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Dick Weidner is the founder and CEO of Legacy Ventures, a partner with IBEC Ventures and the Third Path Initiative in www.triventure.com, a startup training, coaching and capital endeavor. Larry Sharp, Director of Training, IBEC Ventures larry.sharp@ibecventures.com ***** It is one of the more subjective words in any language. In the U.S. if your annual […]

Monday is Labor Day in the US and Canada, a national holiday that dates back to the 1880s. It has its roots in the labor movement and is celebrated in September in North America, distinct from most of the world which celebrates the International Workers Day on May 1. Our Christian faith has much to

My wife and I visited memorials to the Lewis and Clark Expedition at the mouth of the Columbia River last weekend with our two daughters.  On one of the buildings overlooking the Pacific Ocean were the words, “The object of your mission – the Pacific Ocean” – Thomas Jefferson. Being moderately curious, I came home

A recent Christianity Today article helps the reader process his/her thinking relative to needed aid as well as sustainable business – especially now in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.  These quotes hopefully will stimulate you to read the full article. To read it, click here. The coronavirus pandemic is having a devastating economic impact

I was intrigued to read the Forbes list of 2020 world Billionaires,1 this year taking special attention to those at the top, noting those who had increased their net worth and those who had lost.  I have never been too curious about these things, but one thing piqued my attention. Ten of the top twenty-five

Last week, we featured the housing development company, Westfield Development, located in Arad, Romania.  In June 2020, their Facebook page reminded the reader of the success of this Kingdom company: “Westfield is the best residential ensemble of houses and villas in Romania! We don’t say it, but Clubul Profesionistilor in Imobiliare honored us with this

The technical definition of the word ‘contrast’ is: “…the state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association.”  The meaning of the term could have originated in the Transylvania region of Romania, the most famous region of the country – a land of spooky dark forests, mystical snowy peaks, amazing views,

***Dick Weidner leads Legacy Ventures Network which is the third component of Triventure.com.  Dick has been in the financial sector and a church leader his entire career and has started companies focusing on accounting and on investment.  From time to time we will be reprinting articles by Dick.*** It is reported that Albert Einstein was

It started 45 years ago when Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham, living near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, gave 50 newly hatched chicks to their seven-year-old son, Peter.  “See what you can do with them,” they said.  By the time he was 17 years, he was raising 10,000 chicks a week and was on his way to a successful

In the early 1970’s I was living, along with my family, in the Brazilian Amazon port city of Belem where I was the administrator of a school for children of expatriates. The Amazon Valley Academy is a K-12 school following an American curriculum but also in the 1970s and 80s taught a German program for