[nabentre] accessible work from home

Fri Mar 30 23:58:02 UTC 2018

What's your website? What cash for starting a business? Just start
one. Maybe create some ebooks and sell them on your site.

On 3/30/18, Michelle Creedy via nabentre <nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Great points Peter. I think we also need to remember that we are as diverse
> as any population out there and some will want to take certain opportunities
> while others will not. That's ok. We just have to own it and really think
> about it before turning down an opportunity and we must be willing to then
> look for another. Not all sighted people take business opportunities and
> what works for one person might be a great example to another of what they
> may like to try.
>
> I think when working from home it is important to figure out what one's
> strengths and skills are and what others one may need to work on.
>
> Busking is so cool! I love that idea and have seen people make quite a good
> income even if for a short term. I enjoy having a variety of things that
> bring in income. It makes for an interesting existence on this planet with
> all the interesting and diverse people we are blessed to have in our
> circles.
>
> Michelle
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 30, 2018, at 9:24 AM, Peter Donahue via nabentre
>> <nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Good morning everyone,
>>
>>    It's also true that blind people are exposed to business
>> opportunities but decline them. We have seen this over and over again
>> from
>> blind persons in the U.S. and abroad.
>>
>>    These rejections are not limited to network marketing opportunities.
>>
>>    I recently heard that some blind persons were opposed to
>> crowdfunding because they viewed it as another form of begging.
>> Crowdfunding
>> is used to raise funds for numerous needs and projects yet blind people
>> are
>> not tapping this form of fundraising and perhaps making a business of
>> helping others create crowdfunding sites.
>>
>>    I was once a street musician also called a busker. Busking is a very
>> old form of income generation that has been used for centuries by
>> performers
>> of one kind or another. Provided one opbains the proper permits if
>> required
>> and follows the rules and guidelines street performers are expected to
>> observe when operating within various municipalities one can earn a
>> lucritive income as a street performer. mOst of the time you'll need to
>> get
>> off of your behind, and learn some travel skills so you can get out of
>> the
>> house the rewards can be wonderful! Like crowdfunding many blind people
>> still view it as begging despite busking's honorable place in history.
>> The
>> difference is that a street performer is providing a service to their
>> community in exchange for donations. In some situations street performers
>> may also receive compensation from the city or town in which they perform
>> to
>> supplement the donations they collect. It's the service aspect that
>> separates a busker from a beggar who simply collects mony for whatever
>> reason without compensating the giver for their monitary donation.
>>
>> We constantly hear blind people say they wish they had an income creation
>> vehicle that allowed them to work from home. yet when presented with such
>> oppoortunities they make some excuse for not wanting to do it and if they
>> decide to test the entrepreneurial waters they're discouraged from
>> trying.
>> When they attempt to earn an income using time-tested ways to earn a
>> living
>> they're treated like a crab and pulled back into poverty's crab basket.
>>
>>    Thanks to busking I was able to leave Massachusetts on vary short
>> notice in 1981 and didn't have to spend three days living in the streets
>> of
>> Boston. None of those blind people who were mad at me because I was
>> willing
>> to explore a unique way to earn a living were in any financial position
>> to
>> help me in a time of despiration when it was needed. They should really
>> talk!
>>
>>    Likewise thanks to our networking business Mary now has a
>> fully-working Braille-Edge 40 she bought without crawling to rehab a
>> swamp
>> we're glad we didn't have to drain for her to buy a more compact Braille
>> display with new capabilities her Pack Mate doesn't have.
>>
>>    All businesses require you to learn new skills. We heard some folks
>> say they don't like to talk to strangers something any one who owns a
>> store
>> of one kind or other must do on a daily basis. If they don't the business
>> will fail on day one. Other types of businesses also require you to
>> cultivate people skills too. Unless you want to work for someone else the
>> rest of your life only to retire on a third of your income you must learn
>> and master these skills to be successful. While we don't get it perfect
>> 100%
>> of the time our ability to communicate with people has been recognized by
>> others. A blind friend of mine from Massachusetts recently hired me to
>> help
>> promote his new book. Remember that tretus I wrote called "The Decision"
>> in
>> which I detailed the many ways in which business ownership has blessed us?
>> I
>> can add one more blessing to that pile in being able to create another
>> income stream without leaving home.
>>
>>    From time to time we receive messages from folks complementing us on
>> our success. To all of them we say "Not so." We're only successful when
>> others follow our llead. When we share our various business ideas with
>> you
>> and you take up the charge and become successful that's when we succeeded
>> because we did our job and are reaping the rewards of having done it
>> well.
>> The good news to those who have been exposed to different business
>> opportunities and turned them down it's not too late to make a mid course
>> correction. Mary and I can be very forgiving people and are willing to do
>> whatever is necessary to help someone become successful. All the best for
>> a
>> wonderful Easter.
>>
>> Peter Donahue who needs to buy a new pare of shoes so he can dress for
>> success.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabentre [mailto:nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michelle
>> Creedy via nabentre
>> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 8:56 AM
>> To: NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List
>> Cc: Michelle Creedy
>> Subject: Re: [nabentre] accessible work from home
>>
>> Hi Lauren
>>
>> Interesting idea. I wonder whether you are leaning towards some kind of
>> internet marketing? There again, you would probally have to have some
>> kind
>> of business already in place. It's hard because we all have such diverse
>> interests and so on.
>>
>> I find the NFB very helpful with mentoring and I wonder whether this is
>> worth writing up and sending to the appropriate division. for their
>> consideration?
>>
>> Michelle
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Mar 30, 2018, at 3:28 AM, Lauren Merryfield via nabentre
>> <nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> There are so many programs out there where people are supposedly
>>> making money. I am wondering why there aren't more for totally blind
>>> people to do that are accessible. I mean, one could spend a lot of
>>> money, time and effort in those programs, yet not make a thin dime.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I, for one, don't want to hustle family and friends, do cold calling,
>>> or carry inventory in my studio apt-yeah, right.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I want customers coming to me, online, where I am, at home. I suppose
>>> that even when I am out and about, if some business brought me money
>>> on the phone, that might be good, too.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I want something where there is not a huge learning curve; that we
>>> could do even when we are tired or not feeling well, because that is
>>> sometimes my reality.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Several years ago, there was a guy who claimed to be blind who was
>>> going to start a business and employ blind people, but it never got
>>> off the ground. I wonder if there is someone, or a group of some of
>>> us, who could come up with a program as good as any out there and make
>>> sure it is accessible and that the 70%-80% of unemployed could do from
>>> home, especially given transportation issues these days in some
>>> locations. Whew, that  was a long sentence! I tend to do that.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My issues right now are these:I am much more clear about what I
>>> *don't* want to do than what I am willing and able to do; I don't have
>>> the cash to start a business, I don't want to feel like I am
>>> reinventing the wheel, I don't want to do or even learn about a
>>> business plan, I need money yesterday, and I'm getting up there toward
>>> the
>> other end of my life, as someone put it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I remember working for hotel reservations companies and their huge
>>> learning curves, made even more daunting by constant changes they
>>> would make, handing us memos nearly every three days or so. Sometimes
>>> we had to unlearn something we were just getting under our belts. It
>>> was difficult to feel confident and to finish calls as quickly as the
>>> companies wanted so they could make more money. I had thought I'd
>>> really like that work with reservations, but I learned to have
>>> reservations about reservations, pun intended. I did not want to be
>>> pushed like we were; the way they do it. The turnover was something
>>> else, too. Peoples' positions changed overnight. It was way too
>>> stressful. I want something now that would not be particularly
>>> stressful, would be helpful to us and to our clients, would be
>>> something the NFB could do and be proud of-we were able to help blind
>>> people find work-that kind of thing. We've done the KNFB reader and
>>> other projects, why not a work-at-home program that would work for many
>>> of
>> us, sponsored by the NFB?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In the programs I've investigated, when I discover how inaccessible
>>> they are, when I bring this to the company's attention, they are most
>>> often, not all that interested in fixing things "for one person." I
>>> explain that it would not be for one person, that there are fifty
>>> thousand members of the NFB and that doesn't count those blind people
>>> who are not in the NFB. Maybe we would bring in more members, too, if
>>> we had the work-at-home program some of us are looking for.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I apologize for not being the one who could do this. I don't have the
>>> techy skills or the business skills. It would be really neat if the
>> Entrepreneurs'
>>> division could accomplish this. if someone more techy and
>>> business-wise could create the program, then those of us who are not
>>> as much into that could do the labor. Or if someone had enough clout
>>> in an ongoing program that they could get the higher-ups to pay
>>> attention and want to help blind people, in particular, PURRhaps that
>> would work.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry I've rambled. But something needs to be done, before it is too
>>> late for some of us.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Lauren Merryfield
>>>
>>> Blessings in Jesus' name!
>>>
>>>
>>> "This is my command--be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or
>>> discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
>>> Joshua 1:9
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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