Monthly Archives: July 2007

The Ten Thousand Villages Model

I have blogged quite a bit about Ten Thousand Villages on my personal blog as I volunteer with the organization on a regular (usually weekly) basis. Today I thought I would post an entry on the WasatchGirl blog instead as not only do I enjoy the volunteer experience, I find the business model to [...]

The Value-Add Buzz

Most venture capital firms pride themselves in being a “value add”, contributing more than just capital to an entrepreneur’s business. This term has become a loosely used buzz word, yet (all sarcasm aside) it is an important consideration for the entrepreneur to contemplate.
Venture capitalist are able to greatly contribute through the following:

A VC [...]

Tom’s Shoes: Shoes for Tomorrow

I stumbled upon the great site of Tom’s Shoes due to a post on the Lifehacker blog. Tom’s Shoes, a company founded by Blake Mycoskie, focuses on addressing poverty and health issues by donating a pair of shoes to a child in need for each pair of shoes purchased.
The concept was conceived as Blake [...]

Mac Tool: CombinePDFs

I came across a fantastic Mac tool today due to this LifeHacker blog post. The tool, CombinePDFs, has the same functionality as Adobe Acrobat but is free. I have the need to combine or edit PDF’s on at least a weekly basis and without a PDF editing tool the only way I can [...]

Video Hosting Companies

I recently started to use YouTube to watch videos, but to also upload my own videos for my personal blog. I have had many problems with YouTube not uploading the video correctly or at all, being one of the first times a Google product (though acquired) has sincerely let me down. After four [...]

Trackback: Donating Blood

Posted an entry about donating blood in Salt Lake City on the CragBaby Blog.

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Two Different Blogs = A Bit of Confusion

I post on two different blogs, WasatchGirl and Cragbaby. The WasatchGirl is focused on my work while CragBaby (named after my little pooch) highlights my personal life. However, sometimes there are posts that are applicable to both sites if it is a musings that I would enjoy a wide range of commentary. [...]