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Why You Should Fire Your Clients And Launch A Product

November 26, 2008

If you were offered the choice to create one of two businesses—a web development shop where you do bespoke work for clients, or a start-up where you build your own product and sell it directly to customers—which would you choose?

Both of these business models involve the same activity: building web sites and web applications. Yet they are very different businesses. One is a service business; the other a product business. In this first instalment of a series on start-ups, we’ll look at the differences between these two approaches. Furthermore, we’ll see how they translate into what businesses are all about: making money. More.

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MyEliteGrocer.com - Grocery Shopping and Home Delivery for People on the Go in Jamaica

November 12, 2008

My Elite Grocer (MEG) is a lifestyle management solution for People On The Go, who would rather be someplace other than Standing-in-Line for Groceries. The site and the Service launched in Jamaica this month.MEG’s pitch is simple… ” Grocery Shopping and Home Delivery, leaving you free to live today’s lifestyle the way you want to…the way you should…EASY.”

Here’s what I like about MEG, she seems to know her market segments. The company has identified the individual niche segments that could use the service and puts them out there with a sweet spin. CHeck them out. Read more

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