Welcome to DI Squared….a weekly feature of KBOO News….

This ninth show features Gaudencia Felipe of Mixteca Catering.

Our expert guest of the week is Chris Bailey from the Hacienda Community Development Corporation..

Is there ANYONEworking in a business, large or small, maybe a factory, or a store, or in the government, or in a school,…ANYONE…who hasn’t thought, and maybe even dreamed, of starting their own business, and working for themselves?  ANYONE?

 At one time or another most of us want to work for ourselves, not for someone else.  Have you ever had a moment at work when you thought of that Johnny Paycheck song, “Take this job and shove it…”

 

In those moments we’re all eager to take the risks of running our own business in order to reap the benefits of working for ourselves….Uhhhhhh, wait.. What about those risks?  Who said we’re ready to take risks?

 That’s the starting point for this KBOO news feature, “DREAM IT, DO IT.”  We’re calling it “DI SQUARED.”  Dream it, do it.  Our goal is to wake you up, and get you thinking, about starting a business of your own.   Maybe you’re a person who should start your own business, take the risks.  Dream it, do it.  Or maybe not…

Here's Gaudencia, who comes from Oaxaca, Mexico.

And next we speak with Chris Bailey, a consultant on the development of small food businesses and a food maker in his own right.

 

 

 

 

There is no one "right" set of characteristics for being a successful entrepreneur but  certain general traits and practical skills will help you succeed.

 

That’s it for DI Squared for today.

 

Thanks for listening. If you want to review what you’ve heard, go to the KBOO web site and look under evening news for today’s date.

 And send your questions to [email protected].  We’d like to make your questionthe featured questionfor one of our shows.

 We’’ll be back in a week with a final episode, and you can find out the difference between a bison and a buffalo! Tune in then for the next episode of DI Squared.

 From KBOO News, I’m Tom…