Monthly Archives: June 2004

HERDING CATS: ASSEMBLING THE TEAM FOR YOUR EXISTENTIAL ENTERPRISE

Posted on June 22, 2004 by Dave Pollard

In previous articles on New Collaborative (Existential) Enterprises, I’ve explained what existential enterprises are, how to avoid the most common landmines, how viral marketing works, and the role of innovation. This article will focus on assembling the team for your … Continue reading →

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WHY WE’RE SO TAKEN WITH IMAGES

Posted on June 21, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Nowhere is the intellectual and imaginative poverty of psychology so clear as in our (lack of) understanding of how the brain processes images. Years of medieval torture of small mammals to try to understand this process has produced only a … Continue reading →

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FRIDGE GRAFFITI

Posted on June 20, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Writing poetry with the limited words they give you in the box of magnets is a challenge. But I like the slightly wonky effect of their crookedness.

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THE SCRAPBOOKING PHENOMENON: BLOGGING + PERMANENCE?

Posted on June 20, 2004 by Dave Pollard

My daughter spends much of her workday at the computer, but has no interest in blogging. Her hobby is scrapbooking, a hobby that now supports a $2.5 billion industry. A scrapbook is essentially a photo album on steroids, replete with … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY ODDS & ENDS

Posted on June 19, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Four interesting or useful remainders for the week: NY Times Ombudsman Calls for Curtailing “Unnamed Sources”: There are situations, says Daniel Okrent, when it’s essential to cite such sources to get important news out without blowing the source’s cover, but … Continue reading →

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Awfully Personal Question for June 19, 2004

Posted on June 18, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Welcome to That’s Awfully Personal, an opportunity for blog writers and readers to reveal a little more about themselves than might normally happen during the daily blogging process, and hence get to know each other a bit better. It’s a … Continue reading →

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TECHNICAL NOTE: SIDEBAR CHANGES

Posted on June 18, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Thanks to reader encouragement, I’ve gone ahead and expanded my right sidebar Table of Contents to include all 40 subcategories, not just the six main categories. All my 700+ blog posts are indexed by subcategory, for those that prefer finding … Continue reading →

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WHY DOES SMALL BUSINESS VOTE CONSERVATIVE?

Posted on June 18, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Time for another of life’s imponderables. Both in Canada and the US, family farmers and small business people have, in recent years, consistently voted conservative, and show every intention of doing so again this year. This makes absolutely no sense: … Continue reading →

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A HERETICAL APPROACH TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP: EXISTENTIAL ENTERPRISE 101

Posted on June 17, 2004 by Dave Pollard

©2004 The Caring Enterprise Coach This article is a summary of what everyone should know before starting their own business. It assumes that you’ve done the following groundwork: You’ve decided what you want the business to be about You believe … Continue reading →

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TAKING VEGETARIANISM MAINSTREAM

Posted on June 16, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Vegetarianism has a bad rep: Many people still think vegetarian cuisine is boring, unhealthy, and eccentric. People make jokes about tofu and yogurt, and too many vegetarian recipes highlight (yawn!) eggplant, zucchini, artichokes and plain white rice. And over-steamed vegetables … Continue reading →

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