Pride, Work, and Necessity of Side Projects: Ben Derico’s Documentaries

What are you working on—on the side?

One of my side projects is Bikes 4 Books, a fundraising model I developed in 2012, in looking for a way to fund a documentary trip to Uganda. Bikes 4 Books partners with education-based non-profits to host long-distance bike rides where riders collect pledges for the participating organizations. By way of Bikes 4 Books’ model, participants, who join at no cost to themselves, ride to raise both money and awareness for their organization by fundraising throug...