Fall down 7 times, stand up 8 times.

I created Stand 8 to focus specifically on the changes in livelihood – the way we support ourselves. I believe that small and micro-businesses are what will recreate our economy from the ground up. The big dinosaurs from the industrial age are crashing around us, and with them, the jobs that once employed so many people. Even many of the big players of the information age are already in the bone yard as the half-life of technology shortens every year.

Nature renews itself. Within one year after Mt. St. Helens erupted, new life began to spring up in the area that lay burned and buried in ash. A plant makes its way to the sunlight, the wind spreads its seeds. Life multiplies life.

And so it is with small businesses. Word-of-mouth spreads quickly over social media. Tiny companies grow bigger or join with other small enterprises. Everyone has something to contribute.

If you've lost your footing, or stumbled along the way, don't give up. The best is yet to come!