Archive for Monday, April 07, 2008
Mr. Borden goes to Baghdad
The education-by-fire of
a Southern California small-business consultant
Who: Phil Borden
What: Chief executive, Active Capital, a San Bernardino nonprofit that matches entrepreneurs with sources of private equity; principal, Essergy Consulting in Long Beach
Background: Borden, an adjunct professor at University of the West and a former UCLA professor, was executive director of Women’s Enterprise Development Corp. in Long Beach and Asian American Economic Development Enterprises in Monterey Park. Borden also has founded several high-tech ventures.
What’s new? Borden just self-published “Shaku Maku: On the Ground in Occupied Iraq” (Outskirts Press), about his efforts to encourage small-business development in a country torn by war. When he returned to the U.S. in April 2007, Borden left behind a 400-page how-to manual and the dream that he could make a difference.
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Cyndia Zwahlen
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