Brooklyn, NY | Bedford-stuyvesant, NY | Oakland, CA
Also known as: more
Kalimah Priforce lives in and outside the classroom. At years old, he held a successful hunger strike against his Bedford-Stuyvesant group home to add more books to its library. At , a chance meeting with Dr. Lorraine Monroe, a world-class educator in Harlem NY, sowed the seeds of his dream to be an innovator. Starting his first computer company at , it wasn't until October st, , when his year old younger brother was shot and killed behind their childhood elementary school that he formed a lifelong commitment to transforming education for under-served kids. Kalimah's progressive and inclusive "our kids, our future" approach to youth development has stood at the intersection of technology, equity, and the classroom, and has made him a favorite among K- youth, parents, teachers, technologists, and private to public partnerships as a highly regarded speaker and presenter. In , he co-founded the Pitch Mixer Entrepreneur Forum that provides a platform for under-represented innovators to pitch their startups to an open forum of peers and experts and is based in the San Francisco East Bay Area. Recently, Kalimah became Educator-in-Residence for the Hidden Genius Project, a program that trains black male youth in entrepreneurial thinking, software development, and user experience design. Specialties Connected Learning, Epistemic Games, Girls and STEM fields, African-American Male Mentorship, Digital Divide, Collaborative Science, Game Design, Community Building, Augmentative Learning, Commercial Children's Technology Products, Serious Gaming, Persuasive Gaming, Career Education, Education Technology, Youth Development, Urban Youth Initiatives, Information Technology, Social Media, Global Business Strategy, Multicultural Marketing, Cross-Cultural Communication
Cleveland, OH | Beachwood, OH | University Heights, OH
Also known as: the hammer
My last official, job was so dysfunctional, it still hurts my brain to even think about it. As a matter of fact, now that I am thinking about it, I've always thought Dr. Phil could have had a field day at the automotive franchise I was managing. He could have taped a full week of episodes without even scratching the surface of all the sickness that was taking place there. It was bad. After I got downsized, (fired) from that job-my last job ever, I set my GPS on No Idea Where The Heck I'm Going, and somehow landed in my Dads franchise consulting business. Fast forward years. I'm my own boss these days. I specialize in teaching people how to choose, research, and buy a franchise. If you're interested in learning all you can about franchise ownership, click the links to my websites and blogs, below. If you like what you see, let's talk. I can save you a lot of future headaches and help you find the road-your road, to franchise success. Biography I wrote a top-selling franchise business book "Become a Franchise Owner The Start-Up Guide To Lowering Risk, Making Money, And Owning What You Do" (Wiley Publishing) Specialties Franchise ownership advisory services, franchise marketing, content development, blog set-up, social media marketing and I own the Franchise Biz Directory website. I've written over different articles on franchising, innovation, and small business. Some of the places they can be found, include The New York Times SBA.gov Entrepreneur.com SmallBizTrends.com OpenForum.com HuffingtonPost.com CarolRoth.com Bplans.com Vetfran.org
