In spite of the billboards around town by local banks claiming to support homegrown businesses, the truth is, when our small “mom and pop” stores need capital, it’s almost impossible to come by. When a local restaurant, for instance, needs capital to grow, or to make it through lean times, there are few options, in […]
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ZipCap: empowering America’s most loved local businesses by transforming customer loyalty into working capital
Posted in Local Business, Locally Owned Business, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged banks, baseball, Bee Roll, Beezy's, buy local, Chris Stranad, cool local initiatives, crowdfunding, customer loyalty, endowment funds, Evan Malter, financing local companies, funding, interest rates, Kate de Fuccio, local investing, local stock exchange, Localist, Loyalty Capital, micro-bonds, minor league baseball, small business loans, working capital, ZipCap 4 Comments
Contrary to what you may have read online, teachers in Israel do not pack heat, and fewer guns in circulation means fewer gun deaths
In the immediate aftermath of last week’s mass shooting in Connecticut, in which 20 six- an seven-year-old kids were shot to death, a photo began circulating around the internet of what we were told was a school teacher in Israel, walking behind a group of children, with a rifle strapped across her back. There are […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Other, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2nd amendment, Adam Gopnik, arming teachers, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, Canada, David Hemenway, Diane Feinstein, Elizabeth Warren, Fix Gun Checks Act, Freedom Group, gun control, gun laws, gun violence, guns, Israel, Janet Rosenbaum, mass murder, mental health, revolution, Sandy Hook, Scotland, teachers, teachers union, violence, we need a revolution 35 Comments
Daniel Johnston’s worried shoes
According to a site called Monster Fresh, a fellow in Perth, Australia apparently found these Daniel Johnston Converse All Stars in a shop. They investigated it, and contacted Daniel’s brother, who now serves as his manager. Here, according to them, is his response. “Yes, they paid Daniel for the deal, but then the project was […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Mark's Life, Pop Culture Also tagged clothes, Converse, Converse All Stars, Daniel Johnston, fashion, Monster Fresh, Perth, shoes, things found in Australian stores, worried shoes 10 Comments