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Archive for September, 2007

Closing Judy’s Book

Yesterday one of the funded startups that used to be in the local review space, Judy’s Book, decided that it was time to close shop. Judy’s Book started as a local review site where consumers could rate and review things like restaurants, dry cleaners, plumbers, etc., but back in January, they decided to change their [...]

10 things I miss about Chicago

This post is overdue, but since I’ll be visiting Chicago for a few weeks it seems fitting to finally do it. So without further delay, here we go!

Walking
I miss using my legs. Sure I get to use them when I go to the gym or play basketball, but to get from point A [...]

I’m going to give you some great advice about how to get more customers and make your customers happy.

Tell them what you’re going to give them. Don’t be bashful. You’ve got something good to offer them so just tell them outright what wonderful things they’ll be getting. I recently had to call [...]