Making news in all the right places!

Here are some exciting milestones that took place in…

1992– Walt created the first series of books to show Hip Hop Entrepreneurs how to start their own record label, advertising it in the Source™ magazine at a time when most marketers were only selling gold jewelry and sneakers to the hip hop market. He owns the HIPHOPENTREPRENEUR.com domain.

1997– Walt founded one of the first online communities (poetsniche.com) and published the first paperback compilation of poetry from an online community (“Come into Our Whirl”) available in limited quantities on Amazon.com.

1999– Walt coined the phrase ‘passionpreneur” and published Turn Your Passion into Profit, starting a trend of similar books, sparking a host of imitators who even named their books exactly the same title! Passion reaches #37 in Amazon’s Business Books. He owns the PASSIONPRENEUR.com, PASSIONPROFIT.com, PASSIONPROPHET.com and TURNYOURPASSIONINTOPROFIT.com domains.

2006– Walt coined the phrase “nomadpreneur” and lives the lifestyle after his Escape from America to live on the US Commonwealth island of Saipan, He owns the NOMADPRENEUR.com and VAGABONDPRENEUR domains.

2007– Walt, launched the WeloveSaipan.com site, and with Angelo Villagomez, launches the We Love Saipan movement in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, for which, among other accomplishments, he received a Senate Resolution acknowledging his contributions to Saipan society.

2009– Walt conceives of and co-authored the only first-hand account of Saipan garment worker conditions in Chicken Feathers & Garlic Skin: Diary of a Chinese Garment Factory Girl on Saipan by Chun Yu Wang, for which both Chun and Walt were interviewed for (PRI) Public Radio International’s “The World” show on NPR (National Public Radio).

2010– Walt’s books have been used by universities for various types of course (Business: Turn Your Passion Into Profit, Women’s Studies: Chicken Feathers), which has also been excerpted in a French textbook for a chapter on “The American Dream.”

2011– Walt, is arguably, the first Jamaican to cross from Laos to Xishuangbanna, China…. a first you can read about in the award-nominated “Jamaican in China” blog! 🙂

…During which time he has caught the attention of national and international media…

The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur Magazine, Source, Billboard, Time, Black Enterprise, Essence, Ebony, South Africa’s SArie Magazine as well as many others have featured Walt’s information, insights and instruction. His books have been used as texts for university courses. His knowledge has been sought by documentarians and researchers. His thoughts and ideas have been quoted in books by Guerrilla Marketing guru Jay Conrad Levinson, music industry pioneer Chuck D, and other business authors world wide. Here are just a few of the places you’ll find him:

(July 6, 2018) Walt was recently interviewed (aired in two parts)
by Bob Coldeen of KSPN2 News on the island of
Saipan about his writers’ workshop on Tinian!
Learn more about the Saipan Writers group at : http://saipanwriters.com/

LaMancha Media presents America’s Forgotten Colonies featuring author Walt Goodridge
as local guide

Doug Mack interviews and quotes Walt in The Not-Quite States of America

Doug Mack explored America’s territories and possessions and Walt was his guide
on Saipan!

The Not-Quite States of America”

Jay Conrad Levinson and Andrew Neitlich of The Guerrilla Marketing™ series, quotes Walt

Walt’s insights were sought
and featured in the new book by Jay Conrad Levinson and Andrew Neitlich entitled

The Guerrilla Marketing Job Escape Plan.
Walt answers the question: “What is the one single piece of advice you would give to employees seeking to go out on their own?”
You’ll have to read the book to find out what his answer is!

Arthur Wylie quotes Walt

An excerpt from Walt’s Turn Your Passion Into Profit, is being used in a new book by Arthur Wylie (with Brian Nicol) entitled


Only the Crazy and Fearless Win Big! According to the preview: In Only the Crazy and Fearless Win BIG!, he [Arthur Wylie] shares a little secret that few books discuss — to win big you have to be fearless and, sometimes, even a little crazy. Wylie outlines real-world examples from some of history and present-day’s most well-known names and everyday entrepreneurs in every industry, profession, and segment of the economy. Only the Crazy and Fearless Win BIG! shows how their decisions raised eyebrows, dropped jaws, and met resistance— yet proved to be right.”

Peter J Patsula quotes Walt

Author Peter J. Patsula, in his book,

Successful Business Planning in 30 Days, says: Passion not only inspires innovation, determination and boundless energy, but it is also contagious. Sharing your passion also helps others tap into their own. Walt Goodridge, author of Turn Your Passion Into Profit, sums it up well:
“Value No One Can Match”
“If you create and market a product or service through a business that is in alignment with your personality, capitalizes on your history, incorporates your experiences, harnesses your talents, optimizes your strengths, complements your weaknesses, honors your life’s purpose, and moves you towards the conquest of your own fears, there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY that anyone in this or any other universe can offer the same value that you do!”— Walt Goodridge

The Entrepreneur’s Sourcebook quotes Walt

Walt is featured in

The Entrepreneur’s Information Sourcebook
“This inspiring work advises readers to follow their passion. Goodridge, a writer for Entrepreneur Magazine, Black Enterprise and others, motivates readers and provides the steps needed to achieve success as an entrepreneur. All the basic ideas of starting and growing a small business are presented. Practical, down-to-earth advice to make the move from employee to self-employed business person is provided in a logical, well-organized format.” view page

Iconic rapper and activist, Chuck D, of Public Enemy, quotes Walt

Chuck D, the voice and power behind the seminal and groundbreaking hip hop group, Public Enemy, now turned activist and international emissary and ambassador, praises Walt’s books, Change the Game, and This Game of Hip Hop Artist Management in his book Fight the Power!

They’re using Turn Your Passion Into Profit

Turn Your Passion Into Profit is being used as a suggested text for several undergraduate as well as continuing Education Entrepreneurship Programs at

• Arizona State University (Prof. H. Matson)
• The New School (New York)
• South Carolina State University (This Game of Artist Managemet, and
• The
  Passion/Purpose Personality Test is used by USC Hybrid High School (a college preparatory public charter high school in Downtown LA serving 9-12th grade. https://www.ednovate.org/about-usc)

They’re using Chicken Feathers & Garlic Skin

Chicken Feathers and Garlic Skin: Diary of a Chinese Garment Factory Girl on
Saipan (co-authored with Chinese national, Chun Yu Wang), is being used

• as a suggested text for a Women’s Studies course at California State University in Fullerton, CA.
• in a Denison University Women’s Studies program,
• in excerpt and as a reference text in a French language textbook chapter on “The American Dream”

Over the years, Walt has been interviewed for,
quoted in, referenced by or has written for the following:
Reviewed and featured in these media outlets…

Entrepreneur Magazine, Source, Essence, Wall Street Journal, Public Radio International,
Black Enterprise, ChinaTravel.net,
Time and more!
IN BUSINESS SINCE 1992, Walt, his books, quotes, articles, products and Passion Profit Company,have been
featured, reviewed and/or endorsed by:

BEACH ROAD MAGAZINE SEPT 2017

Beach Road Magazine’s Joy White interviews Walt for their annual Labor Day profiles issue! This is the FULL interview between Joy White and Walt F.J. Goodridge that appeared in edited form in the September 2017 issue of Beach Road Magazine. See the article, which includes profiles of other Saipan professionals, online at https://issuu.com/beachroadmagazine

SAIPAN TRIBUNE, JULY 2017

Hasse Wiersna takes a tour of Saipan and Tinian with Walt. Hasse writes about it in his popular blog! Meanwhile, Walt writes about it in the Saipan Tribune

SAIPAN TRIBUNE 2015

Chinese Idol group films video on Saipan After months of planning and preparation with local entrepreneur Walt Goodridge, video producers ZanyBros, Korean’s largest video production company and the creative force behind many of today’s biggest K-pop stars in the global “Hanryu” Korean pop culture explosion, arrived on March 20, and filmed for three days at various locations around Saipan….

LIBRARY JOURNAL MAGAZINE

[From the Library Journal]…Libraries might find their readers better served by Walt Goodridge’s Turn Your Passion into Profit , which is noteworthy for its more complete coverage and practical, down-to-earth tone and style.-The Library Journal, Susan C. Awe, Univ. of New Mexico Lib., Albuquerque © 2005 Reed Business Information.

EBONY MAGAZINE

[Page 38]…While it’s good to have a certain degree of caution about branching out on your own, experts like Walt F.J. Goodridge, author of Turn Your Passion into Profit, says that wariness can sometimes result in paralysis, or “entrepreneurophobia.” The solution, according to Goodridge and other financial experts, is to tackle the thing you are most afraid of. “It may not always be easy, but it will always be worth is,” Goodridge writes. “Remember, you can always find excuses not to do something you’re afraid of.”-Ebony Magazine, 2005, Tips to Help You Start Your Own Business “Money Talks” view page Copyright 2005 Johnson Publishing

ESSENCE MAGAZINE

ARTICLE (NOV 2005)
Read “Profit From Your Passion,” a recent Essence Magazine article
featuring Walt’s expertise on the art and science of being a PASSIONPRENEUR!

KCBCC NEWSLETTER

INTERVIEW (NOV 2005)
Kern County Black Chamber of Commerce newsletter article.

ST LOUIS POST DISPATCH

ARTICLE (Apr 22 2005)
Tour stop Interview entitled “Passionpreneur” tells of turning passion to profits

CD101 FM, NEW YORK

NEW! Hear Walt interviewed on New Yorks Smooth Jazz Station WQCD-FM (CD101.fm)! Sunday Feb 22, 2004; 6am-6:30am “Insightful! Compelling! You’ve got some really good ideas! “–Mark Farrell, CD101 (Stay tuned! We’ll post an audio of the interview soon!)

ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE’S BE YOUR OWN BOSS

Click to view full sized image. Photo credit: B. Gates.
“You know you’re in a perfect state of being when the line between your work time, your play time, your office time and vacation time all harmoniously blend together into a state of bliss that makes you feel great! And that ‘s what my business has done for me!” [Tracee McAfee-Gates; Excerpt from forthcoming Entrepreneur Magazine “Be Your Own Boss” article: Turn Your Passion Into Profit; Sept 2002]

This issue of Entrepreneur’s BE YOUR OWN BOSS Magazine contains a feature article entitled “Gotta Love it!” (PG 26) written by Walt and featuring the Success stories of several million-dollar passionpreneurs along with tips for following in their footsteps! Tracee McAfee-Gates is one of the featured entrepreneurs in Walt’s milestone article. Tracee turned her passion for shopping into a multi-million dollar business! READ THE ARTICLE

WALL STREET JOURNAL

ARTICLE (Oct 2002) Walt’s insights appear in an article entitled “Shaping Artistic Talent into Business Success” on the Wall Street Journal ‘s online edition!

SARIE MAGAZINE, SOUTH AFRICA

ARTICLE (JUN 2002)
South Africa’s SArie Magazine has an article mentioning the Turn Your Passion Into Profit Site!

WINSTON-SALEM CHRONICLE

ARTICLE (JUN 2002) Nigel Alston is a motivational speaker, author, radio host and avid supporter of Walt’s Friday Inspirations. Check out Nigel’s article entitled “Goodbye Message Carried No Sorrow” which appeared in the June 13, 2002 edition of the Winston-Salem Chronicle Newspaper….Inspired by a fan letter to Walt, and which consequently inspired Inspiration #251: “The Best of All Goodbyes” | Read Nigel’s article now

DALLAS MORNING NEWS

INTERVIEW (FEB 2001) Check out Patty Lowell’s interview with Walt in the nation’s 5th largest newspaper!! Title: Uncovering your real passion in life ….Author advises channeling joy into job for true fulfillment 02/13/2001 By Patricia Lowell / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News Read it now

BLACK ENTERPRISE

ARTICLE (JAN 2001) Check out Walt ‘s article entitled “On Your Mark! Make This Your Most Productive Year Ever” in the January 2001 issue of Black Enterprise (pg 95)! Also see the Successpert column in the Feb 2001 issue

BET (BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION)

ARTICLE (JAN 2001) Excerpts from Walt ‘s new book Turn Your Passion Into Profit as well as a business advice column will be featured on the BET.com website in January, which is Entrepreneur ‘s Month! (click on “careers” on bet.com).

TIME MAGAZINE

ARTICLE (OCT 2001) A TIME magazine Global Business article entitled “My Kingdom for A Door” quotes Walt and his recollections as an employee wasting away in cubicle pergatory! (Oct 25, 2000 Special Pullout)!
View article If not viewable on the Time.com site, view it here

CAREER FOCUS MAGAZINE

INTERVIEW (FALL 2000) Walt ‘s books, websites and the Passion To Profit workshops are profiled in Career Focus Magazine ‘s Fall 2000 issue. (pg 23) His thoughts are also featured in the Digital Dividends article by Michelle Crowe.

BUSINESS REVIEW

ARTICLE (JULY 2000) Walt ‘s article on Managing Rap Artists appears in the September and October 2000 issues of The Business Review, a Philadelphia, PA based magazine. (www.flycomm.com) (pg 22)

THE NETWORK JOURNAL

ARTICLE (JULY 2000) Reviewer Carol Celeste gives Turn Your Passion Into Profit the thumbs up in The Network Journal’s August 2000 Issue.

KIP BUSINESS REPORT

ARTICLE (JULY 2000) Kip Business Report has the distinction of being the only print magazine to publish the “2000 and Beyond” version of Entrepreneurophobia: Conquering the Fear, one of Walt ‘s most enduring, enlightening and inspiring articles. Just enter the word “entrepreneurophobia”, a phrase he coined in 1992, in any Internet search engine, to see just how popular this classic of motivation really is!

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