RamblingDyna

I've done the research. I've watched all the Democratic Debates and all the candidate's interviews. I support Andrew Yang because I’m worried that we are not emotionally and financially ready for the future, a future where robotics and automation are taking over retail, call center and transportation jobs. Are you seeing malls closing in your town? Are you seeing more self service kiosks? How many times are you speaking to a robot on the customer phone line? These irreversible changes have one thing is common, technology. No one is addressing this head on. Andrew Yang is. Big tech corporations (like Amazon, Google, Facebook) pay little to no federal taxes as they suck up billions in profits. What happens to the laid off retail worker? The gig workforce is growing. More Americans are increasingly working 2+ jobs, but can’t afford medical insurance. Automation is silently killing our jobs. As a result, the standard of living is down by 15%. I’m sad to see more and more ...

Last month’s BizTechDay (BTD) 2009 came and went but the dream team behind the business-technology entrepreneurial conference is not sitting on its laurels taking a breather. They’re already ramping up for next year’s event – a great idea while it’s still fresh in everyone’s mind. I attended the entire two days but felt like I had only scratched the service of their offerings. “Offerings” sounds like what someone is passes out like free samples or goodies. But that’s what it felt like. For two days they offered a chock full of accessible workshops and forums and I wanted to attend 90% of them but couldn’t. Well, I was kind of tied to the Inquirer.net booth, the online publishing company that I freelance my writing and project marketing services to. I had a full plate of four objectives which make it quite a challenge to keep track of the days’ events: Set up the booth and pitch Inquirer’s services, interview people for Inquirer.net story and for this blog, shoot video and photographs, ...

I've discovered a slew of free and low cost training workshops, business resources and counseling services in the San Francisco Bay Area. The presenters or consultants are experienced professionals in a variety of fields. U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) - San Francisco Main Office http://www.sba.gov/localresources/district/ca/sf/index.html Main one stop information source in starting, funding and running a business. So far I've taken free classes in blogging and business registration. SCORE: Counselors to America’s Small Business www.sbatraining.eventbrite.com Part of the federally funded SBA. Free Business Counseling, Business Training Seminars and Online Assistance San Jose Entrepreneur Center www.ecenteronline.org Programs include Financing Programs, Technical Assistance, Training, and Procurement Assistance. Commonwealth Club - Main office in San Francisco www.commonwealthclub.org August month long forum series “For Richer, for Poorer: Surviving and Thriving in t...

Attention all current and future entrepreneurs! San Francisco is celebrating the national Small Business Week. In various venues throughout the city, the week long festivities include resource events, networking mixers, sidewalk sales and workshops in social media, green business, technology, marketing, etc. Learn, educate, inspire or (get inspired), sell yourself (but not your soul), distribute your business cards and make connections. Make it happen. http://www.sfsmallbusinessweek.com/