F


THE whenever


grab a snack I


want.


Working in the gar- den between typing pages. Making my own


decisions and


living with the out- come. Never having to explain myself to the ‘boss’, i.e. like, why wasn’t the job done yesterday? Be- cause it wasn’t due till next week...LOL! Telling the boss he can have the day off! ...Work very hard! Te list goes on and on!


trepreneurs are the foundation


Te truth is, en- of


this


country, if not the world and all the people who are part of it those entrepreneur’s busi- nesses. Tese people are also leaders in the community and


oſten than not end up start- ing their own companies/ businesses. It’s awesome to think that an idea could be so well received.


I started Up-


of like an ad agency. But then it dawned on me, start a paper with good news and then I get to build ads and create graph- ics all the time!


The Verbal Commute BENEFITS OF


by Paul Andrew Doyle, Founder & Publisher BEING AN


reedom! Waking up whenever I want. Going


from my office to the kitchen to


create more leaders by exam- ple. Many of the people who have helped companies more


ENTREPRENEUR


beat Times because originally I wanted to be an advertising designer for companies, kind


Te first word of this column


says it best. Freedom. Time to do what I want. To do it well. It was my idea. Te whole positive thing in newspaper form. Best of all, it worked. I’ve started many businesses, i.e., A line of greeting cards, a lawn mowing busi- ness, an illustration business & several more until Upbeat Times! I cant believe it has been 21 years since the first paper came out! Better yet, I am


running into other people in other busi- nesses that really want to make a difference right here in Sonoma County. Like my


friend, Sonu Chandi, owner of the local Mountain Mike’s Pizza, the new Bollywood Bar & Clay Oven to name a few. In ...continued on page 6


TM


First Humor


I was in the shop looking for a jacket to buy my girlfriend as a present.


I couldn’t decide which one to get, so I asked the salesman, “If you were buying a jacket for your girlfriend, which one would you get?


He said, “A bulletproof one. I’m married.” ~


After losing another tooth, eight-year-old Timmy became more curious about the elusive tooth fairy. Finally putting two and two together, he came right out and asked his mother, “Mom, are you the tooth fairy?” Assuming he was old enough to hear the truth, she replied, “Yes, I am.”


Timmy seemed to take this news quite well. But as he headed for the door, he slowly turned back toward his mother with a curious look on his face and said, “Wait a minute. How do you get into the other kids’ houses?”.


“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that star- tle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a differ- ent point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.”


Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenplay


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