da Vinci’s physical disability in the form of his injured left hand. Information that gives one pause when you reflect on his accomplishments despite the injury.
• Ed Roberts was the first student with severe physical disabilities to attend U.C. Berkeley. He went on to become an activist and government appointee, which proved highly ironical, according to Karen G. Stone in Awaking to Disability.

Book Excerpt
from Changing Your Work or Career… No More Job Interviews! Self-Employment Strategies for People with Disabilities by Alice Weiss Doyel

Editor’s Note: The author dismantles myths with research data about business start-up by people with disabilities. For example,  tables and charts illustrate an array of enterprises started under the U. S. Department of Labor initiative at the University of Montana. And related economic census data from the  Small-Business Development Center in Ann Arbor Michigan is also included.

“There is the notion that people with disabilities can handle only simple home-based businesses comparable to low-level jobs in conventional employment. Or people with disabilities can only handle one-or two-person businesses.

In addition., [there’s a common misperception] it’s more costly for a person with a disability to start a business than to be trained to enter or reenter the workforce through conventional employment. [In reality].. Some entrepreneurs with disabilities own larger businesses, employing a substantial number of workers. ranging from one to 50 employees,” according to the Small-Business Development Center in Ann Arbor Michigan.”

References

Download Free Sample quiz
and table of contents
PreviewChanging2

Full book on TPT site
http://tinyurl.com/qbrp7lt

Music Industry Insights
Multi-talented Jazz musician, Brian Culbertson, discusses the changes in the industry over the past 20 years with Tavis Smiley. Culbertson, who has had 27 hits, closes the show with a cut from his new CD.  And showcases his kinetic love of melody with a joy-filled performance.

Reference
Brian Culbertson/Tavis Smiley
ttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365257970/

Niche Within A Niche
In the mid 1990s, the top 10 requests received nationally by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for industry information, and entrepreneurial guides included the bed and breakfast business.

And today the success of related concepts such as Airbnb and bnbfinder show a continued interest in niche lodging. Owning a B&B is perhaps a quintessential home-based business model.

But while some aspiring entrepreneurs fall in love with the idea of owning a Norman Rockwell like lodge nestled near a babbling brook with fragrant greenery, remarkable sunsets and songbirds, a few simple steps to save a lot of time and much money is often overlooked.

I downloaded a sample business plan, which seemed short on detail, and found another site for a checklist for B&B start-ups created by the founder of B&B Finder.
And I noticed an incredible array of duties and administrative tasks. Details that would give many second thoughts and damper on a romantic or idealistic vision.

Many would-be innkeepers forego simple steps that might keep them from making a costly mistake. Still… breathtaking locations and lodgings beckon and entice and it’s easy to see how some aspiring entrepreneurs may be swept into unrealistic expectations.

Takeaway Lessons: Work for a B&B or pay an established successful operator to have you live and on site to learn firsthand what is required daily as an owner operator of a B&B inn.

Check out New York State SBDC librarian Roger Green’s recent post about his trip to Cherry Hill, and a famous B & B Limestone Inn in upstate New York.Green weaves compelling personal narrative and offers an insightful glimpse at some of the challenges involved in running the B and B.

Another avenue to explore is that of temporary Inn keepin, which is a niche within the industry based on the concept of providing B and B owners with  stand-in help when owners want to getaway on vacation.

References
Airbnb
http://tinyurl.com/m3cccqr

BnB finder.com
http://www.bnbfinder.com/Bed-and-Breakfast-For-Sale/

BnBfinder.com Bed and Breakfast for Sale
http://www.bnbfinder.com/Bed-and-Breakfast-For-Sale/

Infographic
https://www.bnbfinder.com/pdf/Infographic.pdf

Dummies.com Cheat Sheet
http://tinyurl.com/ljkapro

Businessplanworld.com
http://businessplanworld.com/bbplan.htm

Ramblin with Roger Roger Green: A Librarian’s Life Deconstructed
Summary: Pop culture, music, politics,
New York State geography and travel, personal experiences from the former J
eopardy! champion http://tinyurl.com/kkjdxmk Interim Innkeepers.net http://interiminnkeepers.net/