Business Concept Series

I am finally getting started on the Business section of this blog. My aim is to make micro-finance and business in general as fun as the other parts of my blog. Challenging, I know, but I accept that. So, I am going to try and make my posts short and sweet. I want them to be helpful and interesting.

To start out, I will do a short series of posts on concepts that relate to micro-finance and will draw them in together as I move forward.

I will cover:

Interest Rates,

Savings,

Borrowing,

Spending,

Investing,

-Maybe some more if I think of them while writing these . . . on va voir.

In the mean time, I recommend checking out Investopedia for info on all things business related. Wikipedia can fill in anything else. Don’t listen to the haters.

Disclaimer: This is not a scholarly blog. I am not citing any sources, rather any information has come from my personal studies and any images or data used or referenced is easily accessible via Google Search.

Ben who?

Welcome to my blog! My name’s Benjamin and I’m a soon-to-be college-grad sitting at the bottom of a debt blackhole as deep as Mount Kilimanjaro is tall (get it? cause I am going to Africa . . ha ha). Anyway, I’ll be graduating magna cum laude with B.S. degrees in Finance and Accounting and a B.A. degree in French Language and Literature. Now, my original intention was to sell out to a big investment bank, work 16 hour days, 80 hour weeks, and make enough to pay down my school loans faster than you can say “Mergers & Acquisitions”. But, unfortunately for the loan agencies and (hopefully) fortunately for my soul, I have decided to join the Peace Corps instead. In other words, I am taking my skills to the streets, instead of to the Street.

I will be a Community Business Advisor Volunteer and will be working with small communities and individuals to develop their economies and general financial stability. I hope to work specifically with micro-lending operations and improving individuals’ financial literacy.  My home for 27 months will be Benin, a French-speaking West African country. I am extremely excited because this is a rare opportunity to help others while capitalizing on all areas of my education.

Other than what I have mentioned above, I am a returned Rotary exchange student (Cahors, France, 2009-2010), a travel addict, and a bit of a workaholic.

The purpose of this blog is to share my experiences and thoughts before, during, and who knows, maybe after my Peace Corps term. As the tagline suggest, I will discuss everything from miscellaneous mishaps to socio-cultural commentary on borrowers behaviors. I might even try my hand at some French poetry about African economics, no guarantees but consider yourself duly warned.

So, I would like to thank you for checking out my blog and I hope you enjoy it! Please feel free to leave me comments or questions (I love questions especially ones that I don’t know the answers to).Otherwise, enjoy!

Also, please enjoy the lovely disclaimer below:

“The content of this website is mine alone and does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Government, the Peace Corps, or the [insert host country name] Government.”

Disclaimer: This is not a scholarly blog. I am not citing any sources, rather any information has come from my personal studies and any graphs or data used or referenced is easily accessible via Google Search.