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Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Bundling...
As a consumer, I like this- whenever I can bundle services, and it's a good value, I give it serious consideration. However- if one component's service pi**es me off I tend to think less of everyone involved with the package.
Report: Time Warner, Sprint Look at Deal

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A simpe change can have a huge impact...
This shows how a relatively simple change in the way things have traditionally been done(milk cartons to bottles) can have an immediate effect on sales.

Yahoo! News - Schools Replace Milk Cartons With Bottles

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Friday, December 17, 2004

Walmart picks up what Target dropped...
ePrairie.com: Midwest Technology Business News

Nice article on corporate philanthropy.

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Saturday, December 04, 2004

How Cool is This...

Yahoo! News - Your Old Inkjet Printer Could Aid Burn Victims

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Thursday, December 02, 2004

When you get together with family this Holiday Season...

Don't forget that 50% of informal investment (as opposed to VC investment) goes to a relative's business; 28.5% to a friend or neighbor's; 6.1% to a work colleague's; and 9.4% to a stranger's.

Seriously, though you risk pi**ing off your kin, informal investors accounted for $108 billion in start-up investment in 2003. This compares to only $18 billion invested in a total of 2,500 companies by VCs.

Go where the money is.

The complete Kauffman Foundation report is available here:
Kauffman Report

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