eMainUSA

Bi-Weekly Update - 1/10/01

 

eMAIN TEAM MEETING AND REPORTS

The December 20 and January 3 meetings were cancelled due to the holidays. Look for our next eMain team meeting report on January 24, 2001.

 

 

ReLated LOCAL nEWS

 

Louisville plans 600-space parking garage downtown near East Main

The city of Louisville plans to build a 600-space parking garage in the middle of the fledgling East Main Street new-technology business area.

http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2000/0012/17/001217gar.html

 

Engines of growth

Two local companies - The Cobb Group and Humana - have spun off nearly two-dozen successful companies. The two companies share an even greater legacy: they have emerged as the twin engines of Louisville's economic growth, especially in the high-tech and medical fields.

http://www.courier-journal.com/business/news/001218smbz.html

 

Success of city core is vital, residents say
More than three-quarters of Jefferson County residents polled recently consider downtown Louisville's success vital to the future of the city as a whole.

http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2000/0012/08/001208survey.html

 

KEDFA incentives boost high-tech job growth locally

Four Louisville-based companies plan to create nearly 400 Internet-related jobs, which is evidence that the Louisville high-tech economy still appears to be going strong, despite gloomy news for the sector elsewhere in the United States.

http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2000/12/25/story3.html

 

Thriving in the new economy

iTRC incubator client moves to a larger space after finding customers for new products

Network Advocates has not yet hatched from the iTRC incubator, but it has begun to sell two services - a Web-site product called ez-Manage, and a service that develops what founder Tom Troutman calls "high-performance" internal networks for business customers, particularly those with staff at more than one location. Started in August 1998, the company has grown to 15 employees and expects revenue for 2000 to exceed $1 million. Troutman credit being affiliated with the incubator as helping that growth.

http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2000/12/25/story6.html

 

 

Industry-ReLated nEWS

 

Inside EDS: Behind the scenes

In 1997, EDS started a new organization called CIO - Chief Information Officer - Services, an organization focused on changing the company from a traditional outsourcing company to a Big Five professional-services model . . . We were going from an outsourcing perspective to a project-management perspective, whereby you may work with the client for seven days, then go to another client. We're transforming the corporation because there are not as many three-year build efforts anymore. So we're changing our culture and our people to short-term projects.

http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/print-it?id=3a26a797b&t=1

 

Book Excerpt: Un-chartered waters

Excerpt from the book "The Coming Internet Depression: Why the High-Tech Boom Will Go Bust, Why the Crash Will Be Worse Than You Think, and How to Prosper Afterwards."

http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/print-it?id=3a2c238e1&t=1

 

Having an e-commerce site means you must deliver

In defining your e-commerce Web site plan for 2001 and beyond, you must deliver what you promise. Your commerce site's financial success will be a direct result of this. Though e-commerce has dramatically heightened customer expectations, companies with the image and reputation of known brands that focus on "delivery" can succeed

http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2000/12/25/smallb6.html

 

 

Entertainment

 

Stevie Ray's Blues Bar Calendar of Events for November

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1

New Year's Day

CLOSED

2

Blues Jam
9:00 - 11:30 PM
No Cover

3

MR 2 Blue

9:00 PM

4

Robbie Bartlett & Company

9:30 PM

5

The Soul Impalers
7:30

James Peterson
10:30

6

The Soul Impalers
7:30

James Peterson
10:30

8

Open at 4:00 PM
Happy Hour Specials
All Day - All Night
$1 off all drinks

9

Blues Jam
9:00 - 11:30 PM
No Cover

10

South Side Denny

9:00 PM

11

Eric Jerardi Band

9:30 PM

12

King Bees
7:30

V-Groove
10:30

13

King Bees
7:30

V-Groove
10:30

http://www.stevieraysbluesbar.com/

 

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