A Crowdfunding Bootcamp Aims to Help Veteran Entrepreneurs in North Carolina
Raising money is difficult for any entrepreneur, but veteran-owned small businesses in particular tend to struggle with capital raising. A new program in North ...
Author: amy
2018 Flourish Prize from Aim2Flourish
A project that I worked on during my time at the Bard MBA in Sustainability, in collaboration with fellow students Alistair Hall and Sven Thiessen, has been awa...
Embarking Upon a New Venture
Last night, I found myself at a networking event attempting to explain to a local business owner what I was working on currently and my career trajectory. His t...
Jump-starting Intrastate Crowdfunding for the Future of Small Business Finance
When the JOBS Act was passed, it sounded like a dream to many business people: laypeople would be able to invest in start-ups and reap the benefits of their rap...
Communicating Across Divides
On several occasions in the last year, I’ve found myself in the position of being asked to interpret the south and so-called “middle America” (i.e.: the parts o...
Status Update
It’s been a few months since I last posted. Here’s what I’ve been up to: I finished my MBA in Sustainability through Bard College, where I was...
Localization vs. Globalization
Is localization inherently anti-globalization? I recently came across this video from Local Futures, an international NGO advocating for localization, that pits...
Providing Access to Capital for Local Businesses
Prior to enrolling in the Bard MBA in Sustainability, I founded and led a shop-local program in Durham, NC and worked with Slow Money NC, a small non-profit org...
Community Ownership Project Featured on Independent We Stand
Independent We Stand recently featured the community ownership project that I’m working on with the American Independent Business Alliance: “Commun...
Talking with Wendy Gordon about Behavior Change for Sustainability
I sat down with Wendy Gordon recently for the Bard MBA’s Sustainable Business Fridays podcast to discuss methods that can empower people to change their b...