My family, friends, and colleagues either find it fascinating, unusual, and more times than not, simply weird that I talk to myself constantly. Personally, I see nothing at all wrong with this perfectly healthy exercise. There is where I find many of my Eureka! moments and solutions to business, technology, or personal problems eating at me.
With that said, here you will find many of my musings, ramblings, and brain dumps — from serious all the way to the whimsical …
God Bless
Faith Sloan
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Life is grand! Praise and Prayer are Key. Believe and then Receive in Abundance.
Let us get married today … in change.
I Micro-finance entrepreneurs in other countries. Kiva’s mission is to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. http://www.kiva.org/lender/faithsloan Back when I signed up to finance, Kiva always had hundreds of people awaiting funding. Because of a recent policy change, Kiva is financing people at such an astronomical rate that you may find that there are only a few awaiting financing. This will be remedied soon!
1st PC: Timex Sinclair ZX81 from UK hooked up to b/w TV & cassette recorder
2nd PC: Tandy Radio Shack 4P ‘luggable’ (Trash80P)
Current Readings: Janet Evanovich’s “Fearless Fourteen” critiquing loads of business plans
Last Readings: James Patterson’s “Sail”, Catherine Coulter’s “TailSpin”
I’m a mother, a sister, a daughter, a grandmother, an aunt, etc etc. LOVING IT! The Lord is GOOD to me and for me.
Currently pursuing MBA Finance & MBA Certificate in Entrepreneurship
Co-founder of the “NEXT BIG THING!” It’s HUGE! My third startup of many. … rather serial, eh?
Do I sleep?
10 years as a Self-Directed Investor
20+ years experience in various industries as a Technologist, CEO and CTO.
Built a profitable company which delivered cutting-edge software solutions to solve real-world business problems. As one who has endured trials/tribulations of being CEO of FRS Associates, Co-Founder/CTO at Lenos.com, I am generally rounded.
An independent thinker w/the discipline to set long-term goals and the adaptability to veer yet stay on course.
Highly accomplished public speaker who enjoys taking the mysticism out of technology for the lay person, C-level execs, and children.
Communicator, Mentor, Motivator, and Learner.
Out Of The Box and Off The Wall Thinker with an Aversion for Analysis Paralysis
I ain’t no programmer. Dem’s fightin’ words. I possess deep technological capabilities which I use to automate business processes of which I am a subject matter expert (SME). Huh? Get Real!
Specialties:
CTO, StartUps,VCs, Real Estate Investing, Consultative Selling, WordPress , Training, ColdFusion, Fusebox, PHP, JavaScript, XML, Apache,IIS, databases, SVN,Dreamweaver, Eclipse, SAS Software, Pharmaceutical and BioTech, Presenter, Author, Eating, Laughing
EDUCATION
*MS Finance, Argosy Univ 2009
*MBA Enrepreneurship Graduate Certificate, Devry Univ/Keller Grad School of Mgmt 2009
*Dale Carnegie Course in Effective Speaking and Human Relations
*MS Syst Mgmt, U of Southern Cal (USC) 1991
*BS Quant Methods, UIC 1986
ColdFusion-12yrs
JavaScript-10yrs
SAS(Analytics/Reports/Web)-13yrs
DataBases-20yrs
Management-Too Long
Laughing (A Lifetime)
