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anastasia-m-ashman's picture
Mar.12.2013
    My GlobalNiche.net partner Tara and I have been talking about entrepreneurship for several years. We started with the creative kind, where you use your intellectual property to fashion a life and work that fits you. We riffed on that, applying entrepreneurship principles to your life'...
leonie-mateer's picture
Feb.06.2013
I often get asked “What if my idea gets stolen?”   or “If I show my idea to a licensor or a manufacturer what prevents them from just knocking off my idea?   This fear often has crippled a product inventor’s progress to such an extent that they are still fearfully holding onto their...
anastasia-m-ashman's picture
Jan.05.2013
Happy New Year to everyone at Redroom, from me and my partner at GlobalNiche! Here's the newsletter that just went out -- which includes a special offer to join our on-demand channel at Udemy for social development of your career. Why would writers care to use social to develop your career? The...
anastasia-m-ashman's picture
Dec.06.2012
The marathon of writing is only the first third of a book's triathlon: authoring + publishing + entrepreneuring.  Guy Kawasaki calls our unrivalled options today "artisan publishing". His new book (to be released December 10, 2012, click on the image to go to Amazon) is a practical...
nina-amir's picture
Nov.26.2012
If you consider yourself simply a writer, an author or an artist, it’s time to catch up with the times—at least if you want to succeed (and earn a living). The final few guest posts during NaNonFiWriMo and the WNFIN challenge ask you to consider how you make a living as a writer and how book...
ron-mcelroy's picture
Nov.06.2012
People ask me “Hey what’s up with the bull logo on the spine of Wrong Side of the Tracks, and the name of your company, Still Standing Publishing?” I tell them it’s my company…I’ve self-published the book. Like me going through fifty years of taking hits, one after another and still maintaining...
ron-mcelroy's picture
Nov.06.2012
My cousin Jane is married to Glenn Teves, a professor of Agriculture at the University of Hawaii and a staunch defender of Molokai’s sustainable agriculture. Glen is also a former board member of the Hawaii Rural Development Council, and appears in the trailer for the HRDC documentary film “...
ron-mcelroy's picture
Nov.06.2012
I gradually escaped the fate of my big brother Bill. I began to take things more seriously, to stay out of juvenile hall. I finished college, did well at amateur surfing tournaments, had some wonderful girlfriends, and somehow began to flourish in the grown-up world. I was also making frequent...
anastasia-m-ashman's picture
Aug.07.2012
The Global You manifesto from GlobalNiche.net. Get a downloadable, shareable copy here.          
george-h-schofield's picture
Mar.11.2012
If you're over 50, and you want (or need) to get a job, get more work, or to change employment, I have a new video seminar that I'd like to share with you. In it, I'll be letting you know about 5 ways tofind or create work and make money in the current economy. (It's a mix of traditional and...