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Midwest Foodie Blog: Income Report

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I’ve been exploring my interest in practical applications of business plans. As an example, Kylie was super gracious and shared the finances and work related to her successful food blog I have followed for about a year. As she says she has “poured her heart and soul” into it! She gives a great summary of her goals over the last couple of years, which are numerous and comprehensive. Along with array of apps she uses to support her blog. Check it out! As it is a bit more to list than my usual five sentence summaries.

October Monthly Numbers
– Number of page views 101,576
– Number of users: 66,143

– Income: $1325
– Expense: $572
– Profit: $753 (pre tax)

– Number of Hours: 30-35
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Volunteering@Portland5: Sugar Skull

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In the late morning, the 4th and 5th graders from most of Portland were welcomed to the Newmark Theater for a production of Sugar Skull! To quote the Portland5.com, “… a joyous, heartfelt adventure that delves into the rich, tuneful traditions of Día de los Muertos. Featuring a company of gifted musicians and dancers, this colorful stage production is the perfect fall entertainment for youth and family audiences alike.”

The kids loved the show and followed closely along as they were captivated by the actors. Experiencing their enthusiasm and awe of the theater was more fun than I expected!

 

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TED Talk: Asking For Help is a Strength, not a Weakness

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Michele Sullivan’s talk on, “Asking for Help is a Strength, Not a Weakness” was a bit more than I was expecting, I’m pleased to share her message:
– No one can walk in someone else’s shoes
– Need to find a new way of giving of ourselves
– All of us are more than whom we appear to be
– While there is a lot of discussion of having support systems for ourselves
– We must be a role in other’s support systems, as life silos us off separately
– Can be done using compassion, courage & understanding for ourselves & others
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Top 10 Leaders You Should Follow

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Admond Lee recently posted on KDnuggets.com, “Top 10 Data Science Leaders You Should Follow.” Here they are!
1 – Randy Lao – Teaching Data Science via LinkedIn, Data Science Dream Job and ClaoudML.com
2 – Kyle McKiou – Also part of Data Science Dream Job and via LinkedIn
3 – Kirill Eremenko – founder of SuperDataScience.
4 – Favio Vázquez sharing on LinkedIn and YouTube Data Science Office Hours
5 – Eric Weber – Principal of Data Management & Data Science at CoreLogic
6 – Kate Strachnyi – Author of The Disruptors: Data Science Leaders and YouTube Story by Data.
7 – Tarry Singh – founder and CEO of deepkapha.ai
8 – Imaad Mohamed Khan – data scientist at Indegene
9 – Andreas Kretz – with the Youtube channel:  Plumbers of Data Science
10 – Andriy Burkov – director of data science at Gartner and author of The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book.
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Tableau: 5 questions to ask when designing a mobile dashboard

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As everything revolves around mobile apps, Andy Cotgreave at Tableau poses “five questions to ask when designing a mobile dashboard” from a standard one on August 15, 2019:
1 – Do you need a mobile version?
2 – Do you need all the KPI’s on your mobile dashboard?
3 – Should it be portrait or landscape?
4 – Should it fit on one screen?
5 – Which text can you remove?
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SpotHero: Selling Underutilized Parking Spaces

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Sometimes I’m astounded there is so much money in every day applications of high tech. SpotHero is helping parking lot owners sell spots to park the car as Kyle Wiggers August 22, 2019 column in Venturebeat.com explains “SpotHero raises $50 million to bring underutilized parking spaces online”

“Chicago, Illinois-based parking inventory and booking startup SpotHero today announced that it has secured $50 million in a series D round led by Macquarie Capital, bringing its total raised to date to $118 million. CEO and cofounder Mark Lawrence said the round, which saw participation from investors Union Grove Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners, Global Founders Capital, OCA Ventures, AutoTech Ventures, and others, will strengthen the company’s partnerships with mobility companies and deepen its technology stack.

The fiscal vote of confidence comes after a year during which SpotHero reached half a billion dollars in all-time sales and 900-plus distribution partnerships and integrations…”
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