CURRENT MISSION

social entrepreneur - building businesses for people, planet, and profit!

ABOUT ME

And Aussie-American, international traveler, lover of life! I currently live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where I went to undergrad and later business school at UNC-Chapel Hill for entrepreneurship and sustainability. My career path has varied and been filled with excitement: from independent bookstore manager to nonprofit fundraiser to grassroots organizer to internet entrepreneur, I'm a creative fountain that can't be turned off :) In the last couple years I've co-founded or been part of a number of cool start-ups: HomeTownRent.com, Fitsistant.com, WindsorCircle.com, and YardSprout.com.

My passion is leading me to develop a business that combines urban farming / gardening with local food supply technology. I'm also am really into multi-media technology, video and photography, acrylic painting and pen-and-ink drawing, skiing, snowboarding, hiking, running, and bicycle touring. I rode my bike from Cleveland to Boston once :)

Love to meet folks for coffee, beer, dancing, art, creative spontaneity, or just learning more about each other's stories.

Have a spare bedroom in my place in Chapel Hill / Carrboro, it's an awesome college town with great dance, art, music, and entrepreneurial opportunities.

Best,
Andrew

PHILOSOPHY

"The most powerful thing in the world is an idea whose time has come" - Victor Hugo

"The best chance for success tomorrow is to do today's work superbly"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

New to couchsurfing, it sounds wonderful

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

none - but I traveled through Australia and Central America WWOOFing (Organic Farm volunteering) and Servas (an international home stay network) - and I've hosted many friends and strangers in North Carolina!

Interests

salsa and swing dancing, art, coffee shops, theatre, live music, yoga, running

• arts
• photography
• dancing
• swing dancing
• dining
• beer
• coffee
• yoga
• running
• gardening
• technology
• painting
• drawing
• music
• live music
• cycling
• hiking
• skiing
• snowboarding
• business
• communications
• entrepreneurship
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The World Without Us, The Power of Now, 100 Years of Solitude, In the Time of the Butterflies, George Orwell, Handmaid's Tale, Calvin and Hobbes, Blood Done Sign My Name, A Random Walk Down Wall Street, Dune

Movies: Inception, Star Wars, Harold and Maude, The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Baraka, Red, Moulin Rouge!, Lord of the Flies, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Stand, V for Vendetta, District 13, The Fantastic Mr. Fox

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A 2 week hike across the plateau in the Northern Territories, Australia - one moment raging brush fires, the next, monsoon downpours!
The international Salsa Congress in Puerto Rico - a floor full of the world's best salsa dancers in the finest threads money can buy
Protesting the International Monetary Fund meeting in Washington DC, with thousands of people blockading the streets and shaking up the global finance system

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom, United States

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