The New York Times: Michelle Goodman writes: No one ever filled a gas tank or bought groceries with exposure. The 20.9 million Americans working as consultants, freelancers, small-business owners and independent contractors are not keeping a roof overhead by getting paid in exposure, or “PIE,” as I’ve taken to calling it. But writers, illustrators and […]
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MarketWatch: Grameen America, a microfinance organization based on the Grameen lending model, announced it has successfully disbursed more than $1 million in micro-loans to low-income women, many of whom are immigrants, in Queens, New York. Grameen America is a microfinance organization with a mission to alleviate poverty through entrepreneurship. In January 2008, Grameen America launched
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The New York Times: Joel Moss Levinson always knew he had a calling in life. But it took cheap video cameras, YouTube and some desperate corporations to show him what it was. Levinson’s skill is turning out homemade corporate commercials – what advertisers call a form of “user-generated content.” Companies, frantic to connect with younger
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The Dallas Morning News: Alex Counts considers Dallas his Promised Land. More individuals here support his crusade to give small loans to really poor women than any other place on earth. “Here, the story of self-help, entrepreneurship, people working their way out of poverty and taking charge of their lives as economic actors is a
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Post-Crescent: In a time when more corporations are searching for ways to automate customer service, entrepreneurs who cater to people constantly on the go are filling a niche. The days of house calls are not over. Business owners are earning livings by offering their services either at their clients’ homes or on their clients’ schedules.
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Etsy: Alissa Sampogna had signed up to sell on Etsy just over a year ago in February of 2007. Within the span of a year, Alissa not only set up shop, MewPaperArts, but she was able to quit her cubicle day job. She is now her own boss and living her dream of running her
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