Something Massive has pledged to lend to entrepreneurs around the globe who are using profitable businesses to make their worlds a better place. For each of our new business wins in 2010, we will select an entrepreneur through Kiva and help to fund their business. We know we are the beneficiaries of a global economy and this is just one small way we have chosen to give back and knit ourselves to the world’s less fortunate but ever-tenacious entreprenuers. Their stories and the means by which digital communications bring them into our lives are our inspiration. Read more about why we chose Kiva here.
Something Massive is thrilled to report that Abdumalik Abduhafizov from Istaravshan, Tajikistan has been fully funded through Kiva. We partnered with our new client Genesco to help support this entrepreneur who is using his clothing sales profits to help support his teenagers and fulfill his dream of owning a home.
You can read more about Istaravshan, Tajikistan here. Or, consider making a loan all your own.
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Actually, that would more accurately be represented as Hair Yesteday, Gone Today. Yes it’s true, one more Something Massivite has bit the bullet and chopped off her locks for love. And this time it’s me, Julia!
This was sort of a momentous occasion for me, made more nerve-wracking since my usual hair dresser moved to Austin, TX while I’ve been growing out these locks this last year (I had no idea!). So today I had to take my big, thick, curly mane to someone totally new. She came highly recommended by a friend but since her salon was destroyed by the Nashville Flood this last May, she’s working from a small little studio on Music Row. Walking up, I learned it is not the kind of shiny salon I’m used to at all and I prepared myself for the worst. But then I realized that getting a bad haircut in no way, shape or form comes anywhere close to what it must feel like for kids with cancer to go through treatment, lose their hair, and feel sick most of the time. With that, I schlepped myself right in there and went for it!!
Here are the locks before:
And here I am after:
(My hairdresser was egging me on with that last one.)
It’s super short! But I’m happy with the outcome and would suggest donating hair to anyone. You can check out more here. Especially in these tough economic times, it’s an excellent way to make a huge difference in someone else’s life by using the resources you have on hand, or errr … on head.
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Well, Jacqueline actually beat me to the chopping block, but I came in a close second. As of this weekend my 10 inch ponytail is no longer. Fun fact: My hair is so thick that the scissors nearly broke mid-chop!
I’m beyond thrilled with the new look AND with my first Locks of Love donation.
Plenty more to go! If you happen to see Rebecca, Dana, Julia, Misti, or Jackie give them some words of encouragement… the wait is long but it’s beyond worth it.
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Ready for a Locks of Love spring update? The Something Massive ladies have been busy and some changes are in the works.
First, let’s welcome Misti to our club. Or… hopefully welcome Misti. She’s still undecided but her long, beautiful locks would be perfect for our goal so we’re upping the peer pressure.
Next, our first ponytail chop is on the books! It’s officially the 3-week countdown for Nicole, who will be the first to donate 10 inches. Unless of course Jacqueline steps up her game and takes the plunge, who has been holding out for some time now.
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Something Massive has pledged to lend to entrepreneurs around the globe who are using profitable businesses to make their worlds a better place. For each of our new business wins in 2010, we will select an entrepreneur through Kiva and help to fund their business. We know we are the beneficiaries of a global economy and this is just one small way we have chosen to give back and knit ourselves to the world’s less fortunate but ever-tenacious entreprenuers. Their stories and the means by which digital communications bring them into our lives are our inspiration. Read more about why we chose Kiva here.
To celebrate our new client A4, we extended a loan to Isabel, a 30-year old woman who lives in Bolivia. Isabel sells cosmetics, clothing and shoes from a stall in the city market. She is a single mother supporting two children.
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