I started my blog because of 2 reasons: I wanted to help my community (Flint and Genesee County) and I wanted to share information. Being a Former Librarian useless trivia sticks around in my head. But more importantly, I LOVE to research and what’s more, I was trained to cull through the thousands of online posts and get to the REAL stuff, the Legitimate stuff. I love reading Business Magazines, Watching Morning Joe (although a little less Joe Scarborough and a lot more Mika Brzezinski and Mike Barnicle would be GREAT. Also, I’m trying to keep up-to-date on Genesee County Happenings so I can update my readers.
Both during and after receiving my Masters Degree in Library Science from Wayne State University, I worked for a number of years in Public and Medical Libraries, helping both Consumers and Medical Personnel. As much as I found the work satisfying, I felt that the skills, education and drive I had obtained could be utilized in the technology field.
In the next few years I worked at EDS and Hewlett-Packard where I monitored Ford’s Global Network of Servers and managed a group of computer techs that repaired GM’s 7,000 computers. Then, in the summer of 2000, I was recruited by Advanced Solutions, Inc, a subsidiary of SBC-Ameritech, to help the managers with a new technology; DSL. The first few years were great. My boss and the Director at ASI recognized my talents, loved my suggestions to use my skills to help the company attain their goals. I had my fingers in a lot of different pies and was extremely satisfied because of the autonomy I had. After a couple of years, SBC absorbed us and I noticed striking changes.
At the same time, I had an acquaintance who was writing a book about Marketing and Branding and needed my help in order to market it to Universities in the Midwest. The work I did for him fueled my thinking, “How could I harness my talents, obtain clients and do what I do best”?
The answer came to me, I was the Details Diva, and I had found my niche. Librarian that I am, I researched starting my own business and read countless books and business articles on entrepreneurship. I did this while working a very stressful job. Then I read ”Free Agent Nation” by Daniel Pink. In it he proposed that many people were going to leave Corporate America by their own will or through early retirement, downsizing, etc. He also proposed that the American economic landscape would change dramatically. Since he wrote the book, this has already started happening.
After many months of planning my escape from my Corporate Prison, I quit my job so I could have the entire summer off to rejuvenate. I had decided that I wanted to take the resources I learned as a Business Librarian /Professional Web-surfer and share it with small business owners or wanna-be entrepreneurs. My dream is to partner with small business owners, particularly women business owners, and help contribute to their success.
Fast Forward to 2008, I have been subbing in the various school districts, Regular Ed and Special Ed, which is very rewarding work. Still I felt like there was something more I was supposed to do. A friend suggested I go back to grant writing ( which I had done before with the Genesee Cooperative Library System). These were Title 1 grants, one totaling $100,000 for books and tapes for the Blind and Physically Disabled. With much prayer and consultation with friends and family, I started researching and connected with other business people in the Flint area.
My Goal is to help with small businesses and Non-Profits by writing grants and helping them get their needs served. My dream is one day to create my Own Non-Profit so that I can serve a larger population.
