Erik Hanberg:



I was forced to miss this speaker due to medical issues, never the less i attempt to capture the gist of this presentation from reading blog posts from other students. Mr. Hanberg is a writer and publisher that is also responsible for founding channel 253 (a podcasting channel). He has also written and directed films as well as currently sitting on the metro parks board in Tacoma. On paper he appears to have a well accomplished career, and by most accounts (by classmates) was a fairly inspiring speaker. I once again find myself poorer for having been forced to miss class. He utilizes Amazon marketplace for much of his book sales and also advertises through Amazon as well. Becoming a successful published author is impressive enough, but much of his success seems to build toward other success (at least according to a quick google search). Other useful information provided includes topics such as how to build an income graph, which can be used to help build our business plans. This speaker seems to be an example of continuous multifaceted entrepreneurship, or a "many irons in the fire" approach to entrepreneurship. With this approach any one endeavor could have a bad quarter or fail outright, and because your eggs aren't all in the same basket, there is always something to fall back on. This seems to be a reasonable approach assuming that one has the time, energy, and money to peruse multiple ventures simultaneously. This approach has the problem of possibly diluting ones efforts in any single business endeavor if done poorly...