{"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 10","description":"Welcome to DI Squared\u2026.a ten-part weekly feature of KBOO News \u2026.   DI Squared stands for \u201cDream it, Do it.\u201d  Today we present Episode 10, the final episode in the series.  We\u2019ve been asking this question every week for over two months:  Have you ever thought about starting your own business? Have you wondered, Could I make a living\u2026.doing something I really like doing?  This is the last episode in a series that\u2019s designed to help you understand the basics of starting a business, and whether you might want to think about doing that.  Each week we\u2019ve told another local success story and we\u2019ve tried to give you some of the tools you need to start a business of your own.   We\u2019ve been focusing on minority businesses, mostly people of color.  Last week we visited the Mercado on Foster Road in Southeast Portland.  We met a man whose family came from Oaxaca in the mid-1980\u2019s and now operates the Mixteca food cart at the Mercado and sells fresh food at five City markets.   Today we meet a successful woman with native American roots, Loretta Guzman. Loretta had a vision, and it came to her in a dream in the form of a bison, and now she operates a coffee shop on Cully in Northeast where you can feel that spirit while enjoying a cup of coffee and a snack\u2026  Then, to wrap things up, we\u2019ll briefly revisit a few of our earlier episodes and sum up some lessons learned along the way from Portland\u2019s entrepreneurs and business advisors.  Here\u2019s Loretta, talking about her roots and her business and the dream that got her started:     That was Loretta Guzman.   Music---briefly  Now we go back and sample a few memorable DI Squared guests over the past two months:   Bertony Faustin talked about how his business changed his life\u2026  Here\u2019s Christian Kofi, Portland Moving Company, talking about what guides him\u2026.  Eric Ufer is a Pest Control fanatic.  Keep your day job, Eric suggests\u2026  Sam Brooks of OAME is a legend in Oregon\u2019s Business world.  This is Sam talking about his five crucial points of success\u2026  It was a treat to meet Julie Derrick, J.D. Shoe Repair, and here\u2019s a point she made\u2026  Nita Shah of MESO offered this advice for those who have poor credit\u2026  It\u2019s nice to hear of success.  Michelle Sanders and her husband Miguel Salinas have come a long way\u2026.  And Laura Locker of Northwest Mercy Corps told us about the IDA program\u2026  MUSIC ---- ---continue through this outro---yes, start high, then low and build to sign-out   Thanks for listening. If you want to review what you\u2019ve just heard, go to KBOO.FM and look under evening news for today\u2019s date---or look in KBOO\u201ds podcast section for all ten episodes.  That\u2019s it for DI Squared.  We\u2019ve run our course, and it\u2019s been fun. Like everything else, it has to end sometime.  We hope you\u2019ve enjoyed hearing these stories and perhaps making a decision on whether you\u2026.should\u2026.Dream It, Do It\u2026.  For KBOO News, I\u2019m Tom Flynn ","author_name":"theroadlive podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/theroadlive.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"