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31st May 2001

Dot-Commers To Receive Unemployment Benefits In Form Of Stock Options

“Offering unemployment aid with ‘a huge potential upside’ to the approximately 100,000 Americans who lost their jobs in the New Economy collapse, the government’s new eBenefits stock-option plan is proving wildly popular among dot-commers.”

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31st May 2001

15 Minutes of Obscene Wealth

“My high school buddy Greg was an Internet CEO billionaire. Then he wasn’t.”

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31st May 2001

The ‘X’ in What’s Next

“Forrester analysts have christened the ‘X Internet.’ They say it’ll be bigger than the Web — but should you believe them this time?”

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31st May 2001

Looking Back to Move Forward

“The challenge isn’t simply to create a great application that provides value to the user. You have to convince someone — be it an enterprise or a consumer — that the idea is worth their investment. The application’s value must be more than the financial and personal investment involved. The more your applications consider intent, context, and technology, the better positioned you’ll be for success.”

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25th May 2001

Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations

“The mission of the Consortium is to aid the advancement of research and practice related to emotional intelligence in organizations. The Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations is currently made up of eight founding members and 15 additional members who are individuals with a strong record of accomplishment as applied researchers in the field. There also are six organizational and corporate members. The Consortium was founded in the spring of 1996 with the support of the Fetzer Institute. Its initial mandate was to study all that is known about emotional intelligence in the workplace.”

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23rd May 2001

How to Change Your Customer’s Mind

“Beginning more than two years ago, Morrison started a journey to change the culture of his 80-person Information Technology Services (ITS) group from a primarily technology-focused shop to one steeped in customer service.”

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22nd May 2001

Business information sources on the internet

“This aims to be a selective guide to some Internet sites which contain business information, with some emphasis on UK sources. It is organised by type of information.”

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22nd May 2001

globalEDGE

“Your source for global business knowledge.”

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22nd May 2001

CorporateInformation

“If you want to know more about a company, public or private, located anywhere in the world, this is the place. Extensive links to sites offering corporate information in over 80 countries.”

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21st May 2001

Business Is Bad? Don’t Fire the CEO

“A new study says struggling tech companies might be better off keeping top management in tact and instead look at changing the business model.”

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21st May 2001

Lean on Me

“Companies on the web are learning that paying attention to users who call the shots makes good sense for business.”

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21st May 2001

Updating Copy on Your Site

“Think of all the places on your site and within your outbound emails where the copy is really old. Some of those passages of text are probably the same today as they were on the day you launched your site. The bigger your site, the bigger this problem can be.”

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21st May 2001

Business Is Bad? Don’t Fire the CEO

“A new study says struggling tech companies might be better off keeping top management in tact and instead look at changing the business model.”

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21st May 2001

Updating Copy on Your Site

“Think of all the places on your site and within your outbound emails where the copy is really old. Some of those passages of text are probably the same today as they were on the day you launched your site. The bigger your site, the bigger this problem can be.”

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21st May 2001

Lean on Me

“Companies on the web are learning that paying attention to users who call the shots makes good sense for business.”

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