How do you balance the demands of running a business with your desire to give back?

You're already giving back because you run a business that creates jobs. As an entrepreneur, the most important service you provide to the world is helping your company grow so that you can hire more employees and give them an opportunity to earn a living. To me, giving back isn't about charity. It's about empowerment."

--Russell Simmons

via Inc. Magazine.

70 Million by Hold Your Horses ! from L'Ogre on Vimeo.

(/via Cori)

They say that to figure out if something is "worth it", you should take the cost of the item, and divide it up by the number of times you'll use it. With this theory in mind, I was able to justify buying a beautiful heather grey, cashmere, fits-me-like-a sexy-glove, feels-like-buttah, tank top.

I visited what I hope is going to be my new office in the Flatiron District and was feeling optimistic when the alluringly monochromatic windows of Club Monaco beckoned me in.

So, fine. I don't have a car payment anymore since moving to NYC... for the cost of one, I now have a great tank top! I like this better than I ever liked my car.

Hrm, did this come in black..... ?

Realized that I never posted this write up in CMSWire of a talk that I gave at OpenWeb Vancouver about Open Source Business.

Click on the image to read, transcript after the jump. Thanks to Dee-Ann Leblanc, the author of the great article. I got to meet her and she's really smart and a super neat lady!