Value Added: The Nonprofit Entrepreneur

At the time, Beale had a long commute. Without a job, he was living in Bogota where his wife worked at the U.S. Embassy.

He wooed prospective donors in Washington, where he slept on friends' couches and knocked on non-profit doors. It was a crazy lifestyle. He took his phone calls, whether he was in Bogota or D.C., on a 202-area code telephone link through Vonage.