global opportunities for entrepreneurs with disabilities
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Presentation for US Business Leadership Network conference on building & expanding a Global Network of successful or new start up businesses run by entrepreneurs with disabilities.TRANSCRIPT
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Global Opportunitiesfor Entrepreneurswith Disabilities
US BLN ConferenceSeptember 21, 2010
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Rob CrawfordCEO
Life Development InstituteGlendale, AZ
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We had an idea…
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A forgivable reactionto taking on this kind of risk would be to ask…
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Areyou
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The Hummingbird Logo
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Who are the peoplebehind theGlobal Network?
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What can the Network do to help develop successful businessesrun by people with disabilities?
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How do weget the wordout?
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How do weget the wordout?
I’m thinkinnew technology
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Starting to light up the world
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John LittleFounder & Principal
Sydney, Australia
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It's not that we didn’t take risks....
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or that we started out with nothing...
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Our motivation was not the same as others who have succeeded in business...
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Our motivation comes from a different place...
Photo courtesy of Leonard Cheshire International
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For different reasons.....
Photo courtesy of Global Network for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
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For different reasons....
Photo courtesy of global Network for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
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Fordifferent reasons....
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We are looking ahead and for others
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Debra RuhCEO & FounderRockville, MD
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Global emergency needing
-collective -urgent
-attention
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ICT Accessibility gap and EwD
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Top 3 Global Opportunitiesfor Entrepreneurs with Disabilitiesto set up new businesses
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#1 Staffing for PwD
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#2 Technology Services
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#3 B2B, NGO & Governmentconsulting services
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Website: www.entrepreneurswithdisabilities.orgTwitter: http://twitter.com/GlobalEWDContact: John Little or Rob Crawford- [email protected]
All photos courtesy of Microsoft clip art except where noted