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BASIL ZIV, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ASSOCIATION FOR THE NEUROLOGICALLY DISABLED OF CANADA Etobicoke...
Then again, the view from the long tail depends on which end of it your product resides. Take Stephen Downes, a senior officer of Canada's National Research Council, whose arcane, overlooked blog is a classic long-tail story. "I live in the long tail," Downes said at a blogging event in Vancouver last year. And not necessarily by choice. "[Bloggers] who are in the long tail would probably rather not be part of it," he said. "They simply want to be read." As an earlier catchphrase put it, if the tail were smarter, it would...
Great White North's principals, Mike Kerkmann and Barbara Goldberg, started the company in 1993 by organizing a single event in Toronto. But Canada's weather limited the company's growth, so in 2001 they launched into the U.S. Now, they're involved in almost 50 festivals in Canada and the U.S.--by far the biggest commercial organizer in North America. "In Canada, it's a four- or five-month season at the most, but in Florida, we can operate year-round," says Kerkmann. For a start-up festival, his company arranges everything from the paddles to the practice sessions...
...serious, they come to Arin Chang, who makes high-end carbon-fiber paddles designed specifically for dragon boats. A former engineer for a mountain-bike company, Chang got involved with dragon boats in 1999 and quickly became an élite competitor, traveling to events in Europe, Australia and Canada. He soon realized that boaters were slowed by traditional wooden paddles, and he designed a lighter, stiffer version that he started selling in 2000 under the brand Burnwater...
...funds, up from 180 in less than two years, have more than $100 billion at work in the energy sector, says tracker Peter Fusaro, head of Energy and Environmental Capital Management. "We're in the middle of the vortex," he says, pointing to hot economies in Houston and Calgary, Canada. "The bigger issue is--get to know your risks. Enron was the dumbest energy company in the world...