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Net Neutrality: Trickier Than You Think
Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 - 10:37am
As a very small company in the Internet media business, NewWest.Net is entirely dependent on infrastructure owned and operated by others, and thus the intensifying debate over so-called “net neutrality” is of more than passing interest. In fact, the question of how the Internet is regulated (and the issue really is how, not if) could matter a great deal to all sorts of businesses, large and small. But getting involved and having an impact on this complicated debate isn’t for the faint of heart.
Photograph of cables by Medioimages/Photodisc/Getty Creative Images.
Beware the Toxic Fudge
Posted Monday, September 21, 2009 - 3:31pm
Here in Montana, where TV airtime is cheap but our two Senate votes count the same as everyone else’s, we’ve been bombarded with advertising urging us to call our congressmen and either support or oppose health care reform, and support or oppose climate change legislation. What is or is not good for small businesses has become a political football in both debates—and while the arguments on health care have been pretty well dissected, the debate over climate change has only just begun.
Photograph of a laptop by Medioimages/Photodisc/Getty Creative Images.
The Case For Basic Instinct
Posted Monday, September 14, 2009 - 6:50pm
I like to do business on a handshake, and in fact, I consider personal trust to be a key pillar of any business relationship. This approach has its risks, and I’m often advised that I’m asking for trouble by forgoing contracts in favor of informal agreements. But in my experience the efficiencies and other benefits that come with trust-based arrangements far outweigh the risks of being ripped off.
Photograph of a handshake by Stockbyte/Retrofile RF/Getty Creative Images.
Schmooze on First
Posted Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 12:59pm
The players of the Missoula Osprey, our local Pioneer League baseball team, are not always the most elegant performers on the field. Mostly kids in their teens or early 20s, many of them from the Dominican Republic, the Osprey players are on the first rung of the professional baseball ladder, and few will ever make it all the way to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Photograph by Ryan McVay/Getty Images.
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