Tag Archives: Uganda

Ypsi’s newest startup, Hyperion Coffee, wants to do more than just roast the best coffee in the world

By Mark | February 4, 2015

At some point in the next six weeks or so, a new business will be opening in Depot Town, a coffee roastery by the name of Hyperion. It’s the brainchild of Eric Mullins and Dan Kubera, both of whom were, until recently, employees of Ypsilanti’s Ugly Mug. Here, with more, is the transcript of a […]

Posted in Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Alex Merz, Anodyne Coffee Roasters, Anthology Coffee, Babo, Billy Kangas, Blue Bottle Coffee, coffee, coffee education, coffee roasting, Comet Coffee, Commonwealth Coffee, Counter Culture Coffee, craft beer, crop-to-cup, Cultivate Coffee and Taphouse, Dan Kubera, Direct Trade Coffee Club, empathy, Eric Mullins, foody, Four Barrel, Gaslight Coffee Roasters, Ghostly, Grand Rapids, Honduras, Hyperion Coffee, Intelligentsia, interviews, Jim Sabrio, Josh Longsdorf, Madcap Coffee, Mighty Good Coffee, Milwaukee, Miro Lomelli, RoosRoast, startups, Stumptown Coffee, Ugly Mug, Zak Rye, Zingerman's, Zingerman's Coffee | 13 Comments

The gay rape gang that never existed, and how it spread through fundamentalist Christian social media

By Mark | December 18, 2014

Earlier in the week, in a response to something that I’d written about Michigan’s “License to Discriminate” legislation having passed the House, a reader by the name of EOS posted a link to a ridiculous video intended to demonstrate, if I understood it correctly, that gay people can, when pushed, be just as intolerant as […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Observations, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged anal bleeding, baked goods, buggery, Christians under attack, EOS, gay demonization, gay rights, Gordon "Butch" Stewart, homophobia, homosexual rape gangs, Jamaica, Republican lies, sandals, the gay, Theodore Shoebat | 60 Comments

Patricia Griffin on the business challenges and entrepreneurial opportunities of Africa

By Mark | April 4, 2012

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, 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, turning your life around, wealth inequality | 15 Comments

The root of anti-gay violence in Africa

By Mark | May 31, 2010

We’ve talked here in the past about violence against homosexuals in Africa, but I don’t think I’ve ever shared video of those so-called Christians who are largely to blame. Here, with that in mind, is footage of a religious leader in Uganda, where the death penalty is currently being considered for gays. I’d like to […]

Posted in Civil Liberties | Also tagged fisting, gay, gay demonization, homophobia, Martin Ssempa, poop eating, sodomy, Uganda Stands Against Sodomy | 11 Comments

Killing gays in Uganda, stealing money at home, and negotiating healthcare in secret

By Mark | January 7, 2010

Tonight, I wanted to write about how fucked up things are in Uganda, where they’re now considering the death penalty for homosexuality, about how Obama is going back on his promise to negotiate the details of the healthcare bill in the light of day, and how it looks as though Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner may […]