{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"DI Squared: Dream It, Do It, Episode 2","description":"Welcome to DI Squared\u2026.a ten-part weekly feature of KBOO News\u2026.  MUSIC ----3 seconds\u2026  Is there ANYONEworking in a business, large or small, maybe a factory, or a store, or in the government, or in a school,\u2026ANYONE\u2026who hasn\u2019t thought, and maybe even dreamed, of starting their own business, and working for themselves?  ANYONE?  At one time or another most of us want to work for ourselves, not for someone else. That\u2019s the starting point for this KBOO news feature, \u201cDREAM IT, DO IT.\u201d  We call it \u201cDI SQUARED.\u201d  Dream it, do it.  Our goal is to wake you up, and get you thinking, about starting a business of your own.   Maybe you\u2019re a person who should start your own business, take the risks.  Dream it, do it.  Or maybe not\u2026   This is the second of ten episodes.  Each week we\u2019ll feature these three elements: First, a featured entrepreneur profile ofsomeone who\u2019s done it. Second, a featured resourcethat you can use to find funding or get other types of support to get started or expand.  Third, we\u2019ll have a question of the weekfrom a listener and a response from an expert that focuses on a specific burning issue that you as an entrepreneur face in getting started.  The entrepreneurs we are covering are all people of color in the Portland area, and people who have created businesses that range from\u2026 asbestos removal to\u2026. wine-making.  You\u2019ll hear their stories and maybe you\u2019ll be inspired.  Or maybe not. No matter, these are people who dreamed it, and then did it.  And that\u2019s what DI Squared is all about. shaker.    We spoke with featured entrepreneur of the week,  Christian Kofi, at KBOO\u2019s studio.  Eight years ago Christian and his wife, Natalya,  started Portland Movers Company LLC.  Here\u2019s Christian to tell his story:  That was Christian Kofi, of Portland Movers.   And that brings us to our question of the week, and that comes from Sam Bowman:   QUESTION   To answer Sam\u2019s question, we invited Maggie Finnerty to KBOO.  Maggie is President and Executive Director of Oregon Entrepreneur\u2019s Network.  Listeners, you can learn more about what the OEN has to offer by looking at their web site, making contact with them and asking for the help you need.  There are lots of resources out there that you can access in getting started.  Next week we\u2019ll continue to explore what it is that makes a person likely to be successful as an entrepreneur.  Just keep in mind that there\u2019s no one "right" set of characteristics for being a successful entrepreneur.   I\u2019m quoting the winemaker we interviewed last week, Bertony Faustin:  MUSIC ----4 seconds\u2026  That\u2019s it for DI Squared for today.  Thanks for listening. If you want to review what you\u2019ve heard just now, go to KBOO.com and look under evening news for today\u2019s date.  And send your question to theroadlive@gmail.com.  We\u2019d like to make your questionthe featured questionfor one of our shows.  We\u2019\u2019ll be back in a week! Tune in then for the next episode of DI Squared----Dream it,Do it.  From KBOO News, I\u2019m Tom Flynn ","author_name":"theroadlive podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/theroadlive.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"