Did you know that one of my raving fans and frequent commenters, Mary McQueen, appeared on the CBC show, Dragons’ Den? It’s like the American Shark Tank, where entrepreneurs make a pitch before a team of investors trying to get money. Mary pitched her brilliant Hand & Beak business: she makes greeting cards with her lovebird partner, Luigi. No, he’s a real lovebird, one with feathers and beak and…
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No more HHPs!
From now on, I’m not going to work with HHPs! I’m only going to work with 2HiPo’s.
HHPs always sounded like a bad computer company. “Two high poe” conveys more about who you people are. So my new seminar series will be 2HiPo-centered.
We also have a new logo that will be rolling out once I can find a color scheme. Joys of being…
Commenter Michael Bates Singled Out By Washington Post as “Best”
Michael Bates, who has been a frequent commenter on this blog, was recently given the nod by the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza as one of the best State bloggers. Michael’s blog, Batesline, covers the goings on in Tulsa and the greater state of Oklahoma. I met up with him when I was down in Tulsa last month, but nary a peep about this!
Congratulations for another nod for all your hard work…
Summer Reading List
Like everyone else, I do a good deal of summer reading on the way to here or there. Or simply waiting for my baby to stop screaming. (Poor GERDy kid!) In addition to the mindless Kindle reading, which I’ll have to list elsewhere simply because I have no idea how to pull off my list from it, I’ve been busy with a bunch of research for a book I’m working on for someone else and some stuff that I’m…
Admin: RSS Feeds now back up
My RSS feeds have been down for awhile, apparently, depending on how you access them. And the earlier fix took down all the category pages, archive pages and even individual posts. Yikes! Should’ve seen it but didn’t. Your RSS feed should be http://feeds.feedburner.com/RequisiteWriting regardless.
This is a good argument for outsourcing your…
Short Hiatus for New Family Addition
During the lull between the main snow and the forecasted lake effect snows during this blizzard here in northern Indiana on Wednesday, our new baby decided to accelerate her arrival.
A lot.
Upshot is that we have a perfectly wonderful new baby girl — her and her mother are both doing fine — and are even back at home. But it’s but a further stretch on my already tardy posts…
Social Capital and Human Capital, Trust, Keiretsu: Current Reading and Updates
Just some notes for today:
If you have been reading the site through a browser, and not an RSS feed, you may have noticed that we’ve been changing quite a bit. There’s a great deal left to do, so please do email me if you see anything strange happening. The goal is to make it much easier for you to read, and to more clearly show the services that The Manasclerk Company offers through our various…
Moving to a new design
I’ve been sick and tired of my website for years now, and with the change in how I do business, I’m moving off this look into a new one. Expect a pretty simplistic look on the website for about a week as I introduce the new layout for the site and the new business model.
Also, have you taken a look at my YouTube videos? Ask Mr. E! on the Manasclerk…
What Does “MANASCLERK” Mean?
When I went to Vancouver, I was castigated by a family friend for having a company name that doesn’t make any sense. If you haven’t kept track, although I use a few Brand Names, my company name is “The Manasclerk Company”.
“It makes me think of deranged sales associates at Sears,” he said, not a little derisively.
I pointed out that between Lands End and Craftsman (and, let’s be honest,…
Seattle!
For those of you who care, I’m spending the summer in Seattle at the behest of a fellow (much larger) investor in a Green startup up in Vancouver. He thinks it’s in the best interest of both the startup and my family to bug out to the Northwest.
Where I am currently enjoying a “sunny” day that seems to be mostly drizzle.
Very exciting, and if you’re in the northwest, let me know. I’m looking…