{"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 4","description":"Welcome to DI Squared\u2026.a weekly feature of KBOO News\u2026. This fourth show features MinNefer Menakhem, owner of Dirty Bastard. Our expert guest of the week is Sam Brooks, Director of the Oregon Assn. of Minority Entrepreneurs   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.  Have you ever had a moment at work when you thought of that Johnny Paycheck song, \u201cTake this job and shove it\u2026\u201d In those moments we\u2019re all eager to take the risks of running our own business in order to reap the benefits of working for ourselves\u2026.Uhhhhhh, wait.. What about those risks?  Who said we\u2019re ready to take risks?  That\u2019s the starting point for this KBOO news feature, \u201cDREAM IT, DO IT.\u201d  We\u2019re calling 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 fourth in a series of of ten episodes.  Each week we\u2019ll feature these three elements: First, a featured entrepreneur profile ofsomeone who\u2019s done it, who\u2019s actually set up a business of their own and is making a living from it. Second, a featured resourcethat you can use to find funding or other types of support to get started or expand.  The resources will range from government loan pools to internet funding sources like Kickstarter. 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 plan to cover 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, you\u2019ll find the best examples in the Portland region of what people can do if they want to work for themselves and they set their minds to it\u2026.They dreamed it, and they did it. And that\u2019s what DI Squared is all about.  We\u2019ll ask you to examine your own personal strengths and weaknesses and compare them with those of the typical entrepreneur, so that you can get a sense of how well this career will fit with your personality.  There is no one "right" set of characteristics for being a successful entrepreneur but  certain general traits and practical skills will help you succeed.  That\u2019s it for DI Squared for today.  Thanks for listening. If you want to review what you\u2019ve heard, go to the KBOO web site and look under evening news for today\u2019s date.  And send your questions 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.  From KBOO News, I\u2019m Tom\u2026 ","author_name":"theroadlive podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/theroadlive.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"