Business Licenses for 11.05.09

BizSense was unable to get the new licenses from the City of Richmond. Best new names this week: Johny Trading Corporation. 

Tech Review: Get Scribd

Maybe I’m the last person to know about this. I can be pretty slow on the uptake. But Scribd.com may be the latest in a parade of mandatory sites, just like YouTube and Facebook.

Scribd is a mix of social media and document sharing. It gives anyone the ability to upload whatever document they want into the public domain. If you are a writer, it’s a quick way to self-publish. If you are a business, it becomes a way of getting your message on the internet for the patient reader to peruse. No, it isn’t Twitter, and what you put on there is going to be much more than 140 characters – Scribd actually has entire books available for reading right on its site. And it’s entirely free. But if you are a private company, not publically traded ...

Business Licenses for 10.28.09

Best new names this week: Redbeard Industries, A Good Natured Riot and Lady & The Freak.

Richmond Howard McGregor 608 N Sheppard St, 23221 Beauty Parlor

Delores Smith 907 Westwood Ave, 23227 Consultant

Earnest Farrar EPF Hauling 2909 Matisse Ln, 23224 Moving / Hauling

Donald Kidd DK Marketing & Associates 1725 N 21st St, 23223 Marketing

Tech Review: Twitter’s training wheels

During the summer I took an exhaustive look at the social media scene in Richmond.  It took weeks of research and dozens of interviews and a few sleepless nights. (Yes, I’m patting myself on the back.) So after that, I was done with social media for a while. I needed a break. I didn’t even log into my Facebook account for three weeks. But something Bill Bergman, who runs the Bergman Agency in Richmond, said during one of those interviews stuck with me and got me to thinking. “Nobody is an expert,” Bergman said. “It reminds me of those marketers back in the early ’40s, running around claiming to be experts on TV advertising when TV was brand new.”

Business Licenses for 10.22.09

For the second week in a row, the City of Richmond has not updated its list and BizSense was unable to find a contact person at the City who could help. Best new names this week:  Barbarian Fight Club. Henrico

Michael Armstrong 3009 Maplewood Rd, 23228 Contractor

Alsadik Adam City Star Cab 5940 Queens Thorpe Ct, 23227 Taxi

Tech Review: How you say ‘eh’ in French?

Maybe it’s me.

I have taken five years of French, two years of Spanish and two years of Latin. I can’t really speak a word of any of it. Go education system!

So I was hopeful when I heard about Rosetta Stone’s language software, and I heard about it some more, then I heard about it some more.  I heard about it from Michael Phelps and from the Richmond-based Martin Agency’s new ad campaign and I even heard about it on BizSense.

Business Licenses for 10.15.09

Best new names this week:  Papillon Promotions, Antiques Extravaganza and Get Slimed Fishing Charters.

Henrico Antiques Extravaganza 3000 Mechanicsville Tpk, 23223 Sales Promotion Tonya Askew Men of Standard Detailing Svc 1321 Hammerstone Ct, 23223 Motor Vehicles Service

Tech Review: It’s meeting time

Lots of people work from home these days. Or at Starbucks or Panera.

And for those who don’t happen to have a conference room of their own, there is GoToMeeting.com.

I first heard about the site from a radio commercial but hadn’t paid attention to it until I saw on my Facebook feed “Tom Lawrence is wondering why he didn’t sign up for GoToMeeting earlier.”

Business Licenses 10.8.09

Best new names this week: BuilderGuru Contracting INC and Red Snake

Richmond SK Richmond Inc Smoothie King 921 1211 W Broad St, 23220 Restaurant Robert Moorman Law Office of Robert Moorman 17 Lexington Rd, 23226 Attorney

Tech Review: Managing your money online

I’ve never been a guy who liked to make a budget. Most times, if a purchase seems necessary, my thought process goes something like: Can I afford it? If I can’t really afford it, can I live without it? Yeah, I can live without it, but my life would be more fun if I bought it, so I’ll get it anyway.

I only really check my bank account on payday or if I think I’m starting to scrape the bottom, and I get that information from the informal running tally I keep in my head. Savings? That’s a nice idea but not really a serious commitment.

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