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for: ‘October, 2007’

Why you should be grateful for your competition

Wouldn’t it be nice if your business had no competitors? Imagine — if customers wanted to buy what you were selling, they’d have to buy it from you. Or do without. Think again. If your small business really had no competition, something would be very wrong. It could mean there’s simply no market for your …

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What you can learn from Hollywood

Southern California isn’t the only place that’s burning. A big chunk of Hollywood box office is in ashes, too. Sunday’s New York Times examines the cause of several of this fall’s big-name box office disasters. “Gone Baby Gone” tanked, despite star Ben Affleck appearing on virtually every talk show except “Wall Street Week.” The heavily-promoted …

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Where'd he go??

I apologize for disappearing. I have been trying to post but something got screwed up — I believe a Blogger setting somewhere — and as a result, nothing I wrote actually showed up. Very frustrating. After a while, I just gave up. Oh, I’d hack at it now and then, but seemed to be getting …

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