Issue #25 - May 4, 2005

> Law

Patents: Use It and Lose It
After a year of public use, an unpatented invention goes into the public domain

The United States Government permits exactly one year of public, non-experimental use prior to filing for a patent. Wait one day beyond that year, and you will forfeit your invention to the public domain.

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SWOT Analysis
Where is your business going and why

-- by Dr. William Osgood, Knowledge Institute, E. Kingston, NH

A key problem facing any smaller business is how to focus their limited business resources of time and money. SWOT analysis provides an efficient way to evaluate the range of factors that influence your operation, and can give you valuable guidance in making decisions about what to do next. It also provides a highly productive way to get your key personnel involved in the management decision-making process.

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You Have a Website: Now What?
Consider what your visitors are thinking

-- by Marcia Passos Duffy, publicity consultant, Keene, NH

Imagine how you surf the web. Are you surfing to buy something? Rarely. You use the web to look for information, scan text. Occasionally you’ll buy something if you are absolutely certain you can trust the vendor. This is very different from reading a newspaper, magazine or brochure. It’s also different from walking into a store.

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What Is Money?
Money is anything that is widely used for making payments and accounting for debts and credits

The invention of banking preceded that of coinage. Banking originated in Ancient Mesopotamia where the royal palaces and temples provided secure places for the safe-keeping of grain and other commodities. Receipts came to be used for transfers not only to the original depositors but also to third parties. Eventually private houses in Mesopotamia also got involved in these banking operations and laws regulating them were included in the code of Hammurabi.

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