Do or Die: 2011

A little background on activities year-to-date.  Despite struggling with various business models, we're focused this first quarter on 3 key objectives:

1. Develop new partnerships with organizations that are well established in the communities (I like to see a decade of activity if possible).
2. Reconsider our key customer... are there those out there that we can provide unique value to, who may in turn help a fledgling company?
3. Flesh out the business components of a more centralized approach so we can test key elements on our next trip.

Ideally, such a strict focus would help drive us to a March trip to Haiti that could give us enough insight to make a "Go" / "No Go" decision on formalizing a for-profit social venture by this summer.

Well, it's March 8 and I just landed in Haiti today. I have already made it out to Hinche in the Central Plateau where I will begin exploratory research and partnership meetings by Thursday.  For now, expect shorter entries (like this) every few days until my current return date: April 5th.