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Broadband Makes Tiny Town English-Teaching Hub

The Associated Press:
The nearest Wal-Mart is two hours away, and only foul weather, a deer in the road or a Washakie County sheriff’s deputy would slow down anyone with a mind to drive there faster.
Yet Ten Sleep, population 350, is just as connected as any place these days, and home to a new company that […]

Amazon Gets In On the Content Delivery Biz

TechCrunch:
It was only a matter of time before Amazon would decide to release a Content Delivery Network, and according to the company in an official statement, it has done just that.
Designed to complement its S3 storage service and EC2 web services, the CDN will be available later this year and will provide users with a […]

Get Paid For Input On New Products

Springwise:
RedesignMe, a Dutch company announced a new program by which users of the site get paid for their input on new products.
How it works: product manufacturers pay RedesignMe to establish “RDM Challenges,” through which a new product concept is presented and the site’s 1,000 or so active members are asked to react to it.
Currently on […]

Disadvantages Of Outsourcing

College Startup:
Outsourcing isn’t something you do for its own sake; you do it because you know that it will lead to more productivity and in effect, profitability. So thk it through. Here are a few things to remember about the negative side to outsourcing:
Outsourcing can be a threat. If another party is keeping your books […]