As a leader in U.S. microfinance, ACCION USA empowers business owners with access to capital and financial education. In addition they offer a green loan program with reduced interest rates on loans made to small businesses that provide or use green products and services.
I had the chance to interview SunBug Solar, one of their green [...] [...more]
This week I had the chance to interview Mr. Kevin C Maki, author of the book “Tipping the Odds for the Entrepreneur: Big Ideas on Success for the Small Business Owner” (www.TippingTheOdds.com). I will make a review of the book soon, but in the meanwhile, during the interview I was impressed to find out Kevin’s [...] [...more]
Cristian: Hi Thomas, Welcome to Entrepreneurship Interviews. Tell us a bit about yourself.
Tom: I am a senior partner and president of Kuczmarski & Associates, the foremost management consulting firm specializing in accelerating growth through innovation. I have authored five books and many articles on innovation. I have also been teaching innovation courses at Northwestern University’s [...] [...more]
If you read entrepreneurship and small business blogs long enough, you will notice that there is a question that keeps coming back each year: are entrepreneurs born or taught? The question got more and more important as younger and younger entrepreneurs become successful even before finishing High School. I’m too, guilty of trying to answer [...] [...more]
About a month ago I reviewed Weldon Long’s book The Upside of Fear: How One Man Broke the Cycle of Prison, Poverty and Addiction. I now had the chance to interview Mr. Weldon about the book, his entrepreneur path from being a convicted criminal to a successful person.
Cristian: Hi Weldon and welcome on Entrepreneurship Interviews. [...] [...more]