Archive for May, 2009
Dead Trees in Boston
I’m trying to figure out why I keep seeing so many dead trees on the street. Can someone help me out here? I took some photos of trees along my dog-walking route a few weeks ago. Here’s the route:
View South Boston Street Trees in a larger map
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Has anyone heard of a CEO that doesn’t own a car? If you know of any, drop me a line, because I’m selling my Prius. Maybe we can start a car-free CEO group on Facebook!
Yup. I’m selling my 2002 Prius with 45K miles on it. I’m selling it with some regret, because the car has never let me down in the seven years I’ve owned it. But my trusty steed has to go, because: Read the rest of this entry »
Inner City 100 Awards
Last night I accepted an award from the Institute for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC). The Inner City 100 award recognizes the fastest growing businesses in urban America. This is the second year we have won this award–moving up to 27th on the list, compared to last year when we ranked 83rd.
I am deeply grateful to Harvard Business School professor Dr. Michael E. Porter for creating the ICIC as a vehicle for inner city business development. In May 1995, Professor Porter published the ‘The Competitive Advantage of the Inner City’ in Harvard Business Review. This was the first time that anyone had suggested that inner city businesses could have a competitive advantage over businesses located in more affluent areas.
Although I had never read the article (or practically any other business publication except for Jay Conrad Levinson’s Earning Money Without a Job), I was destined to be one of many entrepreneurs who proved that Professor Porter’s ideas on inner city competitiveness were real world. A few months after the article appeared, I visited every subway stop on the MBTA Red Line, looking for a spot to locate my new used computer store. I went from Harvard Square, where I had seen a retail space with no parking for $2,500/month, to Andrew Square, where a larger space could be had for $800 for the first year, building up to $1,600 in year three. It was directly across from the subway station. And it had tons of parking! Read the rest of this entry »
Jason Morris jolts Madison Park high school students with a demo on computer power use
Students at Madison Park’s Information Support Services and Networking program were surprised to learn that the computers in their new computer lab were more power efficient than the old ones. Jason Morris, our Sustainable IT Coordinator, conducted a program at the school last week to familiarize the students with the basics of green computing. The highlight of the program was when students used watt meters to measure equipment around the lab. Instructors David Case and Jack Casey, along with Joe Chard from the Boston Private Industry Council, were there as well.