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John Sharp: Your Usual Table?
My philosophy concerning CRM as it relates to bars and restaurants could quite easily be summed up by the "Cheers" theme song: Regardless of location, I prefer to frequent two to three establishments "where everybody knows your name"...

John Sharp: Heardable.com and LenderExchange.com Launching
Okay valued readers, two highly disruptive startups that I've invested in are having their debut in the next couple of weeks: Heardable.com, an awesome social search analytics engine, and;...

John Sharp: The Time-Traveller's Champagne
Yesterday's news story about six year old Falcon Heene yesterday supposedly stealing his father's home-made balloon for a joyride was the best story I've seen in years. It had everything - an air chase, a ground chase, and multiple...

John Sharp: Capital Bubble Bursting is Not a Disaster
The normally-sensible Straits Times came out with a story this money that breathlessly predicts the current "capital bubble burst" will cause the world's innovators to run short of funds by 2012. The also normally sensible Adeo Ressi of...

John Sharp: Dawkins and "Peking Man"
I'm halfway through Richard Dawkin's "The Greatest Show on Earth" and enjoying it immensely - except for the parts where Dawkins inexplicably gets in behind a minor argument that is distracting to the important one he is arguing - and...