Author: Brian Vander Veen

Crowdfunding Success Stories: Q&A with comics artist Manny Trembley

Posted in Business and Careers, Explore and Discover, For You on March 11, 2015 at 6:00 am

By Brian Vander Veen Launching a creative endeavor or a new business usually requires money. Traditionally, acquiring such funding has meant the need for taking out a loan, finding an investor, borrowing from friends or family, or spending your own hard-earned nest egg. In recent years, we’ve seen yet another option emerge. It is one […]

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Life Lessons From Little Free Libraries

Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, kids, Parents and Teachers, Prime Time on October 15, 2014 at 6:00 am

Little Free Library filled with books, courtesy of Brian Vander Veen By Brian Vander Veen Last year, my partner Sheri and I started our own Little Free Library. If you’re not familiar with what Little Free Libraries are, they’re simply containers, usually near a sidewalk or similar publicly accessible space, where people can take and leave books for free. Little Free Libraries first began appearing in Wisco […]

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