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Dave Burris is an entrepreneur from Milton, and the publisher of CEOLocal.com. Learn more about Dave at DaveBurris.com.
Strong local business communities make for healthier people. If you’re fortunate enough to live in an area with a vibrant local economy, you inherently know that the benefits go far beyond the business transaction. And now there’s more proof of just how far that connection goes. A recent study published in the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy [...]
What Groupon nearly destroyed, a local community saved. And the Internet was the key to both. It was a typical Groupon tragedy that befell the Food For All Market, a Mt. Airy, PA store catering to clients with food allergies. From Philly.com: Â By August, Kunkle realized her campaign had been a mistake. She [...]
As a child, I loved basketball. I annoyed the neighbors many evenings with hours of the repetitive ring of the ball bouncing off of the driveway. I played rec-league ball from a young age, and even refereed games as a high-schooler. One of my favorites memories during those middle school years was when my [...]
We at TSD are celebrating the end of 2011 with the year’s best posts. It’s been a year filled with great stories and strong opinions, always reflecting the best of the First State. ORIGINAL PUBLISHING DATE: October 17, 2011 – Occupy Wall Street has reached a transition point. The mass media is paying attention, and [...]
This weekend saw the great dichotomy of violence and insanity on Black Friday and the feel-good local Small Business Saturday. I had a great conversation with the News Journal’s Jonathan Starkey about Small Business Saturday, and made it into his article on the event. Inside his piece, Starkey illuminated some of the difficulty we [...]
What do you do when you can’t find a place to buy underwear? The people of Saranac City, NY, a sleepy hamlet in the state’s Adirondack Region have turned to an alternate form of capitalism to answer that question, and to help solve their lack of local shopping options. From the NY Times: It’s a [...]
Yesterday, the State Department decided to delay action on a pipeline that would carry tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The stated reason for the delay was to provide further analysis on the environmental impact of the pipeline, particularly in Nebraska. Opponents of the president instantly branded the decision as [...]
For many years, I’ve written about the coming assault on Delaware’s corporate hegemony, and the devastating hole it will leave in our state budget. And now, the assault has begun. “…a quietly advancing offensive is gearing up against Delaware’s position as the nation’s premier venue for big corporate bankruptcy cases, putting at risk the [...]
As the Occupy Wall Street movement gains steam all over the world, protesting the gaming of the government and the economy in favor of the special interests, many wonder if those in the halls of power are listening and reacting to what they see in the protests. When the Tea Party rose from the ashes [...]
Part of our October series on Jobs & The Economy, featuring written op-ed pieces and Q&As with Delaware’s business, labor and government leaders. Occupy Wall Street has reached a transition point. The mass media is paying attention, and Occupy protests have reached most major cities in America (see John Osborn’s look at Occupy Seattle). [...]
Organization: The Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition
The Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition is the only organization in the State of Delaware focused solely on breast health issues as they affect the women and men who live here, and the DBCC has two great events coming up soon: the Southern Lights of Life Gala in Dover on Sat., Feb 25 and the Designer Bridal Gown Sale in Wilmington from Fri., Mar 2 thru Sun., Mar 4.
Click here to learn about these and other great DBCC events!
