Comments on: The Missioneur Series #1: Our startups and non-profits don’t have to die

By: inyah11

inyah11 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:08:31 +0000

Blake,

I just applied to join your group! http://groups.google.com/group/missioneurs/

Thanks, -Ruth

By: Blake Jennelle

Blake Jennelle — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:50:35 +0000

Great to meet you Ruth. You should sign up for the Missioneurs Community Google Group we just created. It's where the community will be talking about these issues and sharing relevant events.

http://groups.google.com/group/missioneurs/

By: inyah11

inyah11 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:19:34 +0000

Blake,
We should cross promote and speak at each other's events/ tele-classes or blogs. I teach something called Big Mission Group Projects – 7 steps to get you project and mission on the world stage by helping charities and building a community of collaborators to create your movie, book, event, services in 10 weeks or less. My team walks you through the exact steps I went from clueless to partnering with national charities, best selling authors, award winning journalists and a responsive online community… in the first couple weeks of the product launch. Let's connect. -Ruth

By: richardbrunner

richardbrunner — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:25:09 +0000

Thanks Blake! I am talking to Jameson, and your blog strikes home with me. In construction its said “A jack-of-all-trades is a master of none.” I'm in uncharted waters, and what I don't know can and does hurt me in ways I don't understand. I'm my efforts biggest asset and hinderance. Here's my household thermal model: fill a plastic bag with water, poke holes in it with a pin, and observe. This hurts low income families the most, and must be corrected for any number of causes and reasons. Failure is not an option, unless we want to continue to suffer the results. Re: PSL Board- I knew it from your content! I'll be watching and looking for answers to questions that I don't know to ask! Keep at it. Richard

By: Blake Jennelle (The Blog) » Missioneurs Series #4 – Missioneurs: Entrepreneurs with both eyes open

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:09:25 +0000

[...] The results are often fatal. Startups and social causes die needless deaths. [...]

By: Blake Jennelle

Blake Jennelle — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:37:11 +0000

Welcome to PSL Richard! I started the group and am still active and on the board. You're in the right place to meet like-minded people and get some outside ideas on what you're trying to do. In fact, Jameson Detweiler (who left some comments on this post) has a company in the green building space. You two may want to talk.

By: Blake Jennelle

Blake Jennelle — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:35:15 +0000

Are you glad you majored in business Muhammad? I'm not asking with any bias toward the answer. I've always wondered how useful entrepreneurs find their business education once they start launching companies. FWIW, I have a humanities degree that I'm happy to have and that was largely useless from a professional perspective.

By: richardbrunner

richardbrunner — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:21:30 +0000

Hi Blake, I'm impressed with your posting. I'm a new PSL member. Are you a member of the PSL Board? The first thing is personal assessment, defining strengths and weaknesses and not being afraid to ask for help. I would say that I'm a designer, practical engineer, but mainly an artist. This statement of ability also defines my weaknesses. I love 3-D CAD and don't know much else about computers! Like many early innovators I lost over $20K to Scams like InventHelp. I know I can't do this alone, and don't even know the right questions to ask and who to ask. I would like to offer my efforts and case for you if it would be helpful. My efforts are designed to help homeowner save money, and I'm meeting much resistance from the industries, ie. co.s that have reviewed the sander also sell sandpaper. The AIA doesn't want to talk about heat losses that they don't yet recognise. We can't reduce energy use without identifying losses. These industries are holding us back from reducing energy use and protecting the environment. You're on the right track, let me know if there's anything I can do to assist your efforts. Thanks for being there! Richard

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:58:36 +0000

Touche Muhammadatt! I know what Geoff means here, and I've had similar thoughts meeting some people, but I think there's an underlying point that's still valid, which is, you can get into it for good reasons or bad ones, but if you go into it because you want to be rich, either of them, it's not a very good sign…

By: Muhammadatt

Muhammadatt — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:36:05 +0000

“For example, it always confused me when people studied business as undergraduates in college. I was like… so… you want to start a business? That's as far as you got? Why not pursue a passion that you care about… and when the time comes, build a business around it.”

I'm not sure I follow. That's sort of like asking why someone would study programming in college, rather than waiting until they actually had a application that they wanted to build?

For me the passion for entrepreneurship can be summed up in five words: I like to build things. I love the process of discovering opportunities and building somethng useful where nothing existed before. I guess you could say i have a passion for the process. I think you'll find a similar sentiment at work amongst most serial entrepreneur types. (Disclaimer: I was an undergraduate business major).