Campaign buttons

On election day in New York City, you could find campaign button peddlers selling their wares every fifteen feet on 125th street in Harlem. Yes, the black community took great pride in the campaign of Barrack Obama for the US presidency but, the real thing to learn from this is that entrepreneurship or as it is commonly referred to in Harlem, "the hustle", is alive and well. With the advent of affordable digital scanner copiers and do it yourself home button makers. All you need is a good pair of scissors a few good magazine photos to copy from and you are in business.

On election day in New York City, you could find campaign button peddlers selling their wares every fifteen feet on 125th street in Harlem. Yes, the black community took great pride in the campaign of Barack Obama for the US presidency but, the real thing to learn from this is that entrepreneurship or as it is commonly referred to in Harlem, “the hustle”, is alive and well. With the advent of affordable digital scanner copiers and do it yourself home button makers. All you need is a good pair of scissors a few good magazine photos to copy from and you are in business.