Dec 18, 2022Global Entrepreneurship Week Highlight 2022~ IndianaBlest Indiana! in thy soil Are found the sure rewards of toil, Where honest poverty and worth May make a Paradise on earth. With feelings proud we contemplate The rising glory of our State ~ excerpt from The Hoosier’s Nest by John Finley When you think about thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems…Entrepreneurship5 min readEntrepreneurship5 min read
Nov 6, 2022Reconnecting, in communityEcosystem Building Fall Conference Season in the USA resumes As I unpack and unwind from recent travels, I am reinvigorated and reenergized. It feels as if we reawakened from a long nap. This spring, we were fortunate to convene over 9000 delegates at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Riyadh. It…Entrepreneurship7 min readEntrepreneurship7 min read
Oct 30, 2022PhenomenologyPhenomenology is the study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view. The central structure of an experience is its intentionality, its being directed toward something, as it is an experience of or about some object. Recently, I had the pleasure of recording a podcast with…Entrepreneurship2 min readEntrepreneurship2 min read
Apr 16, 2022Member-onlyBuilding one global, entrepreneurial ecosystem.Reflections and reminders in first month as the Director for Global Community at GEN. In early February, I wrote about attending the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC). At the time, I was working as a consultant and excited to, again, be part of the US delegation. Less than a month later…Entrepreneurship7 min readEntrepreneurship7 min read
Feb 9, 2022Member-onlyReboot, Rethink, Regenerate…and Reconvene.Reuniting the world, building one global, entrepreneurial ecosystem. In just over a month, the world will come together again in support of doers, makers and dreamers. Distinguished representatives from almost 200 countries will join in conversations, learn from each other, and celebrate together in the spirit of community and entrepreneurship. …Entrepreneurship4 min readEntrepreneurship4 min read
Feb 2, 2022Member-onlyIt’s About Race…And It’s NotThe complexity of representation and identity This morning I woke up to a couple of items related to race/ racism. In my news digest, there was a story on Whoopi Goldberg being suspended from The View for saying the Holocaust was not about race. …Racism5 min readRacism5 min read
Jan 30, 2022Member-onlyWho am I?The struggle with identity~ Asian American immigrant edition. — Recently, I was in a wonderful workshop on “Exploring Our Identities Together” hosted by two lovely women. While the exercises we did were familiar, the audience was unlike most I have been in for quite some time. The majority of the attendees were Asian women, there were only a couple…Identity7 min readIdentity7 min read
Jan 15, 2022Member-onlyThe Blog That Was Supposed to be a BookMany writers set out with the intention of writing a book, many fail for a myriad of reasons, this is mine. First, I want to talk about ‘failure’. I work with entrepreneurs, and as an ecosystem builder, I speak about the notion of failing as ceasing to do something you…Entrepreneurship6 min readEntrepreneurship6 min read
Nov 19, 2021Member-onlyMy Not So Shining Moment…Have you ever had one of those moments? When it’s game day and you didn’t show up in peak performance? I had one earlier this week, unfortunately for me, it was a national event. I could blame it on being overbooked. I could say there was a lot going on…Inclusion3 min readInclusion3 min read
Sep 13, 2021Member-onlyBentos, Doughnuts and More…New frameworks for entrepreneurial ecosystem building and life. In January of 2020, before the pandemic lockdown, I was at a gathering of futurists in Charlotte, NC. The assorted disciplines represented included economists, academics, ecosystem builders, entrepreneurs and the simply curious. There, I was introduced to a book by Yancey Strickler…Future7 min readFuture7 min read
