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Le Baby Spa in Morgan Hill

Okay, that may be a little unfair.  Other than the word “Spa” in the company name I have seen nothing to imply that Debie Chizek, owner of

It continues to amaze me how many small businesses (both existing and soon to be born) do not have an online component, particularly here in the Silicon Valley.  In my continuing conversations with entrepeneurs and business owners I keep hearing…

I never intended this blog to turn into a constant discussion on credit cards and small businesses, but it seems to be what local merchants want to discuss.  After my “Credit Card Processing For Small Businesses” post a few days…

A few weeks back I mentioned an ongoing discussion I’ve been having with some small merchants here in Morgan Hill regarding using small business loans from Merchant Advisors to help carry them through the lean economic times we’re all…

I was just reading a blog post over at internet marketing consulting guru Danny DeMichele’s site titled “10 reasons why the best thing for online is a bad economy“, and she made some very excellent points. With the real…

I was talking to a friend yesterday who runs a small local business here in Morgan Hill. (I’m intentionally not naming him/her or the business because we were talking about the store’s finances.) While seeing all the business closures…

I know I’ve been talking about saving and the economy a lot lately but, really, is there anything else foremost in people’s minds these days? With the bailout failing to rejuvenate Wall Street all the talking heads are saying…

While Zaira and I were out driving around this evening I mentioned to her that in addition to Mervyn’s imminent demise, the local Circuit City is also closing.  Proving once again that she is, indeed, my daughter her reply centered…

My daughter Z and I have started a couple of new hobbies that require utilizing snail mail. Obviously one of our first stops was the post office to stock up on postage stamps. However, we’ve now realized that we also…

While visiting a friend at one of our local high tech firms today I noticed that his office neighbor had the most amazing work station I’ve ever seen. Unfortunately, photography was verboten and mere words can not do the beauty…