Join us this BBC Friday for a year-end conversation with Leslie Schneider, OfficeXpats co-owner and longtime BBC Regular: “COBI and Bainbridge Business in 2019” (it’s just around the corner).

Leslie will not only talk about cool City stuff possibly upcoming in 2019, but she also wants to access her BBC Board Of Directors, to pick our collective brains. She appreciates us — and we APPRECIATE her (and Jason) for their years of hosting the BBC!

Leslie moved to Bainbridge Island in 2009, where her son graduated from BHS in 2015. She started a coworking business in 2011 called OfficeXpats with partner Jason Omens. OfficeXpats is a shared office space and collaborative hub for independent professionals, and it won the Chamber Of Commerce small business of the year award for 2014 for its support of local business and the community. Leslie has also served on the boards of Sustainable Bainbridge and the Kitsap Regional Library Foundation.

This Friday Dec. 21 – The first BBC UGLY HOLIDAY SWEATER CONTEST (and maybe the last?). There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd … ugliest sweater. Thanks (I think…) to Paula Weissinger, State Farm Insurance & “Friends Of The Post Office,” for sponsoring this exciting new event!

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise!

So Invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is, Upstairs at the Pavilion
7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – Business On Bainbridge for 2019  w/ Leslie Schneider
8:45-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

11 January 2019 — BBC 10TH ANNIVERSARY 
 We will be graciously hosted by BIMA (Bainbridge Island Museum Of Art) and enjoy a catered breakfast, with waffles! Mark your calendars for this … amazing celebration of 10 years of BBC not existing

Sincerely, BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC
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BBC Regulars Upcoming News & Events!

Waterfront Seattle & 2019 Viaduct Removal – Free Shuttle Service Info/Map: seattle.curbed.com/2018/10/4/17938460/seattle-waterfront-shuttle-bus-transportation.

Creating Community Resilience. “Map Your Neighborhood”:  bifd.org/map-your-neighborhood.aspx. Bainbridge Prepares:  bainbridgeprepares.org. Scott James guidebook, “Prepared Neighborhoods” preparedneighborhoods.com.

Join us for our (can you believe it?) 6th annual “Looking Back, Looking Forward” conversation with Alyse McConnell of A2 Coaching Group.

“People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.” ~Earl Nightingale.

Alyse is delighted to lead us once again in closing out the year providing a fresh start to what we want to create next. Though the annual change in the calendar is just like any other day, it’s a great opportunity to look at where we’ve been, celebrate the journey, and learn its lessons — looking ahead to what we want to create next. This year’s conversation will focus on a new aspect of goal setting: finding a clarity that takes the heavy lifting out of achievement.

Alyse’s has spent the last year learning about this process, and she is excited to offer to us some insights!  Former owner of Paper Products and founding BBC organizer, Alyse is noted for her organizational expertise in systems planning and for helping and motivating her clients to achieve breakthrough results in business and in life. Visit Alyse on LinkedIn.com.

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise!

So Invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

NOTES from our very first BBC Business Popcorn Roundtable  – 30 November 2018: “BBC_PopcornBusinessRoundtable.pdf” (google docs)

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is, Upstairs at the Pavilion
7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – Looking Forward Looking Back
8:45-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely, BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC
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BBC Regulars Upcoming News & Events!

Waterfront Seattle & 2019 Viaduct Removal – Free Shuttle Service Info/Map: seattle.curbed.com/2018/10/4/17938460/seattle-waterfront-shuttle-bus-transportation.

U.S. Marine Corps Toys For Tots Drop-off Locations: Calico Toy Shoppe – 290 Winslow Way E. Paula Weissinger State Farm Insurance – 175 Parfitt Way, Suite 180. Accepting donations through Dec. 15. Guidelines for donating toys here.

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Creating Community Resilience. “Map Your Neighborhood”:  bifd.org/map-your-neighborhood.aspx. Bainbridge Prepares:  bainbridgeprepares.org. Scott James guidebook, “Prepared Neighborhoods” preparedneighborhoods.com.

Join the BBC community this Friday for a new spin on Friday Think Club
“Business Popcorn Roundtable”
moderated by BBC ReguXXr behind-XXX-scenes secret ageXt XXXX XXXX  [redacted]

Popcorn pops, so do ideas, sometimes. Creativity and spontaneity, with a little hot butter and salt, and you’ve got a box of yummy ideas just waiting for the movie to begin. Movie… life… business life…. Who knows? Anticipate being surprised. Mildly amused? XXX XXXXXXX XXXXXX

So Invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space … and another delicious cup of BBC!

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is, Upstairs at the Pavilion
7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “Business Popcorn Roundtable” w/ XXXXX XXXXX
8:45-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely, BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC
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BBC Regulars Upcoming News & Events!

30 November (Friday) – 2 December (Sunday), 10:00 to 5:00. The 35th Annual “Winter Studio Tour”! Eight island artists’ studios and community halls. Info and registration: bistudiotour.com.

5 December, Wednesday, 5:24-8:03, Silverdale Greendrinks: Hosted by Central Kitsap Food Bank (ckfoodbank.org), 3537 NW Anderson Hill Rd, Silverdale. More info: facebook.com/events/280254932832763/. 

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Creating Community Resilience. “Map Your Neighborhood”:  bifd.org/map-your-neighborhood.aspx. Bainbridge Prepares:  bainbridgeprepares.org. Scott James guidebook, “Prepared Neighborhoods” preparedneighborhoods.com.

No BBC this Black Friday. We’re off for Thanksgiving Holidays!

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving. May your thankfulness be sprinkled with friendship, peace, and moderation.

Sophrosyne: “ancient Greek concept of an ideal of excellence of character and soundness of mind, which when combined in one well-balanced individual leads to other qualities, such as temperance, moderation, prudence, purity, decorum and self-control.”  (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophrosyne)

Sincerely, BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC
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BBC Regulars Upcoming News & Events!

24 november 2018, Saturday, 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM: Multi-Family Community Sale! Come find some good buys; maybe even get your Christmas/Hanukkah/Holiday  shopping started early. @ Virginia Villa Apartments, 200 High School Rd NE. (NO early arrivals, please!) More info: facebook.com/events/254529785220526/.

Donna Dowdney @ Esther’s Fabrics – Donna’s art is on display throughout November. If you haven’t see her work, stop by Esther’s Fabrics. Donna’s website: donnaleedowdney.com.

Creating Community Resilience. “Map Your Neighborhood”:  bifd.org/map-your-neighborhood.aspx. Bainbridge Prepares:  bainbridgeprepares.org. Scott James guidebook, “Prepared Neighborhoods” preparedneighborhoods.com.

Join us this BBC Friday for an exciting presentation and discussion with longtime BBC Regular, honorable OfficeXpats Member, coach & blogger, Charlie King — “LinkedIn: Racecar or Roadkill?”

Is LinkedIn the best forum for you? In an era where there are countless mediums to share your message and connect with people in business, is LinkedIn still relevant? Is it still the mega-influential site as a premier location for all-things business? Or has this resource been made irrelevant by younger generations eager for more socially-based platforms and forums?
Charlie on  linkedin.com.
Charlie’s website: heroicfatherhood.com.

So Invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space … and another delicious cup of BBC!

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is, Upstairs at the Pavilion
7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “LinkedIn: Racecar or Roadkill?”
8:45-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely, BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC
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BBC Regulars Upcoming News & Events!

24 november 2018, Saturday, 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM: Multi-Family Community Sale! Come find some good buys; maybe even get your Christmas/Hanukkah/Holiday  shopping started early. @ Virginia Villa Apartments, 200 High School Rd NE. (NO early arrivals, please!) More info: facebook.com/events/254529785220526/.

Donna Dowdney @ Esther’s Fabrics (Donna’s art is on display throughout November). 17 November, Saturday  BARN Artisan Bazaar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Donna’s website: donnaleedowdney.com.

Creating Community Resilience. “Map Your Neighborhood”:  bifd.org/map-your-neighborhood.aspx. Bainbridge Prepares:  bainbridgeprepares.org. Scott James guidebook, “Prepared Neighborhoods” preparedneighborhoods.com.

Join us this BBC Friday for a #free.fun.friendly … free for all open MIC business roundtable where we’ll discuss … business chaos theory and … [imagine something interesting here]

So Invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space … and another delicious cup of BBC!

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is, Upstairs at the Pavilion
7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “Business Chaos Theory For Earthlings & Offworlders
8:45-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely, BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC
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BBC Regulars Upcoming News & Events!

2 November, First Friday Art Walk, 6:00-8:00 PM, Donna Dowdney @ Esther’s Fabrics (note, art on display throughout November). 17 November: BARN Artisan Bazaar, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Donna’s website: donnaleedowdney.com.

2 November, Friday, 4:00 PM – SHIFT Grand Opening: “Come celebrate the grand opening of SHiFT, Bainbridge Island’s newest boutique, specializing in “ethical style for women & men.” Facebook.

Creating Community Resilience. “Map Your Neighborhood”:  bifd.org/map-your-neighborhood.aspx. Bainbridge Prepares:  bainbridgeprepares.org. Scott James guidebook, “Prepared Neighborhoods” preparedneighborhoods.com.

Join us this BBC Friday for a #free.fun.friendly COBI, LinkedIn, Día de Muertos, business roundtable discussion.

We’ll begin with an update from our undercover agent at COBI on the city budget (or something like that).

Then we’ll open the table to share stories from “Life On LinkedIn” (not life on Mars).

Finally, we’ll close with happy reminiscences for our honored dead BBC and OfficeXpats friends (bainbridgebusinessconnection.com).

<<OfficeXpats’ “ofrendas” (altars) in entryway celebrating Día de Muertos.>>

So Invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space … and another delicious cup of BBC!

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is, Upstairs at the Pavilion
7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “COBI / LinkedIn / Día de Muertos“
8:45-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely, BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC
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BBC Regulars Upcoming News & Events!

Day of the Dead @ OfficeXpats “Happiness Hour” this Thursday, 4:30–.   Surprise treats, Jason concocting cocktails worthy of the season, movie in the Event Room (“Coco” – an animated story of the traditional  Día de Muertos en Mexico).

2 November, 6-8 PM – First Friday Art Walk! Over 30 businesses & galleries participating on Winslow Way & environs. Music, wine, small bites (bainbridgedowntown.org).

2 November, First Friday Art Walk, 6:00-8:00 PM, Donna Dowdney @ Esther’s Fabrics (note, art on display throughout November). 17 November: BARN Artisan Bazaar, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Donna’s website: donnaleedowdney.com.

2 November, Friday, 4:00 PM – SHIFT Grand Opening: “Come celebrate the grand opening of SHiFT, Bainbridge Island’s newest boutique, specializing in “ethical style for women & men.” Facebook.

Creating Community Resilience. “Map Your Neighborhood”:  bifd.org/map-your-neighborhood.aspx. Bainbridge Prepares:  bainbridgeprepares.org. Scott James guidebook, “Prepared Neighborhoods” preparedneighborhoods.com.

Join us this pumpkin-colored autumn BBC Friday for “Business Community Storytelling” from our neighbors at Cook Family Funeral Home, with new ownersTim Dinan Jr. and Alison Michelle Hahn. Tim and Alison will share some of Cook’s history, and talk about Cook’s services and vision for the future.

Experience, professionalism, compassion, empathy:  “Celebrating life is our mission. That’s never changed. And with pride, it never will…. We’re not just a funeral home. We’re a gathering place for the community.”  (cookfamilyfuneralhome.com)

So Invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space … and another delicious cup of BBC!

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is, Upstairs at the Pavilion
7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “Cook Family Funeral Home”
8:45-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely, BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC
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BBC Regulars Upcoming News & Events!

Halloween / Day of the Dead @ OfficeXpats “Happiness Hour” this Thursday.  Surprise treats, Jason concocting cocktails worthy of the season, movie in the Event Room (“Coco” – an animated story the traditional Dia de los Muertos en Mexico).

2 November, 4:00 PM – SHIFT Grand Opening: “Come celebrate the grand opening of SHiFT, Bainbridge Island’s newest boutique, specializing in ethical style for women & men. Facebook.

Donna Lee Dowdney art at Umpqua Bank — her Fabric Art show continues through the month of October. Read more at donnaleedowdney.com.

Creating Community Resilience. “Map Your Neighborhood”:  bifd.org/map-your-neighborhood.aspx. Bainbridge Prepares:  bainbridgeprepares.org. Scott James guidebook, “Prepared Neighborhoods” preparedneighborhoods.com.

Join us this autumn BBC Friday for OPEN MIC Business Support & Sharing Roundtable.

Bring a business idea or problem, show-and-tell art, app, or friendly xenomorph. BBC: “Your board of directors.”  

Play, share, dream. Be creative, think sideways, wear…..

So Invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space … and another delicious cup of BBC!

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is, Upstairs at the Pavilion
7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “Open MIC Friday”
8:45-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely, BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC
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BBC Regulars Upcoming News & Events!

Donna Lee Dowdney art at Umpqua Bank — her Fabric Art show continues through the month of October. Read more at donnaleedowdney.com.

23 October 2018, 2:00-6:00 PM, KEDA Fall Forum: “Makers, Doers & Dreamers.”  Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort And Conference Center. KEDA’s Fall Forum will showcase local entrepreneurs who have successfully taken their concepts from the kitchen table or garage to the next level. Keynote speaker, Maury Forum. Registration closes October 15th:  keda2018fallforum.brownpapertickets.com. KEDA homepage: kitsapeda.org.

Creating Community Resilience. “Map Your Neighborhood”:  bifd.org/map-your-neighborhood.aspx. Bainbridge Prepares:  bainbridgeprepares.org. Scott James guidebook, “Prepared Neighborhoods” preparedneighborhoods.com.

Join us this BBC Friday for another COBI & Community Business update and roundtable discussion, with our own mistress of entrepreneurial munificence Leslie Schneider. 

Leslie on City Council: “I have been an active advocate for sustainability and local economy since 1992 when I started volunteering for Sustainable Seattle and later for the Business Alliance for Local Living Economy. I love how the design of physical space can encourage the growth of relationships in a community. To live in deeper community with neighbors, I was a founding member of Jackson Place Cohousing (JPC). I had many leadership roles in the development and construction of JPC’s 27 condominium units and common spaces, located just southeast of downtown Seattle. I lived there for eight years until moving to Bainbridge Island. I also volunteered for the Pomegranate Center (“Strengthening Communities Through Creative Collaboration”). I even went all the way to New York City to take a workshop on “How to turn a place around,” from one of my favorite organizations, the Project For Public Spaces. I visited City Repair projects in Portland, Oregon, and have participated recently in that organization’s annual Village Building Convergence.” 

So Invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space … and another delicious cup of BBC!

Be here, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, me hearties, as serial entrepreneurials, we all be business wise!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is, Upstairs at the Pavilion
7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – Community Business Roundtable w/ Leslie Schneider
8:45-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely, BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC
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BBC Regulars Upcoming News & Events!

Donna Lee Dowdney art at Umpqua Bank — her Fabric Art show continues through the month of October. Read more at donnaleedowdney.com.

23 October 2018, 2:00-6:00 PM, KEDA Fall Forum: “Makers, Doers & Dreamers.”  Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort And Conference Center. KEDA’s Fall Forum will showcase local entrepreneurs who have successfully taken their concepts from the kitchen table or garage to the next level. Keynote speaker, Maury Forum. Registration closes October 15th:  keda2018fallforum.brownpapertickets.com. KEDA homepage: kitsapeda.org.

Creating Community Resilience. “Map Your Neighborhood”:  bifd.org/map-your-neighborhood.aspx. Bainbridge Prepares:  bainbridgeprepares.org. Scott James guidebook, “Prepared Neighborhoods” preparedneighborhoods.com.