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 […]
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Patricia Griffin on the business challenges and entrepreneurial opportunities of Africa
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, international aid, 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, Uganda, wealth inequality 15 Comments
Life after prostitution in Ypsilanti
It doesn’t happen terribly often, but occasionally something will happen on this site that will remind me why I spend several hours each night, hunched over this little computer screen, churning posts out into the abyss. Today, was one of those days. An amazing comment was left in an old thread about local prostitution, and […]
Posted in Other, Ypsilanti Also tagged addiction, alcoholism, attempted suicide, bad parenting, Blondell, cautionary tales, child abuse, Dilaudid, domestic violence, foster care, gun violence, Hash Bash, heroin, hitchhiking, homelessness, Hubba Bubba, jail, Kincheloe, life on the street, Michigan Avenue, molestation, morphine, pimps, prostitution, rape, Sault St. Marie, second chances, Social Services 47 Comments