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I’m Tim McCarthy
Entrepreneur | Engaged Philanthropist | Writer | Coach
Welcome to my archive — a place where you can explore 40 years of my creative and reflective work, including writings, books, songs, and jokes collected over the years. Here you can read, watch, or listen to content that has shaped my journey and use it to help identify your own path toward engaging in meaningful social mission work by learning from my experiences.
You’ve Been Successful. Now What?
I’ve spent a lifetime building businesses — and now I’m thinking about what it’s all for.
Sign up for my monthly newsletter, I share reflections on wealth, purpose, and legacy — plus a few books, songs, and ideas that have shaped my thinking.
The Business of Good
My wife, Alice, and I started the foundation in 1997. The Business of Good is a private 501c3 and entirely self-funded. We started by contributing 25% of our company’s pretax profits each year to build the first foundation and have experienced several iterations over our 28 years of work.
But our mission has never changed: “we serve those who serve the poor.” So far, we’ve invested over $18 million and thousands of hours to support existing non-profit organizations who solely serve the working poor. Our mission centers on three long term solutions to poverty: knowledge, jobs and self-employment.
