Great idea. >From my connection into the Institute of Electronics and Electircal Engineers (IEEE) consultants' networks I get lots of business...even some this year! These networks consists of networking groups (sound familiar?), and a web page that lists what everybody does. Typical "dues" for this is $75 or so /year. So, why don't we list everybody in a searchable web page, and charge some dues to help pay for it all. Jim Ussailis jim at nationalwireless.com On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Michael Giles wrote: > I've been meaning to send out an email since July, but along with > countless other items, it keeps failing to break out of my to-do list. > As some folks know, I sold my business ( http://www.furl.net ) over the > summer and along the path of building it, I got help from a bunch of > people in the HiddenTech community. > > I want to thank not only the people who helped, but also the larger pool > of members who offered advice and services. Although I haven't had much > time to contribute to the effort over the past year, I still believe > that bringing together the rich set of business service providers and > consumers in a region such as Western Mass is a meaningful endeavor. > > As I've said before, I think it would be highly useful both to the > businesses and the region to create a browseable directory of businesses > and services so that people who want to build a small enterprise can > quickly see who offers the services they need (e.g. legal, financial, > marketing, design, etc), what other business owners think of them (yes, > reviews), and who has experience in the appropriate vertical domain > (e.g. software, consumer goods, manufacturing, etc). > > There are a lot of very talented people on this list and in the region > and the more we can grease the skids of collaboration, the better off we > all will be. And if we could systematize the whole thing so that other > regions could build their own... > > I'd better stop dreaming up more work and just stick with saying, > "Thanks." Have a great holiday season! > > -Mike > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tec Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members >