E-M8 Entrepreneurial Management for Eternal Mission

Discovering purpose through engaging in business, exploring the disciplines required for purposeful business.

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Microcredit Challange

October 9th, 2008 · No Comments

On Wednesday I was at a Entrepreneur’s meeting. What I saw was lots of people looking for money. What I did not see, was any banks or micro-credit organizations. I have been doing some micro-credit research and am coming to understand why micro-credit is not common. The procedures for getting micro-credit loan and the standards [...]

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Tags: 6. Energized Money

Present economic crisis

October 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Theresa Pfeifer (former student): “I) What do you think the government should do to help with this finical crisis? II) What would happen if the government would stop intervening and let market straighten itself out?  III) Do you think the $700 billion dollars will clean up the this mess?” All excellent questions. Let’s try them one [...]

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Tags: Economics

Why most American companies can’t be lean and what to do about it.

October 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Most manufacturing companies have spent considerable time and effort on the lean journey. Some even have managed to achieve substancial savings. Yet, few organizations can boast a truly lean business. Some aspects of the company, maybe. Some of the time, maybe. But when it comes to sustainable and continued  improvement, continually reduced lead times throughout [...]

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Tags: 1. Entrepreneurial Management · 3. Enabling Means · 4. Effective Method