--- title: Tim McCarthy & BGF | Blog (73) description: This site is solely intended to share my learning in business and engaged philanthropy with like-minded people. Ideally, I will continue to build up my audience through readership and speaking gigs but since I've been writing and speaking for 30 years now, my real intention is just to share my journey. (73) --- [![Main-Logo-01-1](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Main-Logo-01-1.png?width=250&height=43&name=Main-Logo-01-1.png "Main-Logo-01-1")](https://www.thebusinessofgood.org) # Tim McCarthy and the Business of Good ## [Book of the Month - "The Billionaire Who Wasn’t” by Conor O’Clery](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/book-of-the-month-the-billionaire-who-wasnt-by-conor-oclery) ** Dec 6, 2013 10:40:00 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/book-of-the-month-the-billionaire-who-wasnt-by-conor-oclery#comments-listing) ![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Dec-Book-2.png?width=105&name=Dec-Book-2.png)Editor’s Note:* I’m not much of a biography guy but this one reads like fiction. Through 400 pages, O’Clery does a great job with short punchy chapters about a man I’d never hear of before. Chuck Feeney quietly built a multi-billion dollar empire of Duty Free stores and then even more quietly invested all of his fortune in social change. He patterned his life after Andrew Carnegie’s essay on “Wealth” which dealt with “giving while living.” No matter where your point of view ends up on the man or his works, it’s just a helluva read. * [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/book-of-the-month-the-billionaire-who-wasnt-by-conor-oclery) ## [SONG "A Dustland Fairytale" by The Killers](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/song-a-dustland-fairytale-by-the-killers) ** Oct 4, 2013 7:06:00 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/song-a-dustland-fairytale-by-the-killers#comments-listing) ![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/oct4-Killers-day-and-age-2.png?width=175&name=oct4-Killers-day-and-age-2.png)*Editor’s note: Nostalgia. Nothing puts a lump in your throat and a pang in your heart like remembering the past, and this song’s powerful message of* [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/song-a-dustland-fairytale-by-the-killers) ## [CASE HISTORY Malone Scholarship Fund](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/case-history-malone-scholarship-fund) ** Oct 4, 2013 6:57:00 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Learning and Knowledge](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/learning-and-knowledge) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/case-history-malone-scholarship-fund#comments-listing) [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/case-history-malone-scholarship-fund) ## [BOOK “Creating Innovators” by Tony Wagner](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/book-creating-innovators-by-tony-wagner) ** Oct 4, 2013 6:50:00 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/book-creating-innovators-by-tony-wagner#comments-listing) ![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/oct3_Creating-Innovators-2.jpg?width=175&name=oct3_Creating-Innovators-2.jpg) *Editor's note:  **Creating I**nnovators** offers an expose on what it takes to foster creative and entrepreneurial skills in students and adults alike.  I agreed with Tony W**agner’s general premise that being an 'innovator' is not a destination, but a lifelong learning process.  Through a collection of interviews with students, parents, and their teachers, Wagner identifies a few common threads: parenting styles, impact and role of mentors and teachers, and the role of the various educational institutions on their development (listed in order of importance, in my opinion).* [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/book-creating-innovators-by-tony-wagner) ## [Newsletter: “Hope is Not a Strategy” by Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/newsletter-hope-is-not-a-strategy-by-tim-mccarthy) ** Oct 4, 2013 6:42:00 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Monthly Newsletter](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/monthly-newsletter) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/newsletter-hope-is-not-a-strategy-by-tim-mccarthy#comments-listing) The program director at an entrepreneurial class I taught recently said, “no one speaks to us so frankly about failure.” I then had fun with a colleague discussing that thought and it made me decide to postpone the second of three “Dear Reader” blogs regarding “empty abundance.” [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/newsletter-hope-is-not-a-strategy-by-tim-mccarthy) ## [Newsletter: “Dear Reader” by Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/newsletter-dear-reader-by-tim-mccarthy) ** Aug 31, 2013 1:06:00 PM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Monthly Newsletter](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/monthly-newsletter) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/newsletter-dear-reader-by-tim-mccarthy#comments-listing) Your responses to my request in last month’s blog for input on my book are astounding. [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/newsletter-dear-reader-by-tim-mccarthy) ## [BOOK “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/book-the-lean-startup-by-eric-ries) ** Aug 31, 2013 12:57:00 PM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/book-the-lean-startup-by-eric-ries#comments-listing) ![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/TheLeanStartup-2.jpg) *Editor's Note: We have a team in the process of launching a promising start-up social enterprise called America Mentors (dba Cleveland Mentors), designed to significantly increase the size and quality of student mentoring programs. The team is using The Lean Startup to build an innovative business model that, through effective marketing and enabling technology, will match 5M caring and committed citizens across the country to the 5M low-income/first-generation college students to double their graduation rates.* [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/book-the-lean-startup-by-eric-ries) ## [CASE HISTORY The Spirit of Jake](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/case-history-the-spirit-of-jake) ** Aug 31, 2013 12:53:00 PM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Learning and Knowledge](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/learning-and-knowledge) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/case-history-the-spirit-of-jake#comments-listing) *Editor’s note: Attached for your viewing is a 12 minute video of a commencement address I gave last week the day after we celebrated the life of my good friend, Jake Sposito. I wrote to you about Jake a few months ago in a blog titled, “This Mortal Coil.” These remarks to 38 entrepreneurs graduating from Goldman Sachs “10,000 Businesses” program here in Cleveland use Jake’s life to share a couple of the most important lessons Jake taught me:* [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/case-history-the-spirit-of-jake) ## [SONG "The Walk" by Meyer Hawthorne](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/song-the-walk-by-meyer-hawthorne) ** Aug 31, 2013 12:48:00 PM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/song-the-walk-by-meyer-hawthorne#comments-listing) ![](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png)*Editor’s note: Sometimes I just like to laugh. This song takes an old theme (“beauty is only skin deep”) and an old sound (doo wop) and combines into something catchy and funny to me. Note: R rating for language. Hope you enjoy.* [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/song-the-walk-by-meyer-hawthorne) ## [Abandoning My Memoir – A Call for Help to my Readers](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/abandoning-my-memoir-a-call-for-help-to-my-readers) ** Jul 31, 2013 4:46:00 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Monthly Newsletter](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/monthly-newsletter) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/abandoning-my-memoir-a-call-for-help-to-my-readers#comments-listing) I need your input. 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