On the #eWinterim, Kimberly Fowler, of YAS, told a very motivational story of changing her career, mid-career, after being a CEO of a large corporation (and previously working as an attorney). After sustaining a substantial climbing injury, she could no longer continue as CEO during her recovery period, and therefore found herself unemployed when she…
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Winterim Day 4: Part 1, Dr. Richard Merkin, FasterCures
On 12 Jan 2012, the Tbird Entrepreneurship Winterim (#eWinterim) visited with Dr. Richard Merkin, of FasterCures, and Kimberly Fowler, Founder of YAS (Yoga & Spinning). Both came from very different professional backgrounds (Richard, trained as an MD, and Kimberly as an attorney), but ended up as entrepreneurs in areas they are passionate about. The commonalities…
Day 3 of Entrepreneurship Winterim #eWinterim
The night of 11 Jan 2012 the 2012 Thunderbird School of Global Management Entrepreneurship Winterim was in for a real treat. A tasty treat. A hot dog treat (and hamburgers, turkey burgers, turkey dogs, AND veggie dogs), with all the fixins that only Pink’s Famous Hot Dogs (http://www.pinkshollywood.com/), an LA local favorite, can serve up. …
Organized Chaos
Organized chaos is what I like to call the “on the ground” situation in Egypt and India, and I imagine in most other developing countries, where nothing works yet everything works at the same time. It is the paradox that comes when basic things break down, yet life still needs to move ahead. It is…