Acupuncture Points Are Holes: a Case Study in Social Entrepreneurship

by Lisa Rohleder

Alongside Banker to the Poor, what I would have liked to read when I was starting out (as a social entrepreneur) was a confession of an intimate, messy, evolving relationship with capitalism, from someone who started their own business not because they wanted to but because they had to. Someone who wasn’t an economist or a banker, someone unqualified to be an entrepreneur by anything but desperation. I would’ve liked to read something ragged and personal by somebody who had no idea what they were doing, but was driven to do it anyway.
So that’s this book.

All proceeds from the sale of this book go to support the POCA Technical Institute

353 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 11, 2017

Reviews

[Jade Fang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book! I love the authenticity and the inner battles about being enough. And what it means to be enough as a healer. And how to work through that dilemma. Love it!

[Hanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

An amazing book, I got a lot out of this. She has a way of getting to the heart of things, analyzing them very clearly. The solutions I don´t always agree with but I have been taught a completely different acupuncture style (stems and branches) so it seems I don´t need some of the solutions at all. So many things in common anyway, and her writing helped me see things from a different, no-nonsense point of view. Mostly, in this book, as a senior acupuncturist, she gives me the freedom to choose for myself.

After her personal story turned into the story of the development of People´s Organization of Community Acupuncture I didn´t really always get what she was talking about though. It was very expressive (and defensive) but maybe I don´t know enough of the background stuff or maybe there was just too much repetition.

[Tierney Tully · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't know where to begin. Lisa has one hell of a story to tell. I read a lot, I write some, I've taken creative writing classes; I've learned the ways to write that convey message and meaning effectively. But, I seldom come across a writer who sings to me, whose words and style go right to my gut and heart. It's partly because I find much of myself in Lisa's story. Even so, her storytelling is so exquisite and accessible I am buying and recommending the book for folks I wouldn't ordinarily suggest an "acupuncture book" to. Truly, it's about one woman's journey of finding meaning and passion in life. That alone makes it a captivating read. As relevant to me is her compelling use of metaphor which artfully exposes the dichotomy in our cultural relativism as we present ourselves as a democratic society and as acupuncturists.
Thank you, Lisa

[Bruschetta · Rating 5 out of 5]

very straight forward and nice book about the reasons this person started a community acupuncture. i share the same point of view