Laborfair sister site in India, different worlds, same message

Today, I was thrilled to see a feature article appear in the Technology section of the New York Times about a former Microsoft employee and internet entrepreneur that is using the power of social networks to bring more jobs to India’s masses making less than $3 a day. The title of the article is: “In [...]

Clipped on the way to work

Biking to my office today, I was clipped by a passing car. His passenger mirror hit my elbow as I was cycling up Van Ness and dented my mirror. It hurt, still smarts a bit but outside of a small bruise, I suppose I’m fine. In the moment, I thought “surely, he’ll stop and ask [...]

Ah, the Life of an Entrepreneur

Do you want to give up your nice day job, your guaranteed salary, any free time with your partner or close friends, and devote any and all waking hours to your novel business idea for an indefinite amount of time? If the answer is an unequivocal “yes” –become an internet entrepreneur. You’ll do fine! While [...]

NY Childcare Providers Join with Teachers Union

Wow, today a blog I frequent reported that 28,000 childcare providers in New York have joined with the United Federation of Teachers, a union, to help secure more of an economic and political voice for themselves through collective bargaining. A partnership between ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) and UFT shows one of [...]

LaborfairSeasonsGreetings 2006

LaborFairSeasonsGreetings 2006 Originally uploaded by jenna_raby This is our first Laborfair Christmas card. Fellow co-founder, Ben Picard, put this together with Jenna’s help. We’re accepting submissions for our 2007 Christmas post.

In memoriam

A friend of mine passed away today unexpectedly of a heart attack. I knew Karen Schlessinger when she was Karen Miele, the hard-nosed, good natured, former seminary student turned single mom next door. When I was a young kid, I would go to her house through the path in the woods to play with her [...]

Green inspiration – the kind you eat

I read an article on poverty in America today, how Walmart and 7-11 are increasing inventory around cheaper food items as Americans get poorer–as a result there’s more malnutrition and people eat far less fruits and vegetables. It really got me thinking–I’m happy I finally have time to write a blog. Absent of moral posturing, [...]

Come on in. The water is warm.

Laborfair is the smart, easy and right way to find quality help ranging from a handyman to a personal chef. Laborfair was founded in 2006 with a mission to help independent service providers improve their career and life opportunities by connecting them with people in search of personal help. To achieve that mission, the company [...]