i-link, an internet coaching business ahead of its time...and mine

Starting i-link back in 1995 was my first big venture into the world of entrepreneurship and my first professional experience coaching. The Net, believe it or not, was still pretty new then. Who knew it would grow into such a massively ubiquitous part of our culture!?! My main interest was in working with people who were computer-phobic, which was most often the 'older generations' (which meant 'above 35' to me then.) I apparently had a unique talent of being both personable and being a tech geek.

I was newly married, new to the beautiful Orcas island, and now starting a new business in a new frontier. Wow, I never really realized how much new stuff actually happened that year between 1995-1996 (and that's not mentioning the amazing and crazy spiritual/creative things that happened that year -more on that in a later post.)

As it turned out, my business only lasted for a couple of years. The main reason, besides probably not having enough business experience, was that I had the same mixed feelings and struggles with technology as I do today. Funny how some things don't change a whole lot isn't it? I mean, Spark Northwest has just launched our first "Humanity 2.0 workshop -where the tech are we going?" Full circle? Sort of. I think a spiral is more like it. We curve back towards issues from our past, but we have move on and have grown in other ways. I know I have. Just look at the young SparkGuy below.