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Kickstarter Update
We Made It! I can’t believe that it took about 18 hours to fund the whole project. Thank you Duke, Mom, Cousin Jeff, Jacob, Aaron, Uncle Stu, and Matt T for contributing. I am retaking the GMAT on Friday so I am … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Third Goal
Tagged blog, competition, crowd funding, crowdfunding, donate, donations, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship competition, Kickstarter, Wordpress
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What Now?
The National Entrepreneurship Congress and Competition is over. The school year is all but over. The wonders of Matagalpa have been explored. Thanksgiving has been had at the Ambassador’s Residence. What now? What do I do, with respect to work, … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Travel, Work
Tagged Ambassador, Ambassador's House, Ambassador's Residence, America, commercial sex worker, commercial sex workers, domestic violence, embassy, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship competition, Entrepreneurship Congress, Esteli, HIV, León, LGB, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQA, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, pool, prostitute, prostitutes, self-esteem, sex worker, sex workers, swimming, swimming pool, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Dinner, turkey, United States, United States of America, US, USA
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National Entrepreneurship Congress and Competition
Last Wednesday through Friday was the National Entrepreneurship Congress and Competition, which is the culmination of a year of work for Small Business Development Volunteers, teachers, and students all around Nicaragua. I didn’t have a team competing. My students had … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Teaching
Tagged camp, Camp Shohola, conference center, electric keyboard, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship competition, Entrepreneurship Congress, Esteli, hotel, hotel and conference center, keyboard, Managua, motivated, motivation, music pedal, networking, Nicaragua, pedal, Shohola, Spanish, tea
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Nagarote
Nagarote is a town halfway in between León and Managua. It is on the far side of Lake Managua (with Managua being on the near side). I went there today with my soon to depart site-mate, Chelsea, who used to … Continue reading
Posted in Training
Tagged Bible, botanical gardens, central park, cheese, church, clean, earthquake, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship competition, lake, Lake Managua, lookout, Managua, mirador, Momotombo, Nagarote, overlook, park, quesillo, school, Telica, Volcan Telica, volcanic chain, volcano, volcanoes, volcanos
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Departmental Competition
Yesterday morning was the Departmental Entrepreneurship Competition. This was the culmination of a lot of planning on my and my counterparts’ parts, a series of local competitions, and hard work on the part of 11 teams of students from municipalities … Continue reading
Posted in León, Teaching
Tagged auditorium, business competition, business plan, chicken salad, chicken salad sandwich, Departmental Entrepreneurship Competition, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship competition, hot, judge, judge panel, judges, León, Managua, national competition, Nicaragua, Power Point, PowerPoint, sandwich, school, schools, students
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Municipal Competition
With the Municipal Competition behind us as of Friday midday, the only event we have left that is my responsibility is the Departmental Competition on Wednesday. The event went well. At 3:00 PM on Tuesday I found out that one … Continue reading
Posted in León, Peace Corps, Teaching
Tagged business competition, competition, creativity, dragonfruit, entrepreneurship competition, innovation, innovative, judge, local, most creative, pitahaya, regional
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Incidents of Travel 