The Social / Serial Entrepreneur
I am a Social Entrepreneur who hopes to change the world through compassionate commerce where we can do good while living well. My greatest joy comes from helping people less fortunate. Come join me on my Compassion Africa FB Page.
I am both a Social Entrepreneur as well as a Serial Entrepreneur. I started a software company in 1999 here in Canada and took it to Silicon Valley. Then when I got back in 2002 I started another technology company that I sold to a company in Silicon Valley.
I was then approached to join a Network Marketing Company that had an interesting twist to it and so I reluctantly did. Reluctantly, simply because I had already failed at Network Marketing for more than 25 years. However, I ended up finding huge success and had over 12,000 distributors and customers within 18 months. Unfortunately things were not all well with that company and I left to join another ground floor company without taking any of my downline with me.
In the new company I built an org of over 18,000 distributors and customers in 18 months until that company got shut down for something or the other.
Needless to say I got sick of building, making a lot of money and then having to move on and build something else. So with the money I made I became a Venture Capitalist. Unfortunately that wasn't very satisfying. So I found a humanitarian company in the USA called Humanity Unites Brilliance and brought them to Canada.
Through all that, I discovered that my greatest joy comes from helping people less fortunate. I also love business and making money. So I continue in my quest to marry these two interests; humanitarian and business - and I call it Philantro-Capitalism. That makes me a Philantro-Capitalist. Ultimately, I want charities to find a way to become sustainable.
I am both a Social Entrepreneur as well as a Serial Entrepreneur. I started a software company in 1999 here in Canada and took it to Silicon Valley. Then when I got back in 2002 I started another technology company that I sold to a company in Silicon Valley.
I was then approached to join a Network Marketing Company that had an interesting twist to it and so I reluctantly did. Reluctantly, simply because I had already failed at Network Marketing for more than 25 years. However, I ended up finding huge success and had over 12,000 distributors and customers within 18 months. Unfortunately things were not all well with that company and I left to join another ground floor company without taking any of my downline with me.
In the new company I built an org of over 18,000 distributors and customers in 18 months until that company got shut down for something or the other.
Needless to say I got sick of building, making a lot of money and then having to move on and build something else. So with the money I made I became a Venture Capitalist. Unfortunately that wasn't very satisfying. So I found a humanitarian company in the USA called Humanity Unites Brilliance and brought them to Canada.
Through all that, I discovered that my greatest joy comes from helping people less fortunate. I also love business and making money. So I continue in my quest to marry these two interests; humanitarian and business - and I call it Philantro-Capitalism. That makes me a Philantro-Capitalist. Ultimately, I want charities to find a way to become sustainable.
