A few days ago I was introduced to a young woman by the name of Heidi Jugenitz. She, I’d been told by a mutual friend, was new in town, and, having read my blog, wanted to ask me a few questions. We talked briefly, and I asked if I could follow up with a few […]
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Ypsi Immigration Interview: Heidi Jugenitz
Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 9/11, Affordable Care Act, Africa, anxiety, austerity, big banks, Boxcar Children, Burkina Faso, Carthage College, Chicago, children's literature, Cote d'Ivoire, Cross Street Station, depression, Detroit Metro Airport, DTW, Eagle Scout, economic justice, Ecuador, Elijah McCoy, exercise, fear, financial crisis, financial reform, George Bush, health insurance, Heidi Jugenitz, human rights, Hurricane Katrina, hypersensitivity, income inequality, injustice, international travel, Kentucky, Linette, Masters of Public Administration, mental health, Nancy Drew, neurosis, New Orleans, Obama, Obamacare, OCD, panic disorder, pop-up retail, poverty, prejudice, public education, public health, racism, Rwanda, Sahel, segregation, Shadow Art Fair, sleep, Tanzania, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tulane University, University of Michgan, Vietnam, Vitamin D, vitamins, water, Water Street, Winsor McCay, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti Freighthouse 8 Comments
Patricia Griffin on the business challenges and entrepreneurial opportunities of Africa
About a dozen years ago now, I had an opportunity to work on a project with a young, precocious engineering undergrad at the University of Michigan by the name of Patricia Griffin. Our lives have taken us in different directions over the course of past decade, but we’ve always done a pretty good job of […]
Posted in entrepreneurism, Environment, Uncategorized Also tagged Africa, Base of the Pyramid, bootstrapping, bribery, business philosophy, C.K. Prahalad, career decisions, cashew apples, cashews, consumerism, corruption, culture shock, doing good things with you life, drugs, EcoPost, exciting career opportunities, finance, good MBAs, iCats Fellowship, industrial operations, inspiration, Kenya, Kiva, KOMAZA, LGT Venture Philanthropy, malaria, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Maslow's self-actualization pinnacle, materialism, micro-businesses, micro-financing, Mombasa, mosquito nets, Multidisciplinary Action Plan, Nairobi, opportunity-sensing, Patricia Griffin, pharmaceuticals, poverty, problem-solving, resourcefulness, Ross Business School, Ross School. MBA, SACCO, savings and credit cooperatives, supply chain management, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, turning your life around, Uganda, wealth inequality 15 Comments