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May. 29, 2007 - Columbus Ohio is the world

In 'What Silicon Valley Could Learn from Columbus, Ohio' ....we are the world.

"Your Customer Lives in Columbus, Ohio - Sure, all of your friends in the Valley think your new Web app is sweet. But getting a bunch of other nerds to use your app only buys you a small initial audience. Critical mass comes when you get the everyman to use your app, and the everyman lives in Columbus, Ohio."

Ohio Businessman of the Year (it says so on his website Go Big), Wil Schroter's blog questions if we know what Craiglist is.... do we use Craigslist?

The Google alert I received that mentioned Columbus and lead me to Schroter's blog, MicroISV on a Shoestring says:

"I am strongly tempted to take this article, translate it into Japanese, and pass it around the office, because what works in Columbus, Ohio is also very true for life in Central Japan. Even Nagoya is more of a Detroit than it is a Silicon Valley. (Incidentally: nobody here knows what Craigslist is, either. Most don’t even know Mixi, which is Myspace for Japan.)"

Darn I don't even know what MicroISV is.

Do you use Craislist.com? I posted one listing a number of times on Craigslist with no response. A mention of Craigslist in a presentation by another REALTOR® at the Columbus Board of REALTORS® Tech Users Committee was not a rave review.

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May. 29, 2007 - re: Columbus Ohio is the world

Posted by Jonathan Danylko

Maureen,

An ISV stands for Independant Software Vendors where a MicroISV is a 1, 2, or 3 small person company who develop software for commercial release or for a customer. :-)

Keep up the great work on the blog. I keep referring people towards your blog.

L8R,
JD

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May. 30, 2007 - re: Columbus Ohio is the world

Posted by Maureen McCabe

Thanks for the comment and thanks for the good wishes. Mostly thanks for the information. I would usually go try to find the definition of something but for some reason I did not for MicroISV.

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May. 30, 2007 - re: Columbus Ohio is the world

Posted by Buckblog

"a comment on Schroter's blog says "Columbus wont eventually fall into the ocean either. So there is that... "

If Al Gore is right though we may end up having valuable ocean front property

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May. 30, 2007 - re: Columbus Ohio is the world

Posted by Maureen McCabe

do you think it's premature to advertise Central Ohio ocean front property Paul?

thanks for the comment.

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Discover Columbus is a site about Columbus Ohio. Originally named "Columbus Best Blog," it was never the best blog in Columbus Ohio. It was a blog about the best in Columbus and Central Ohio! Best restaurants, best real estate company, best schools, best neighborhoods..... written by Maureen McCabe a licensed real estate agent with Columbus Ohio's best real estate company, Real Living HER. Discover Columbus is just a site about Central Ohio.