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Not plenty more fish in the sea.
Ok, your help is needed. If you are reading this blog before 7am Eastern on May 10, 2012, immediately go to this link and watch Dan Watson’s film and vote here for Dan to have a chance to pitch his idea … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurial Flair
Tagged dan watson, fishing, fishing industry, hunger, richard branson, safety net, sustainability, trawling, virgin pioneers
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Start Up That Trades in Surprises and Smiles
I write in praise of Umbabox, a DC area startup company which takes you back to a time when you looked forwarded to seeing the mailman. Each month, for a small subscription, Umbabox will send you a present–a box filled … Continue reading
Living Social–Shopping Local
This post was originally posted on my work blog. http://blogs.rhsmith.umd.edu/execed/Happy Thanksgiving to all. Why wait for either Black Friday or Small Business Saturday when you can shop local start ups as your turkey cooks? There are lots more ways … Continue reading
Posted in Crone in the Nation's capital, Culture with the Crone, Entrepreneurial Flair, Terrapin Grove
Tagged dc/md/va, entrepreneurs, gryphn, innovation, jobon, koolspan, Living social, raising capital, shopsy, smith school of business, start ups, thanksgiving vegetables, umbabox, uppidy, veenome, veterancentral
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Tobacco Town
The Duke family made their money in tobacco and later in hydroelectric power and the local power company here is still called Duke Energy. Nearly a century ago the family bought naming rights to the university—it used to be known as … Continue reading
Posted in Crone in America, Culture with the Crone, Entrepreneurial Flair, The Traveling Crone, You can take the Crone out of Ireland
Tagged Belfast, Duke University, durham north carolina, London, North Carolina, photography, red brick buildings, the Duke Family, tobacco fortune, tobacco warehouses
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Go Daddy–No Daddy
As regular readers know, I have been building a website for Hansel in a desperate attempt to help him find a regular source of income, other than me. For reasons not clear, I bought his domain name from http://www.godaddy.com. This … Continue reading
Men I met along the way
First there was Carl, the twenty-something tour guide at the Johnson Space Center in Houston TX. He was straight from central casting with his lank, dark hair and pale white skin. His shirt was short-sleeved and short on natural fibers. Carl … Continue reading
Posted in Crone in America, Crone in the Nation's capital, Culture with the Crone, Dangerous Obsessions, Entrepreneurial Flair, Life's vexations, The Traveling Crone
Tagged Ambassador of Peru to the US, Baltimore Tunnel, calcium stains, historic Annapolis, Hogs Head Annapolis, I95, Johnson Space center, men, NASA, poet cab driver, President of Mexico in DC, Sir Bob, travel, William Hogarth
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Conversations in the Lone Star State
I flew to Houston, TX this week. In the row in front of me on the plane, a lawyer was talking to his client on his cellphone minutes before take off. The client was obviously agitated “No need to worry” … Continue reading
Posted in Crone as political commentator, Crone in America, Culture with the Crone, Dangerous Obsessions, Entrepreneurial Flair, The Traveling Crone, Transparency Towers
Tagged air travel, board members, children and guns, corporate directors, furiex, gun control, guns, houston space center, houston space center tour, hubble telescope, lone star state, pharmaceutical development, questions, Texas, trial lawyer bills
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Adventures in the First State
“You just having a wee rest?” I asked the man with floppy hair. We were both standing by the bar at a swishy cocktail reception at the Hotel duPont in Wilmington DE and I thought the gentleman looked a little lost. Perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Crone in America, Culture with the Crone, Customer service, diet, Entrepreneurial Flair, fat, food, The Traveling Crone
Tagged Acela, Amtrak, branding, Chancellor Chandler, coke, corporate dinners, governor delaware, hotel dupont, indra nooyi, pepsico, pete dupont, sustainability, the first state, travel by train, udel, water conservation, weinberg center for corporate governance, wilmington delaware
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She doesn’t phone it in: Reasons to employ Gretel
The Cricket phone store in Annapolis does not seem like a glamorous place to work. Nestled among the car dealerships and tire warehouses, it is gray and draughty. Gretel and I spent an eternity there yesterday for the computers were … Continue reading
Street Protests for Beginners
Spud Hughes calls to let me know that he has fled the mean streets of London for the safety and tranquility of downtown Belfast. My how times have changed. In Belfast of course, they are rather scornful of the English ability … Continue reading →