Independent / Small Business Owners

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Quote of the Month:
“The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.”
—Ted Nelson, American IT pioneer (1937 - )

Dennis Hutchinson is vice president of the Lexington, Ky., division of
ISOCNET (pronounced eye sock net). He talked about general guidelines for handling e-mail, which is necessary for business but has a whole host of issues associated with it.

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Quote of the Month:
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
– John Wooden, teacher, coach, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (1910-2010)

You can call it experience, learning lessons, things I’ll never do again, but we all make mistakes. Of course, it’s less painful to learn from other people’s mishaps than our own. In our roundtable discussion, we shared participatory and spectator examples.

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Quote of the Month:
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
— Plato, Greek philosopher (429-347 (ish) BCE)

Frank Goad has had an interesting career path, starting out with designing lighting and scenery in college, then working for a TV station and ad agencies, computer stores and Lexmark, and as the marketing director at Asbury College. He has been self-employed along the way and is again today, with his photography, video, and Internet marketing business called Frank Communications. He works on a consultant basis because he doesn’t want to carry anybody’s receivables.