Dream Enterprises, Good Enterprises
Funny how themes of entries these past few days have kind of flowed from one to the next. Following on from yesterday's "follow-you-dreams" theme, I had the pleasure of attending a dinner talk by fellow Bryn Mawr alum Claudia Shaw d'Auriol and Delicious co-author Dominica Yang. Not only do I love a good follow-your-passion story, I am also a sucker for do-good stories (like buying copies of Marisa Acocella Marchetto's Cyber Vixen the other day when I read about it in daily candy; part of the author's proceeds go to providing breast care to underprivileged women at St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center and The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.).
So here were two amazing women, both taking time from their work (Claudia works for Chanel and Dominica has her own interior design business) and family obligations, doing what they love and doing it for the good of others. Over lunch one day, they decided they both shared a common dream -- to write a cookbook. They decided they should do it together and that 100% of the proceeds should go to two Hong Kong charities: Children's Thalassaemia Foundation and Priscilla's Home (one of Fu Hong Society's homes for the handicapped). Both charities are close to the heart of Dominica, as she herself is a carrier of Thalassaemia and her family founded Priscilla's Home.
It was particularly fun to hear about their trials and tribulations of self publishing as well as about their passion for cooking. The main message, though, was that of a Nike ad -- just do it. Life's too precious to come up with a million and one excuses not to do the things that you love and care about.
And then, this morning, in my inbox of various e-newsletters, there's CITY's Page One blurb on RED being the new Black. I love RED's manifesto about the power of choice. For me, as a consumer, it's an easy choice. What is there not to love about it -- brilliant products + brilliant marketing to do good by raising money for The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Sounds like a great, do-good business model to me!
What good will you dream up today?
So here were two amazing women, both taking time from their work (Claudia works for Chanel and Dominica has her own interior design business) and family obligations, doing what they love and doing it for the good of others. Over lunch one day, they decided they both shared a common dream -- to write a cookbook. They decided they should do it together and that 100% of the proceeds should go to two Hong Kong charities: Children's Thalassaemia Foundation and Priscilla's Home (one of Fu Hong Society's homes for the handicapped). Both charities are close to the heart of Dominica, as she herself is a carrier of Thalassaemia and her family founded Priscilla's Home.
It was particularly fun to hear about their trials and tribulations of self publishing as well as about their passion for cooking. The main message, though, was that of a Nike ad -- just do it. Life's too precious to come up with a million and one excuses not to do the things that you love and care about.
And then, this morning, in my inbox of various e-newsletters, there's CITY's Page One blurb on RED being the new Black. I love RED's manifesto about the power of choice. For me, as a consumer, it's an easy choice. What is there not to love about it -- brilliant products + brilliant marketing to do good by raising money for The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Sounds like a great, do-good business model to me!
What good will you dream up today?
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