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No Yelpers

The New York Times:
The Rooz Cafe, a restaurant and coffee shop in Oakland, Calif., signals its distaste for patrons who post reviews on Yelp.com with a small sign: No Yelpers.
The sign is routinely ignored by devotees of Yelp, a San Francisco Internet company that enables average folks to write reviews of everything from restaurants to […]

The iPhone vs the Treo 650

I’ve long been on a record as a strong advocate of smart phones, and the Treo 650 in particular. I’ve had a Treo 650 since mid 2005. This weekend, after an hour’s drive and a short wait at an Apple Store, I now own a Apple iPhone and am in a position to compare […]

Great Biz Read: Built to Last

Entrepreneur:
Of the thousands of business books published in the last 30 years, only a handful have withstood the assaults of changing times and changing objectives to remain as relevant today as when they first came out. This week we present five books worthy of space on any entrepreneur’s shelf–now and in the future.
Our last book, […]

Great Biz Read: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Entrepreneur:
Of the thousands of business books published in the last 30 years, only a handful have withstood the assaults of changing times and changing objectives to remain as relevant today as when they first came out. This week we present five books worthy of space on any entrepreneur’s shelf–now and in the future.
Today’s book, The […]

Great Biz Read: The E-Myth

Entrepreneur:
Of the thousands of business books published in the last 30 years, only a handful have withstood the assaults of changing times and changing objectives to remain as relevant today as when they first came out. This week we present five books worthy of space on any entrepreneur’s shelf–now and in the future.
Today’s book, The […]

Great Biz Read: Guerrilla Marketing

Entrepreneur:
Of the thousands of business books published in the last 30 years, only a handful have withstood the assaults of changing times and changing objectives to remain as relevant today as when they first came out.
This week we present five books worthy of space on any entrepreneur’s shelf–now and in the future.
Next up, Guerrilla Marketing […]

Great Biz Read: Out of the Crisis

Entrepreneur:
Business authors and experts have proclaimed enough revolutions to fill a long shelf. Most of these turn out more like ripples than tidal waves, as a check of any bookstore’s markdown shelves will show.
Of the thousands of business books published in the last 30 years, only a handful have withstood the assaults of changing times […]

New Bill Would Streamline Patent Appeal Process

Arstechnica:
Congress is once again preparing to try and fix the US patent system. The Patent Reform Act of 2007 was introduced in the Senate and House today.
The new bill is very similar to bills introduced in 2005 and 2006 that failed to pass. It would change the US patent system from its current “first to […]

Small Business Failure - Wal-Mart… or a lack of planning?

Are the chain stores really shutting out the smaller businesses? Sam’s Club and many of the other large discount stores started out as small mom and pop businesses. But with proper planning, the right niche, and great timing, they have excelled into the status of “chain store,” leaving behind other mom’s and pop’s.
Since 1986, as […]

Internet Plays Pivotal Role In Movie-Going Decisions

InformationWeek:
Moviegoers typically hear about films through TV, trailers and word of mouth, but many of them rely on the Internet in deciding which movie is worth their dollars, research showed.
A July survey of 2,100 moviegoers between the ages of 13 and 49 found nearly half seek more information about a film after hearing about it, […]