August 8, 2014
Good morning from Collegeville,
I am a recovering entrepreneur. I couldn’t work for the man, I had to be the man. Every one of the attempts failed. I read in an in-flight magazine, that 25% of the population are “risk-takers”. All of the entrepreneurs come out of this group as do all of the criminals. I am not sure where I inherited the trait since neither of my parents were entrepreneurs, but my mother’s brother Eldon was. I was a juvenile delinquent. My first attempt was Draftech, Inc. a contract drafting service run out of my basement in our home in Coon Rapids. It was not long before I went to work selling office supplies and furniture for General Office Products. My second attempt was an energy management company “Office Environmental Systems”. My office was in the Allstate building behind the car wash on Division Street in St. Cloud. I was probably the only one in the state out there on straight commission trying to sell computerized energy management systems to owners of large office buildings. I sold three systems in three years and then back to selling office furniture.
Now I am able to help other entrepreneurs to “get the word out”. There is a family in Brooten, Minnesota making cheese curds on their farm. On Tuesday I drove to the Redhead Creamery. It reminded me of the movie “Field of Dreams”. I brought along a fresh loaf of St. John’s bread and the owners and I broke bread and wrapped the slices over freshly processed cheese curds. It was wonderful! The milk was still in the cows that morning. Simply Google “Redhead Creamery” and follow the MapQuest directions. Enjoy the trip and enjoy the curds. You should call ahead.
The APHC show this week is another summer rebroadcast, a repeat of the April 14, 2012 show from The Town Hall in New York City. Renee Fleming sings “The Scarlet Tide” the Punch Brothers play “Patchwork Girlfriend” and Heather Masse and Aoife O’Donovan team up for “Time’s a Hoax”. In the News From Lake Wobegon, Bud learns a lesson about friendship while putting the dock in the lake.
“You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give”. Eleanor Roosevelt.
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