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7 01, 2015

Local Businesses Celebrate the New Year with a Big Ban

By |2018-01-26T03:00:30+00:00January 7th, 2015|, |Comments Off on Local Businesses Celebrate the New Year with a Big Ban

Guest Blog by John L. Barone The Fracking Ban! 2014 ended on a high note.  It was a momentous year for food and drink entrepreneurs who tirelessly advocated for the ban of fracking over the past decade.  Previously I wrote that New York State was the legal battleground over permitting this highly controversial industrial activity.  [...]

31 08, 2014

Business Books Don’t Have to Suck (Mission in a Bottle by Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff)

By |2018-01-26T03:00:32+00:00August 31st, 2014|, , |Comments Off on Business Books Don’t Have to Suck (Mission in a Bottle by Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff)

Book Review Not surprisingly, a serious business book being written as a graphic novel (aka. comic book) got some press.  Mission in a Bottle is the story of Honest Tea, as told by founders Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff, illustrated by artist Sungyoon Choi.  From a pure book marketing perspective, it’s brilliant.  The graphic novel [...]

30 05, 2014

LOCAL BUSINESSES SUPPORT HOME RULE POWERS TO BAN FRACKING

By |2018-01-26T03:00:34+00:00May 30th, 2014|, , |0 Comments

Guest Post by John Barone New York State has become a legal battleground over the industrial activity of natural gas development using the technique of high-volume hydraulic fracturing known as “hydrofracking” or “fracking.”  Most recently, the Court of Appeals is considering the principle of “home rule.”  Home rule authority under the New York Constitution, Article [...]

9 05, 2014

10 Risks to Food Entrepreneurs, An Introduction

By |2016-01-14T17:15:16+00:00May 9th, 2014|, , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

I’ve been working on a new training tool for Eat Drink Law.  In the fine tradition of business gurus like Guy Kawasaki and David Letterman, I decided to go with a top 10 list.  You may have noticed the beginning of the framework in the Learning Center.  Last week I gave the first presentation of [...]

9 05, 2014

10 Risks to Food Entrepreneurs, An Introduction

By |2016-01-25T23:53:43+00:00May 9th, 2014|, , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

I’ve been working on a new training tool for Eat Drink Law.  In the fine tradition of business gurus like Guy Kawasaki and David Letterman, I decided to go with a top 10 list.  You may have noticed the beginning of the framework in the Learning Center.  Last week I gave the first presentation of [...]