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...basic, how come most of us are about as familiar with it as we are with life on Mars? Steve Jurvetson, a partner in Silicon Valley venture-capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson who has invested in FastParts, an electronics trading exchange, and Sonnet Financial, an online foreign exchange, calls B2B "the iceberg waiting to emerge." "Most people," Jurvetson says, "understand the business-to-consumer market because they are consumers themselves. It's kind of like the Beardstown Ladies' investment protocol: use a product, come to understand it and then invest in it. With business-to-business, though, unless...
Still, profits are profits, and a better way of doing business will win out. Says Draper Fisher venture partner Jurvetson: "No business today can doubt that over the next five to 10 years they are going to be massively moving their business processes and their business communications over to the Internet...
...message of the untimely death of these three talented young people is that all we have is now. In our time of sadness, we have a compelling message to move us to live and love better. JAMES R. FISHER JR. Temple Terrace...
...that the bumbling, barred-by-the-SEC Frankel was able to take control of insurance companies, particularly when he had virtually no assets? Oklahoma insurance commissioner Carrol Fisher is as surprised as anyone. "I don't know how in the world this could have happened," she said. "To imagine how one person could have got hold of this much money is beyond...
...snacks in carry-on bags, in case the unthinkable happens. Yes, it's a lot to carry, but kids make excellent porters. Kyle McCarthy, editor of Family Travel Forum, an online newsletter, says anyone over age four can handle a bulging backpack plus a kid-size rolling suitcase (Fisher-Price and Kelty K.I.D.S. make nice ones). And even two-year-olds can manage a fanny pack around the waist. To keep suitcases neat, pack complete outfits in tidy bundles or zippered plastic bags, which can be reused for wet bathing suits or messy souvenirs...