As many of you know, Club Entrepreneur is deeply vested in the barter applications of business. (see www.clubeexchange.net) We've partnered up with the longstanding and integrity-filled barter company, Tradesource (see www.tradesource.net)and have conducted many tens of thousands of barter transactions with our Club E members through Tradesource's barter network.
Over the last year or so, Club Entrepreneur (and me personally) have been able to trade for the lease of our beautiful Downtown Phoenix facility (www.clubeoffice.com), complete with bartered furnishings and even the delicious catered food at our weekly and monthly gatherings of entrepreneurs. In the past several weeks, we've added both print and ink catridges (www.clubeinkandtoner.com) as well as good, used automobiles to the roster of products that can be purchased through our barter network.
Perhaps the greatest personal story of what can be bartered occured just a day or two ago, when I had the privilege of hosting two young single mothers, who are now working with Club E, as well as a surrogate aunt and young Club E member, who were able to pick out literally hundreds of dollars of toys and gifts for their 20 month, 4 and 5 year old little girls for a Christmas that they will never forget. You see, each of these young ladies had been unable to afford to buy Christmas gifts for their little girls because they simply could not afford to this year.
Fortunately, the sale of catridges and cars on barter had left a generous amount of surplus barter in my accounts and I was honored to bring these young ladies to go Christmas shopping at the Tradesource store, which was filed with member items, including toys for little girls of these three fine women. The ladies at Tradesource, named Sally and Amanda, kindly assisted these young ladies in finding many great gifts for their children and the smiles on their faces, as they gleefully filled their cars with gifts for their baby girls, was the greatest gift of all!
Tonight, I was able to fill up my daughter's large SUV to the brim with large boxes of beautiful new furnishings for her townhouse, which she shares with her sister. My daughters had been laboriously filling their new home, piece by piece over the months they settled in together but they still had a long way to go to make their place comfortably furnished. Through one of Tradesource's members in the new and consigned furniture business, I was able to locate beautiful furniture and accessories that I could give to my two daughters for Christmas. Had I had to pay cash for such beautiful items, I never could have afforded to be so generous this Christmas. Barter saved the day!
There are many other examples of how using barter can help us all in this tough economy. I, for one, can proudly gratefully attest that barter has allowed me to provide a very Merry Christmas for five young ladies...the three little girls of Club E members and my own two beautiful daughters!
Have a Merry (Bartered) Christmas to you all!
Best always,
Peter J. Burns, III
Founder
Club Entrepreneur
Friday, December 24, 2010
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Headliner at Club E On December 1
The evening started off with the logistics of a military campaign. Chairs were imported for the expected overflow crowd, the caterer arrived with extra tables and enough food to fuel a small army. The sound equipment was being tested, sponsor tables were being organized. That night, we were having one of Arizona's most well known and successful entrepreneurs, Robert Sarver, the SUNS owner and banking magnate with a $59B empire. We were also hosting LeAnn Hull, our very own Club E member that was throwing her hat into the political arena for the Mayor's Office of Phoenix.
We hoped for a crowd over 200 and exceeded that by over 50%, with a solid 300 plus business owners, entrepreneurs and friends crowding our downtown Phoenix headquarters at 300 W Osborn. It was a magical night...
I introduced Club E and it's mission to the many newcomers in the audience and then had each of our 6 or 8 sponsors share what their companies did with the crowd. Robert Sarver had requested an earlier start than usual (5 PM vs. 5:30 PM) to accommodate his schedule, which we gladly complied with. I introduced him and for a solid 45 minutes, he regaled us with his history and observations, all with great humor and ease. The audience loved him and there were a many questions and answers directed to him after his talk. He had to leave right away to head to a family function and I'm looking forward to getting together with him one-on-one myself sometime. He's my type of entrepreneur.
LeAnn Hull, our Club E favorite for political office, stepped up to the mike and in a very well presented speech, shared her sweeping vision of turning the City of Phoenix around as the next Mayor. Her ideas were solid and very executable...if there were cooperation in the City government. She asked us to help put certain Council members into office along with her to make this all come together. LeAnn is a champion and we need entrepreneurs like her in political office. I aim to do whatever I can with Club E to make that happen because we will all win with her at the helm of America's 5th largest city.
The rest of the evening was filled with significant connections being made between the attendees and a universal delight with the event. As always, everyone enjoyed the spectacular feast put together by Club E's own caterer, Janet Williams of JW Productions.
We were so fortunate to have one of our Club E members, Rick Allen, who kindly recorded the whole event and a link is offered here below for those that missed it or for attendees that wanted to see the great evening again.
https://www.onlinefilefolder.com/4fYTVPZJti8p5K
I am very proud of Club Entrepreneur and the organization it has become these past (nearly) four years. Our members are the backbone of this State and together, we will drive Phoenix to rise from it's own ashes and become the "Small Business Capital" of this country and as a beacon of Free Enterprise to others across our great country.
Best regards,
Peter J. Burns, III
Founder
We hoped for a crowd over 200 and exceeded that by over 50%, with a solid 300 plus business owners, entrepreneurs and friends crowding our downtown Phoenix headquarters at 300 W Osborn. It was a magical night...
I introduced Club E and it's mission to the many newcomers in the audience and then had each of our 6 or 8 sponsors share what their companies did with the crowd. Robert Sarver had requested an earlier start than usual (5 PM vs. 5:30 PM) to accommodate his schedule, which we gladly complied with. I introduced him and for a solid 45 minutes, he regaled us with his history and observations, all with great humor and ease. The audience loved him and there were a many questions and answers directed to him after his talk. He had to leave right away to head to a family function and I'm looking forward to getting together with him one-on-one myself sometime. He's my type of entrepreneur.
LeAnn Hull, our Club E favorite for political office, stepped up to the mike and in a very well presented speech, shared her sweeping vision of turning the City of Phoenix around as the next Mayor. Her ideas were solid and very executable...if there were cooperation in the City government. She asked us to help put certain Council members into office along with her to make this all come together. LeAnn is a champion and we need entrepreneurs like her in political office. I aim to do whatever I can with Club E to make that happen because we will all win with her at the helm of America's 5th largest city.
The rest of the evening was filled with significant connections being made between the attendees and a universal delight with the event. As always, everyone enjoyed the spectacular feast put together by Club E's own caterer, Janet Williams of JW Productions.
We were so fortunate to have one of our Club E members, Rick Allen, who kindly recorded the whole event and a link is offered here below for those that missed it or for attendees that wanted to see the great evening again.
https://www.onlinefilefolder.com/4fYTVPZJti8p5K
I am very proud of Club Entrepreneur and the organization it has become these past (nearly) four years. Our members are the backbone of this State and together, we will drive Phoenix to rise from it's own ashes and become the "Small Business Capital" of this country and as a beacon of Free Enterprise to others across our great country.
Best regards,
Peter J. Burns, III
Founder
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