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Bradbasket #bradthecat #classicbrad

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From Founder to Entrepreneur - A Transformation in Personal Identity

A very strange thing happens to your personal identity when you move on from your first company. As an entrepreneur, you constantly identify as a founder. When people introduce you, it's, "Meet Micki Krimmel, the founder of NeighborGoods." As a founder, your job becomes not just what you do, but who you are. 

When I was preparing for the sale of NeighborGoods, I knew it was going to be complicated. I prepared myself for the mixed emotions of success and failure. I prepared myself for ambiguity regarding personal goals. But I wasn't prepared for the ambiguity regarding my identity. 

I went from being Micki Krimmel, Founder & CEO of NeighborGoods to Micki Krimmel, Working on Several Projects and Talking to a Bunch of People to Figure Out What to Do Next. Try putting that on your business card. 

Don't get me wrong. There's nothing bad about Working on Several Projects and Talking to a Bunch of People to Figure Out What to Do Next. I fully recognize my good fortune at being in such a unique position. I've had the time to work with some really great people, explore my options, and prioritize what's important to me. 

Through that process, I've had to figure out how to introduce myself. I've had to think about what I really care about and what makes me unique. I've had to reframe my identity around something bigger than my first company. 

Note: you don't realize this is happening until you're about half way through the process. No one tells you that you'll have to create a new personal identity when you sell your first company. It took me about 6 months. 

I no longer identify as Micki Krimmel, Founder of NeighborGoods. I am an entrepreneur and NeighborGoods was my first company. 

Allow me introduce myself. I am Micki Krimmel, Entrepreneur, Community-Builder, and Athlete. 

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It's Halloween! Time to poison your neighbors!

Halloween is upon us. I've always really enjoyed handing out candy to trick-or-treaters. My neighborhood has lots of kids and our neighbors are all very engaged and friendly by LA standards. Who doesn't love seeing all the costumes? 

But this year, I've decided that I do not want to hand out junky sweets to children. I've gotten pretty serious about nutrition recently, and the importance of good, quality, homemade food. I haven't eaten a store-bought corn syrup-filled candy bar in years. Why would I give food I wouldn't eat to the neighborhood kids?

I'd love to share something healthier with the children but I can't do that. I can't hand out fruit or homemade treats because their parents would just throw them away out of fear that I might poison their children. 

How did this happen? How did we come to trust multinational corporations more than our own neighbors? Somehow, we have decided that packaged candy from faceless companies filled with preservatives and chemicals we can't pronounce is safer for our kids than an apple or homemade cookies from a neighbor. 

Do you really think I'm going to poison your child? YOU KNOW WHERE I LIVE!! 

Even now that most well-informed parents know the halloween candy poisoning myth has been debunked, they will still check the candy and toss out anything not sealed by robots, because to do otherwise would mean they aren't good parents. This Halloween, I'm turning the porch light off and I'm making organic, refined sugar-free treats for my own self, starting with these. 

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Women: To achieve maximal health, you need to get stronger. Get under some weights and lift. anything you read in any women's fitness magazine is suspect. Actually, it's not just suspect -- you can be guaranteed that they're feeding you inaccurate trash.

Mainstream "women's fitness is [about] remaining purposely weak and frail." To be fit, YOU MUST LIFT. 

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Last House Standing, Photos of Lone Row Houses in Partially Demolished Neighborhoods

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Obtenido de: Kristian Randall portfolio. Más info en: Third Wave Feminist (3WF)

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It's difficult to wrap your head around the fact that Michele Bachmann is one of only 435 people in the entire country allowed to be a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and to vote on the laws that affect every one of us. 

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This fight. Carl Froch. Sports!

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Me me me me me me me me me me me me.

Everyone on the internet

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Writing Every Day

Why you should write every day

Why you shouldn't write every day

Why I feel like blogging again:

There's this thing that happens when you become an entrepreneur. You direct almost 100% of your creative energy into your project. You build your identity around it. Entrepreneurship provides focus and purpose to your life. It helps you prioritize - the company above all else. Maybe you have time for one or two other things - like roller derby. Everything else takes a back seat. For years. 

When you move onto other things, it's nearly impossible to find that same passion and commitment in Other People's Projects. You find that while you are doing great work, you are not getting the same fulfillment out of your effort. You're cynical and bored. Of course, the obvious answer is to start another company.

In the meantime, there is this question about the creative process. Why should your daily creativity be attached to some big end goal? Do you have to commit 100% of your creative energy toward just one project? Or can you find ways to make little things every day? 

The process is the goal. Today is the future. I'd like to try to make a little something every day. 

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Cris did my headshots!

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Micki Krimmel aka Mickipedia aka Mickispeedia aka The Coolest Chick I Know aka My BFF

Micki and I have been talking about shooting her a new headshot for years and finally yesterday we ran outside at sunset and made it happen. Here’s a few of my favorites:

Micki Krimmel aka The Coolest Chick I Know

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View full set here. 

Sheldon, Iowa + Wedding Bonfires

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We travelled for one year, taking our work along.  This presentation is about our experience, with the good and the bad, and some tips & tricks when you want to copy this lifestyle.  By www.nomadz.nu  This presentation was presented on Barcamp Ghent 4 - 2011

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“Everyone should dramatically simplify their life and reduce their spending because there’s going to be less expendable income. I’m pretty careful,” he said. “I drive the cheapest car Nissan makes and I rent a two bedroom apartment in Glendale. What I spend money on is organic, vegan food.”

Steve-O (via seanbonner)

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YES PLEASE

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St. George Single Malt Whiskey Gelato Bars by Naia

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My next bout is for charity. Come!

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(via TwentyWonder Art Science Music Comedy Roller Derby)