Entrepreneur Roundtable

To accommodate and integrate employees with disabilities including autism, spina bifida, down syndrome, and deafness, Chi partnered with the Goodwill of Orange County Job Development Program and for the past five years Live Good Inc. has hired and trained over 20 participants.

Sometimes Entrepreneurs have to FIGHT. I want to thank Melissa and, while she rests, ask that you share this story to keep bringing awareness. We can put an end to the theft of our resources and our labour by working together to hold the outdoor industry accountable. Soon enough, it will be clear which CEOs are committed to dismantling the racism within their companies and which are going to continue being willfully ignorant. Head to Melissa’s Instagram and read her posts on this issue, and know that what has shown up on Mountain Project in lieu of Melissa’s work is not intended to help BIPOC feel safe in the climbing world.

But then the Kims pivoted to make masks for their family, due to the late shipment of an online order. Simultaneously, a customer requested they make masks for her family and neighbors. And a new source of business income was created. Celebrating entrepreneurs!

Buy stuff (like this hangboard) from people who make it! Andrew Wieg, Rock Climber and Hangboard Carpenter, made this lovely hangboard for me. I met him in one of the rock climbing groups here on Facebook. Support your small business community peeps. Entrepreneurs have to look out for one another. Give your money to someone in your community who is providing a product or service you need. Someone you know or who comes recommended to you by others you know. ... We are the Economy.

I just attended a webinar this morning in which this wonderful man (from LA Metro) spoke in the meeting with another wonderful man, Brian Kelly (from California High Speed Rail Authority). The topic was California High Speed Rail. Phil said, Leadership is often about disappointing people at a rate which they can absorb. This is a man who knows something about something. ...

For Anyone Receiving California Pandemic Relief:

Financial resources for entrepreneurs during the pandemic. Please be safe and take care of yourselves out there, Everyone!

This is a sad day for some lovely entrepreneurs. I have received benefit from their products, their inspiration. Please be safe out there, Entrepreneurs!

Co-CEOs of United Biomedical talking about how they’ve been preparing for CoVid-19 for MONTHS. They have tests (nasal and antibody) and vaccinations in the hopper. Go Entrepreneurs!!!

Local entrepreneur solving problems with his passion, talent and ingenuity!!! That’s what I’m talking about. Entrepreneurs will rebuild this economy.

What are professional rock climbers doing right now (given restrictions on outdoor access to parks, etc.)? Keep your chin up and look to the future, Entrepreneurs! We specialize in those skills, don’t we?

Even a billionaire can be a great entrepreneur!!!

Even billionaires and billionaire organizations can have the care for community that entrepreneurs do! We salute you, Monsieur Chouinard/Patagonia, Apple, Warby Parker and Urban Outfitters! ThNk you for being an integral part of our global community!