The Razzor – Essential Information for Small Business

by Doug Porter on October 29, 2009in Economy, Health, Labor, Ocean Beach, Opinion We can trace the history of our love affair with coffee back to a Ethiopian goat herder named Kaldi. The story goes that one day Kaldi noticed his herd dancing from one coffee shrub to another, grazing on the cherry-red berries containing the beans. He nibbled a few himself and was soon frolicking with his flock.History tells us other Africans of the same era fueled up on protein-rich coffee-and-animal-fat balls—primitive PowerBars—and unwound with wine made from coffee-berry pulp.

by Paul Jahn A few days ago in the Twittersphere, it’s been mentioned that Google Analytics is now starting to add the number of “goals” to 20 (four groups of five), up from four only . For some, this may not be a big deal. For others, it’s just fantastic and the possibilities are almost endless. For many companies, a couple goals fit just fine. If you’re generating leads, you may have goals set up for both a long and short form for people to fill out, giving you information about their needs.

  Listen to a truly inspirational story from the 2010 Excellence Award Small Business Person of the Year—one of 10 small business winners being honored this year. Awardee Sirena Moore, Eloheim Cleaning Contractors, Inc., describes how she got started in a multi-million dollar business with her father and brother just a few years ago. Sirena’s sponsor, Lynn Ozer of Susquehanna Bank—who has been on the awards selection committee for over a decade—elaborates on meeting so many incredible entrepreneurs who started their businesses from nothing and are celebrating their success with this prestigious award.

Oct29 MKimballDonovan Rypkema, the keynote speaker at PRC’s Heritage Club Luncheon, is principal of PlaceEconomics, a Washington, D.C.-based real estate and economic development-consulting firm. The firm specializes in services to public and non-profit sector clients who are dealing with downtown and neighborhood commercial district revitalization and the reuse of historic structures. In 2004 Rypkema established Heritage Strategies International, a new firm created to provide similar services to world-wide clients.

There is a wide range of paper products in the world today. We use them for a lot of things – from newspapers and magazines to writing letters, from multicolored banners at a party, to domestic cleaning products. And, then there comes a sticker paper. Not accurately the sort of thing you would look ahead to be a lot of literature about. Usually this paper comes in large rolls as well as small sheets; it all depends on who is heading for doing the printing.

There is a wide range of paper products in the world today. We use them for a lot of things – from newspapers and magazines to writing letters, from multicolored banners at a party, to domestic cleaning products. And, then there comes a sticker paper. Not accurately the sort of thing you would look ahead to be a lot of literature about. Usually this paper comes in large rolls as well as small sheets; it all depends on who is heading for doing the printing.

By George Washington of Washington’s Blog . When a liberal labor leader and a conservative financial policy analyst unite against something, you know that something is really bad (actually, I don’t believe in the whole false left-right dichotomy; I think its Americans versus those trying to steal our wallets and our rights, but that’s another story). Today, AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka has slammed the Fed and the proposed “ Tarp on steroids ” legislation in his testimony to Congress today.

By George Washington of Washington’s Blog . When a liberal labor leader and a conservative financial policy analyst unite against something, you know that something is really bad (actually, I don’t believe in the whole false left-right dichotomy; I think its Americans versus those trying to steal our wallets and our rights, but that’s another story). Today, AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka has slammed the Fed and the proposed “ Tarp on steroids ” legislation in his testimony to Congress today.

Main Street Alliance member Dan Sherry spoke at Speaker Pelosi’s press conference to unveil the House health care legislation. Dan then attended a briefing on health care and small business given by the President at the White House. What a day! Dan’s comments from  are printed below. You can also go to the Main Street Alliance Facebook page to see more coverage of Dan’s big day.

John Solomon (marquette.edu), TheConservatives.com At this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, way back in March, people who stopped by The Washington Times’ spacious booth could pick up red glossy business card-sized advertisements that just said: TheConservatives.com . As the year went on, TheConservatives.com remained a mystery. In June, John Solomon, the editor of the Times, did not directly answer a question from TWI about a new Times-run conservative site.