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The Entrepreneurs
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Author’s commitment to Entrepreneurship
As a kid in Athens,
Georgia I was an entrepreneur at the early age of
twelve. My friends and I spent time discussing
innovative ideas geared towards commerce. I had an
aptitude with numbers which helped me in evaluating
business opportunities at a young age.
I’ve always had a strong
desire to be independent of others which fosters
individuality to be self-sustained and prosperous on my
own merits. As I grew older, that desire permeated into
the creation of the Sacramento Black Chamber of
Commerce. In 1984, as its first President, I worked
with the founding members to foster business in the
black community. I was an advisor to California
Participant’s Group for the White House Small Business
Conference to promote small business. As a senior
consultant with The Prudential I worked with the
Congressional Ways and Means Committee regarding
healthcare issues.
My experience began in
banking, providing financing through Prudential Bank and
Trust, a subsidiary of The Prudential. I received an
award for top producer nationwide. I have worked closely
with Private Equity groups, Pension Fund companies and
Private Capital firms to provide funding to
corporations, large companies and entrepreneurs.
For the past 16 years I
have been running my own firm providing business advice
to CEO’s and working with cities, corporations and
municipalities as Business Consultant. Through ownership
of Daniel, Russell & Charles Company (DRC) I’ve gained
immense amount of experience on business planning and
strategizing towards solutions. Due to these experiences
I believe this book fits the needs of the new
entrepreneurs of the 21st Century.
Opportunity in the Global Market
We believe there is a need to
increase worker creativity in the marketplace. The global market
in developed areas such as Eastern Europe, Indonesia, and North
America has slowed and the economies have been stagnant over the
last couple years.
Meanwhile, some underdeveloped countries have
substantial wealth but cannot redistribute their money fast
enough because of political instability. One solution to these
problems is to have small and medium-sized companies travel to
underdeveloped countries to help these countries build their
infrastructure and to assist local businesses with creative
products and services. To respond to this need, we need a Global
Emerging Market Manager (GEMM) locally in every new market
developed. GEMMs will provide the expertise and intelligent
support required to facilitate increased trade between countries
and develop these new markets.
A GEMM is an individual who lives in the local
community where he or she is developing the emerging market,
understands the culture and speaks the language there. The best
GEMM would be a native of that culture, who has a partner in the
United States with the capital needed to develop the product in
the emerging market.
In order to stay ahead of the rest of the world,
our universities and technology companies including, Oracle,
Google and others have spent a considerable amount of time and
money doing research and development. New products are being
developed every day.
The US has been the forerunner of technological
advances in our new world. Because of our innovations and
expertise, we attract individuals from all over the world to
work for our technology companies and pursue upper lever degrees
at our universities.
These GEMMs and their partners can help both the
US and developing countries build the economy by creating jobs
and generating wealth.
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