Archive for June 23rd, 2004
Steve Pilgrim just pointed out that the 2004 edition of the CIA’s 2004 World Fact Book has just been put online. I find the site invaluable when doing research on far off lands.
Deadline Looms for Feedback on Definition of ‘Small’
Inc.: “Small businesses have until July 2 to log their opinions about a proposal from the Small Business Administration that seeks to alter the definition of the word “small” when it comes to eligibility for certain types of funding.” via The Small Business Blog.
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Jeff Cornwall: This story is about a couple of recent graduates from James Madison University who decided to start a right-leaning business called Bush Country Ketchup. “While dunking our freedom fries in ketchup a few months ago, we came to a sudden realization. With each drop of ketchup we ingested, bottled by a company whose [...]
Dan Sherman: “Provide a service to people like me that pretty much got money legally extorted from them in the form of an unjustified ticket. Your service would pay the speeder’s ticket (after the speeder pays you, of course) but then you would pay it by sending a bucket of pennies or something highly annoying [...]
Fast Company: “A recent Gallup study suggests that just less than 30% of employees are actually engaged. 54% of respondents report being not engaged, while 17% are actively disengaged.”
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Network World: The goal of Gate-3 Workclub in Emeryville, Calif., is to create a new kind of community where neighborhood people can “work and network and hang out with friends,” founder Neil Goldberg says. Gate-3 (which means portal to the third place) sits just over the Bay Bridge from San Francisco, a less-than-10-minute drive for [...]
From A Local Presence to National, Overnight
Brad Feld has a behind the scenes venture capital perspective on how AuctionDrop went from five local stores to 3,400 locations nationwide over night without franchising: Within a year of being founded, AuctionDrop had five stores and had run over 14,000 auctions. AuctionDrop had focused obsessively on pleasing its customers – which is one of [...]
