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Startup / Entrepreneurship
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Data Backup Startup Review: Backup My Info
By Gerry Blackwell
March 26, 2008
 “It’s not for everyone,” is almost the first thing entrepreneur Jennifer Walzer told me about Back Up My Info, the online backup service she launched five years ago, and that I test drove recently. She repeated this more than once.
It’s not that Walzer thinks some small businesses can afford not
to back up. Far from it. As she said, there’s no question your systems
are going to fail at some point with resulting loss of data – “it’s a
100 percent certainty.” The only question is when. And small businesses
that don’t adequately protect their data will inevitably suffer.
Walzer’s disclaimer has more to do with the fact that there are any
number of different backup solutions available – both online and
on-premises – and many of them, possibly most, are less expensive than
hers. If you look at price alone.
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Startup Profile
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Small biz startup: Backup My Info, How I did it
Starting a data-backup service was the dream. Doing it on a bare-bones budget was the challenge.
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NAME: Jennifer Walzer, CEO
- AGE: 34
- BUSINESS: Backup My Info, a firm that provides businesses with automated online data-protection services
- STARTED: 2002
- CURRENT REVENUE: $1.5 MILLION
HOW I GOT THE IDEA: "A colleague called in a panic because his organization lost its data, which was stored on magnetic tape.
"I started looking around for alternatives, and it took me two minutes to figure out that this was a massive opportunity."
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Founder
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Small biz startup: Backup My Info, How I did it
Starting a data-backup service was the dream. Doing it on a bare-bones budget was the challenge.
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NAME: Jennifer Walzer, CEO
- AGE: 34
- BUSINESS: Backup My Info, a firm that provides businesses with automated online data-protection services
- STARTED: 2002
- CURRENT REVENUE: $1.5 MILLION
HOW I GOT THE IDEA: "A colleague called in a panic because his organization lost its data, which was stored on magnetic tape.
"I started looking around for alternatives, and it took me two minutes to figure out that this was a massive opportunity."
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90% of internet users and over 56% of Americans use email on a regular basis
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Startup / Entrepreneurship
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Women Entrepreneur Blog Launched
July 9, 2008
The new site features a roster of leading women business owners.
A new blog for women entrepreneurs launched this week offers a
national forum for small-business owners to exchange tips and insights
on running a successful venture.
Overseen by SCORE, a Virginia-based entrepreneurial resource group,
the blog features a roster of woman business leaders covering a range
of small-business issues and topics.
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Health
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Live Longer: The One Anti-Aging Trick That Works
By Robert Roy Britt, LiveScience Managing Editor
posted: 08 July 2008 10:59 am ET
 Anti-aging
researchers have figured out how to add about 5 years to the human
lifespan, but the technique is unlikely to be widely adopted.
Meanwhile, research underway promises simple drugs and therapies that
could eventually add 10 to 15 extra years to the average life and
promise better health late in life. Charles Shapiro, Dreamstime.com
While the quest for the proverbial Fountain of Youth is endless and
typically fruitless, one method known to extend the human lifespan by
up to five years has quietly become accepted among leading researchers.
The formula is simple: Eat less. It could add years to your life,
several experts now say. And done in moderation, it could at least help
you live a more healthy life.
The only question is: Will the average person do it?
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Judy's Book
Founded: Created in May 2004 by entrepreneurs Andy Sack and
Chris DeVore, the service boasts more than 10,000 registered reviewers
and more than 100,000 reviews.
Employees: 16, with plans to double in the next year.
Financing: $10.5 million, with Mobius Venture Capital leading an $8 million second round on Thursday.
Business: An online city guide that provides reviews on
restaurants, mechanics, dentists and other local service providers --
with reviews posted by users in more than 300 U.S. cities. A full
release of the free service, which, like Google, generates revenue
through online advertising, is scheduled for next year.
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