Archive for August 2008

Small Business Workshop in Seattle to Focus on IT Solutions, Marketing and Green Business Practices

Top small business consultants will gather in Seattle, WA on September 23, 2008, to offer a workshop for small business owners. The workshop will help business owners learn how to save money and time by better utilizing technology, marketing and other business resources.
Seattle, WA August 21, 2008 — X-BAR (www.xbarit.com), a leading technology advisor, [...]

Biz Fair 2008 panel discussion

I’ve been invited to participate in a panel discussion called Small Business Ownership: Tips for Success, as part of Biz Fair 2008on Saturday, September 6th, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the RentonVocational Technical College. The day-long event targets start-up and existing business and is sponsored by the SBA in partnership with IRS and [...]

Business-speak out of control

Part 1
A friend passed along this great tool for generating absurd business-speak phrases. We’ve all seen these types of tools before, but they continue to be a source for a good laugh. After all, nobody actually speaks this way, right?
Part 2
Apparently they do. I received the following email earlier this week. It was titled “Approach [...]

Going the other way

I generally find it encouraging to be headed in the opposite direction as everybody else.