Some years back, an American in Spain became homeless after a string of bad luck. Now, he’s helping others who’ve hit a similar rough spot. Especially other foreigners with an entrepreneurial spirit.
Andrew Funk, 43, spent months without a roof in Barcelona, Spain, piling up debt and burning all his bridges surfing from couch to couch. On the eve of his first night of rough camping downtown, he had an idea that has transformed the lives of hundreds of other homeless people there and now internationally: Homeless Entrepreneurs connects the homeless with jobs and business