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Green IT Saves Money

As many of you already know, the recession is having a widespread effect on the technology industry. One example is that many companies are now looking into green IT in… Read more »

New EBay Changes Catering To Big Dog Sellers

Pity the poor Mom and Pop seller trying to make it on eBay. EBay is instituting more changes today to stack the deck against them and shore up the more… Read more »

Breaking Up…With Customers

Here at VerticalResponse, because of the nature of our low-cost, easy-to-use e-mail marketing solution, we tend to cater to a lot of small businesses. We have a pretty low risk… Read more »

Zappos: Our VCs Didn't Screw Us

Did the VCs Steamroll Zappos? In a word, no. $900 million dollars is not chump change, even for a company as successful as Zappos. But that's not stopping a number… Read more »

The Sub-$1000 Home Office

Not including tax and title, of course! Seriously, I remember about 12-13 years ago when the sub-$1000 price point for a desktop PC was all the rage. Prices on tech… Read more »

A Silver Bullet?

A year ago, I was receiving the same inquiry at least one a week: How would I dramatically improve sales in an ever more challenging marketplace? Over the past few… Read more »

New features in Basecamp and Highrise (Private messages, SSL for all Basecamp plans, Highrise Quickcard, etc.)

Click the links below to learn more about these improvements: 1) New in Basecamp: Enhanced private messages, to-do lists, and files Now it is more clear when you’ve made an… Read more »

PHOTO: That's some great copy on this screen from

That’s some great copy on this screen from Zen. I love the “wait, I remember!” link. The email icon in the input field is cool too.... Read more »

The eBay creation myth and other corporate origin stories

In Origin Story, an episode of This American Life, Host Ira Glass talks to business professor Pino Audia and Fast Company magazine columnist Dan Heath about corporate creation myths, and… Read more »

Seeking a less pretentious "boutique"

Sometimes I’m looking for a word to describe a certain kind of company. One that’s small and cares about quality and is trying to do something great for a few… Read more »