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Small Business Letter From America - one bright spot

Posted by Becky McCray on 18th June 2008.

Becky McCray continues her series of observations from the heart of the US.
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Would you believe that small town manufacturing is a bright spot in the US economy? It is.
You’re more likely to hear about plant closures, mass layoffs, and jobs shipped off to countries with cheaper labor. But small town economic development expert Jack Schultz [...]

Who does China’s pollution belong to?

Posted by David Tebbutt on 17th March 2008.

Last week the free Metro newspaper carried a front-page chart of carbon emissions by country. It looked like a chance to take a pop at the Chinese and the Americans who top the league of polluters by pumping out around four times as much CO2 as their nearest ‘competitor’ in these dismal stakes, Russia.
It occurred [...]

Sorting green IT wheat from chaff

Posted by David Tebbutt on 21st January 2008.

I spend a lot of time investigating and writing about environmental issues. Not because I’m a tree hugger or a weirdo but because I’m rather taken with the idea of leaving the planet better than we found it. A better legacy for future generations than a despoiled planet plundered and polluted for profit.
It’s interesting to [...]

Flexible electronic paper - yes please

Posted by David Tebbutt on 21st May 2007.

Hermann Hauser won an ‘investor of the year’ award a couple of weeks ago. During a ‘fireside chat’ with Innovate!Europe producer, Chris Shipley, he revealed what interests him most in today’s technology world.
His bedtime reading is about systems biology and how the principles of redundancy, repair, etc. might be applied to electronic systems. But, [...]

How’s your carbon footprint?

Posted by David Tebbutt on 20th April 2007.

I know the world and its grandmother has been banging on about climate change and carbon emissions. In fact it’s rapidly becoming the latest religion. Sadly, such a sneering attitude is all too common. We owe it to ourselves and future generations to minimise the negative impact our presence has on the planet regardless of [...]

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David Tebbutt: Cheers Simon. That one’s been popular with BrainStorm users for years. It’s pretty relaxed...
Simon JOnes: I’m using FreeMind, which is Java-based,cross-platform and free. It really helps when trying to...
Dan Wilson: @ed from builaskill. Only one correction: I am not a vzaar employee or working for them. eBay and Amazon...
Adaptiv Media: Great read, exposing eBay’s dastardly new(ish) policies. Since killing off its digital...
Alex Bellinger: Thanks Martyn, the cashflow issue hadn’t occurred to me and exactly why your insight here is so...
Martyn: >> Non-registered Agreed that their inputs will fall by 2% but they may have to cut their prices to...
Alex Bellinger: Hi Martyn Indirectly, I guess, assuming it helps to stimulate spending. Alex P.S. Forgot to say, many...
Martyn: Alex How does a cut in VAT help small business? Martyn
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Sherry Borzo: Thanks for the silver lining news and ha, ha, on the blowing bit. Nothing like tooting the horn for...

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	SmallBizPod #45 - venture funding for female entrepreneurs Gita Patel, founder of Stargate Capital and creator of the Trapezia Fund, talks about venture capital funding and female entrepreneurship. Details \| iTunes
	SmallBizPod #48 - Young entrepreneur podcast Ben Casnocha, young entrepreneur, author and chairman of Comcate, on age & entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley & randomness in business. Details \| iTunes
	SmallBizPod #72 - Michael Gerber podcast - dreaming big with the E-Myth author A podcast interview with Michael Gerber, author of the E-Myth series of books, on dreaming big, awakening the entrepreneur within, business systems and imagination. Details \| iTunes
	SmallBizPod #23 - networking with internet entrepeneurs Series of interviews with internet entrepreneurs attending the Web Wednesdays networking events in London hosted by Damien Senn. Details \| iTunes

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