Deaf Business Information
Doug McLean
I'm trying to gather materials on starting a business, understanding
accounts, cash flow, etc., aimed at, or suitable for, people with Sign
as a first language. Is there anything published in the USA that I
should know about? Can anyone help?
Doug
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Deafness and Deaf Issues. 8 St John Street, Coleford, Gloucestershire, England
GL16 8AR
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Aaron Rudner
Deaf marketing is a fascinating topic. I (certified ASL interpreter; hearing
person) started and managed a travel company specializing in sign language
tours and cruises for 6 years. I found that there is NO research around
addressing Deaf people as a "market" but plenty addressing Deaf people as a
"population."
In other words, if you want to know information about unemployement rates,
reading levels, literacy, mental health, decibels, etc, you're in luck. If
you want information about mean income, buying trends, vacationing trends,
market size, etc., then you're out of luck.
It is a question of paradigm. The hearing vision of the deaf as a "disabled"
group spawns one kind of research. Market research views groups of people by
cultural/social categories (which is how Deaf people view themselves).
I'd advise you to get in touch with the Deaf Entrepreneur's Coulcil (DEC)
which is based in the Washington DC area. I don't know their e-mail or
website, perhaps someone else could add this.
Doug McLean
In article <98021217162...@mrin51.mx>, Aaron Rudner
<Rud...@AOL.COM> writes
>I'd advise you to get in touch with the Deaf Entrepreneur's Coulcil (DEC)
>which is based in the Washington DC area. I don't know their e-mail or
>website, perhaps someone else could add this.
Thanks for your helpful comments Aaron. I am actually planning to visit
Washington in a couple of months time. So if anyone could put me in
touch with DEC I'd be very grateful.
Doug
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Doug McLean: The Forest Bookshop, Specialist in Books and Other Resources on
Deafness and Deaf Issues. 8 St John Street, Coleford, Gloucestershire, GL16 8AR
Jean Boutcher
Contact Teresa of the Office of Public Relations and ask her for
a private tour of Gallaudet Press and other places on campus. Her
e-mail address is:
<<PUBL...@GALLUA.GALLAUDET.EDU>>
Be sure to type on the subject line, "ATTN.: TERESA."
Good luck,
B-
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Michael Yared
I am working on forcing the Small Business Administration
(www.sba.gov) on doing more to help people with disabilities set up
business with loans from the 8(a) program (over 4 billion of your tax
dollars).
Apparently, the SBA doesn't classify disability as part of minority.
Deafism.
Mike Yared
Doug McLean <Do...@forestbk.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<yqGKBPAp...@forestbk.demon.co.uk>...
> I'm trying to gather materials on starting a business, understanding
> accounts, cash flow, etc., aimed at, or suitable for, people with Sign
> as a first language. Is there anything published in the USA that I
> should know about? Can anyone help?
>
> Doug
> --
> Doug McLean: The Forest Bookshop, Specialist in Books and Other
Resources on
> Deafness and Deaf Issues. 8 St John Street, Coleford, Gloucestershire,
England
Stephen Joseph Hardy, II
Michael:
This requires legislative action to include people with disability in the
minority category.
--
Stephen Joseph Hardy, II
ha...@commnections.com
"donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos"
Michael Yared wrote in message <01bd3bf0$785d1d40$7c4baccf@default>...
Richard Roehm III
Mike,
Yeah keep on doing it. I was turned down a half million dollar
grant to establish a Deaf run business in Buena Park, Ca. 5 years ago
because I dont fit in one of their target minorities i.e. Hasidic
jew, spanish speaking spaniard, eskimo, or others on their list.
Richard Roehm
De...@activist.com
Jean Boutcher
18 Feb 1998 Michael Yared writes:
>I am working on forcing the Small Business Administration
>(www.sba.gov) on doing more to help people with disabilities
>set up business with loans from the 8(a) program (over 4 billion
>of your tax dollars). Apparently, the SBA doesn't classify disability
>as part of minority. Deafism.
Is it the same SBA that John Yeh made a loan to open a computer business
over a decade ago? If not, would it be actionable enough for the NAD to
do something concerning this matter?
B-
-----
Thunderstorms in Washington, D.C. last night!!! In February! The
warmest winter ever recorded! El Nino has changed his mind: he
planned to leave in April, but he has decided to stay and surf around
the globe until Fall 1998.
..
John Campbell
Jean Boutcher <jeanbo...@JUNO.COM> wrote:
>Thunderstorms in Washington, D.C. last night!!! In February! The
>warmest winter ever recorded! El Nino has changed his mind: he
>planned to leave in April, but he has decided to stay and surf around
>the globe until Fall 1998.
Yeah, that was weird. I'm 30 minutes away from D.C. and I saw a white
flash last night and thought maybe the second Gulf war was just started. :)
I felt a slight vibration on the wall and saw some more flashes. Yep, its
thunderstorm. Lighning in the winter? Interesting. :)
I plan to visit California in April and am hoping crazy El Nino goes
elsewhere by that time...
Philip N. Moos
Noon time today from Trenton, New Jersey, I saw a flash. Thought it was my
mind as I was already pretty tired. Then felt the boomer rolling. Ugh?
Was this thunder? In February? Asked co-worker if that was a thunderstorm
coming? Yep, it was.
Groundhog says we're suppose to have 6 more weeks of winter. Was he drinking?
Phil
Jean Boutcher
18 Feb 1998 John Campbell writes:
>Jean Boutcher wrote:
>>Thunderstorms in Washington, D.C. last night!!! In February! The
>>warmest winter ever recorded! El Nino has changed his mind: he
>>planned to leave in April, but he has decided to stay and surf around
>>the globe until Fall 1998.
>
>
>Yeah, that was weird. I'm 30 minutes away from D.C. and I saw a >white
>flash last night and thought maybe the second Gulf war was just
>started. :)
>I felt a slight vibration on the wall and saw some more flashes. Yep,
>its thunderstorm. Lighning in the winter? Interesting. :)
>I plan to visit California in April and am hoping crazy El Nino goes
>elsewhere by that time...
Not to mention La Nina. She is looking for El Nino.
Have a pleasant break in California.
B-
ba...@utdallas.edu
On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Jean Boutcher wrote:
>
> Not to mention La Nina. She is looking for El Nino.
>
> B-
Yes, and when La Nina finds El Nino, we'll have Los Ninonitos... :))
Scott
Michael Yared
The EEOC already classify disability as part of their definition of
minority. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 protected the use of disability as
a
minority, from what I know. Members of racial and ethnic groups will block
any
proposals for legislative action.
Mike Yared
Stephen Joseph Hardy, II <ha...@commnections.com> wrote in article
<6cf44s$qud$1...@usenet54.supernews.com>...
> Michael:
>
> This requires legislative action to include people with disability in the
> minority category.
>
> --
> Stephen Joseph Hardy, II
> ha...@commnections.com
> "donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos"
> Michael Yared wrote in message <01bd3bf0$785d1d40$7c4baccf@default>...
> > I am working on forcing the Small Business Administration
> >(www.sba.gov) on doing more to help people with disabilities set up
> >business with loans from the 8(a) program (over 4 billion of your tax
> >dollars).
> >Apparently, the SBA doesn't classify disability as part of minority.
> >Deafism.
Harry Gibbens, Jr. ( The DEAFWORKS Company )
Dear Friends on DEAF-L:
I was able to compile and answer those messages from the last week:
Michael Yared <mya...@EROLS.COM> wrote on Wed, 18 Feb 1998:
I am working on forcing the Small Business Administration
(www.sba.gov) on doing more to help people with disabilities
set up business with loans from the 8(a) program (over 4 billion
of your tax dollars). Apparently, the SBA doesn't classify
disability as part of minority, Deafism.
Mike Yared
>Doug McLean <Do...@forestbk.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
><yqGKBPAp...@forestbk.demon.co.uk>...
> I'm trying to gather materials on starting a business,
> understanding accounts, cash flow, etc., aimed at, or
> suitable for, people with Sign as a first language. Is
> there anything published in the USA that I should know
> about? Can anyone help?
>
> Doug
> --
**** I wish you the best of luck, Mike. SBA does offer loans through
HAL, Handicapped Assistance Loan, to those who QUALIFY their stringest
requirements. Unfortunately, there were many deaf business owners who
didn't meet their requirements due to different lifestyle that we all
grew up together in the deaf world. So, I was one of them. I felt
unfairness and made an objections to Gary Vail, deaf employee at SBA,
based in Washington D.C., in 1989. He was a regular SBA article
writer in the NAD Broadcaster. He tried to proposed to the higher
brass to recognized deaf to be in a different classification. So far,
nothing. I lost my interest dealing with SBA loans.
I still attend free SBA workshops such as how to cope with your
customers, what type of advertising fits in your business, etc. They
are very invaluable workshops. Interpeters were provided at these
workshops at SBA expenses if you ask for it. Also, SBA offers SCORE
(Service Corps of Retired Executive) program to counsel any young
entrepreuers of how to run their business properly and professionally.
I find that is very excellent program and is f-r-e-e! It is an
one-to-one meeting to analyze their problems as business owners. I
had tons of problems and didn't know where I can get the answers from.
SCORE is still my wonderful "grandfather-to-grandchild" meeting
because SCORE counselors are white-haired, meaning having plenty of
experience of running their companies before they retired. You can
find those workshops and SCORE in your local area by looking up in the
phone book, under SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
About the SBA loan, I was able to receive similar business loan from
the state-level, not federal-level. Without the loan, I would not be
able to develop new product called, TTYSCREENER.
(www.deafworks.com/ts_ii.html). Thanks to the state taxpayer funded
loan agency, Utah Technology Finance Corporation (UTFC). Their
website is at www.utfc.org. You can find my company name in their
client list. There is one catch - your business headquarter must be
in Utah. In event that you wanted to move to another state, the loan
must be paid in full. I grew up in Southern California and was aware
that the State of California doesn't have the loan program like UTFC.
I was told that UTFC is the only state in the nation has the type of
loan assistance available. Well, it is nice to live in Utah,
beautiful backcountry, lowest crime in the nation, and healthest
state. For those you may have wondered if I'm a religion guy related
to Utah - yes, I am a Mormon. I am very happy and proud to be a
Mormon since childhood, smile.
Richard Roehm III <de...@ACTIVIST.COM> wrote on Wed, 18 Feb 1998:
Yeah keep on doing it. I was turned down a half million dollar
grant to establish a Deaf run business in Buena Park, Ca. 5 years ago
because I dont fit in one of their target minorities i.e. Hasidic
jew, spanish speaking spaniard, eskimo, or others on their list.
**** SBA still doesn't recognized deaf as well. About the grant, I
applied a couple of Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants
years ago. One of them was TTY TRAINER 2000
(www.deafworks.com/tr2000.html). I proposed that this product is
excellent for schools who were badly in need of training students on
how to improve their language and typing skills via TTY WITHOUT the
use of telephone lines. I have gone enough research homework and
found that it was a very inventive project for deaf education
institutions. I was in the DEAF MOSIAC show VT#607. The grant was
turned down because they said there was existing product of mine out
there. I was speechless and couldn't figure where did they learned
about the product from. In fact, there was NONE! I was the only and
the original guy who came up with this idea and patented it. So, in
order to get the product out, I had to build those up by myself with
couple of employees. Now, my company is a well-known Trainer
manufacturer nowadays. Now you can see that for a fact, SBIR doesn't
work for deaf business owners. The same for SBA. Presently, I didn't
want to be bothered with these two programs because my time with them
have wasted in the past. I had enough with them. It is not really
worth to "re-invent the wheel" with them. They are and will be
continue practice as deaf-discrimination politics and full of
bureaucratics. The interesting part is that Nexion (www.nexion.com)
who sells TTY modem for PC got their grants from SBIR. Why? Easy
answer, they are hearing people selling wares to the deaf people. Why
not, deaf people (like me) selling wares to deaf people? It is always
be a mystery.
"Stephen Joseph Hardy, II" <ha...@COMMNECTIONS.COM> wrote on Wed, 18
Feb 1998:
This requires legislative action to include people with disability in
the
minority category.
**** Who is willing to do the legislative action, other than Sen. Gary
Hart, Iowa (co-authored the ADA)? Not that I know of...
Jean Boutcher <jeanbo...@JUNO.COM> wrote on Wed, 18 Feb 1998:
Is it the same SBA that John Yeh made a loan to open a computer
business over a decade ago? If not, would it be actionable enough for
the NAD to do something concerning this matter?
**** It was my understanding that John Yeh received the money from his
rich family to form Microflip (now long goner).
Regards,
Harry Jr.
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Harry Gibbens, Jr. ( The DEAFWORKS Company )
Dear Friends on DEAF-L:
I was able to compile and answer those messages from the last week:
Michael Yared <mya...@EROLS.COM> wrote on Wed, 18 Feb 1998:
I am working on forcing the Small Business Administration
(www.sba.gov) on doing more to help people with disabilities
set up business with loans from the 8(a) program (over 4 billion
of your tax dollars). Apparently, the SBA doesn't classify
disability as part of minority, Deafism.
Mike Yared
>Doug McLean <Do...@forestbk.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
><yqGKBPAp...@forestbk.demon.co.uk>...
> I'm trying to gather materials on starting a business,
> understanding accounts, cash flow, etc., aimed at, or
> suitable for, people with Sign as a first language. Is
> there anything published in the USA that I should know
> about? Can anyone help?
>
> Doug
> --
**** Good luck, Mike. SBA does offer loans through HAL, Handicapped
Mormon since childhood.
Untrained oralist
wow :)
Michael Yared wrote in message <01bd3bf0$785d1d40$7c4baccf@default>...
> I am working on forcing the Small Business Administration
>(www.sba.gov) on doing more to help people with disabilities set up
>business with loans from the 8(a) program (over 4 billion of your tax
>dollars).
>Apparently, the SBA doesn't classify disability as part of minority.
>Deafism.
> Mike Yared
>
>Doug McLean <Do...@forestbk.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
><yqGKBPAp...@forestbk.demon.co.uk>...
>> I'm trying to gather materials on starting a business, understanding
>> accounts, cash flow, etc., aimed at, or suitable for, people with Sign
>> as a first language. Is there anything published in the USA that I
>> should know about? Can anyone help?
>>
>> Doug
>> --