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Business as Time

Business & Entrepreneurship

A business (also called firm or an enterprise) is a legally recognized organizational entity designed to provide goods and/or services to consumers or corporate entities such as governments, charities or other businesses. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, most being privately owned and formed to earn profit to increase the wealth of owners.

The owners and operators of a business have as one of their main objectives the receipt or generation of a financial return in exchange for work and acceptance of risk. Notable exceptions include cooperative businesses and state-owned enterprises. Socialistic systems involve either government, public, or worker ownership of most sizable businesses.

The etymology of "business" relates to the state of being busy either as an individual or society as a whole, doing commercially viable and profitable work. The term "business" has at least three usages, depending on the scope — the singular usage (above) to mean a particular company or corporation, the generalized usage to refer to a particular market sector, such as "the music business" and compound forms such as agribusiness, or the broadest meaning to include all activity by the community of suppliers of goods and services. However, the exact definition of business, like much else in the philosophy of business, is a matter of debate.
Source: Wikipedia/Business
Photo: Business as Time

Local/Regional Business, Development & Capital Resources:
Capybara Ventures (Portland)
Chambers of Commerce - Ashland - Medford - Central Point - Grants Pass - Klamath County - Mt. Shasta - U.S.
Global Business Development Services
Jefferson Grapevine
Oregon Entrepreneur's Network
NW Technology Ventures (Portland)
NedSpace (Portland)
Oregon Angel Fund
Oregon E-Biz Center - LCC/Eugene & SOU/Medford
Reference Capital
Senior Core of Retired Executives (SCORE/Medford)
Small Business Development Center - RCC/Grants Pass
Southern Oregon Angel Network
Southern Oregon Regional Economic Development (SOREDI)
Startup Now! Oregon
THRIVE OREGON

Upside Down Corporate Flag

Economics

Economics is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Greek for oikos (house) and nomos (custom or law), hence "rules of the house(hold)."

Modern economics developed out of the broader field of political economy in the late 19th century, owing to a desire to use an empirical approach more akin to the physical sciences. A definition that captures much of modern economics is that of Lionel Robbins in a 1932 essay: "the science which studies human behavior as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses." Scarcity means that available resources are insufficient to satisfy all wants and needs. Absent scarcity and alternative uses of available resources, there is no economic problem. The subject thus defined involves the study of choices as they are affected by incentives and resources.
Source: Wikipedia/Economics
Photo: Upside Down Corporate Flag

Economic Resources:
Ayn Rand Institute
Beige Book of Federal Reserve Financial Reports (2003)
Bureau of Public Debt
Center for Defense of Free Enterprise
EF Schumacher Society
Federal Reserve Beige Book
The Foundation for Economic Education
Foundation for Enterprise Development
Henry George
Ludwig Von Mises Institute
Natural Capitalism
New Economics Foundation
New Economic Order System (Audio)
Principles of Economic Circulation (Audio)
Small is Profitable
Solari Project with Catherine Austin Fitts
The Economist
The Smith Center
U.S. National Debt Clock
World Clock
[SUGGEST ECONOMIC RESOURCES IN DISCUSSION FORUM]

Debt Resources:
56 Trillion Dollar Deficit
Agora Financial
Bureau of the Public Debt
Debt Virus by Jacques Jaikaran
I.O.U.S.A. (Film)
Life and Debt (Film)
Money as Debt (Film)
On Passage of Bailout Bill
Review at NH Film Festival
U.S. National Debt Clock
[SUGGEST DEBT RESOURCES IN DISCUSSION FORUM]

Project & Business Development:
Solari Project
[SUGGEST PROJECT OR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISCUSSION AREA]

Money, Bills and Coin

Money

Money is anything that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts. The main uses of money are as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and a store of value. Some authors explicitly require money to be a standard of deferred payment.
The term "price system" is sometimes used to refer to methods using commodity valuation or money accounting systems.

Money includes both currency, particularly the many circulating currencies with legal tender status, and various forms of financial deposit accounts, such as demand deposits, savings accounts, and certificates of deposit. In modern economies, currency is the smallest component of the money supply.

Money is not the same as value, the latter being the basic element in economics. Money is central to the study of economics and forms its most cogent link to finance. The absence of money causes a market economy to be inefficient because it requires a coincidence of wants between traders, and an agreement that these needs are of equal value, before a barter exchange can occur. The use of money is thought to encourage trade and the division of labor.

The word "money" is believed to originate from a temple of Hera, located on Capitoline, one of Rome's seven hills. In the ancient world Hera was often associated with money. The temple of Juno Moneta at Rome was the place where the mint of Ancient Rome was located. "Juno" etymology may derives from the Etruscan goddess Uni (which means "the one", "unique", "unit", "union", "united") and "Moneta" either from the Latin word "monere" (remind, warn, or instruct) or the Greek word "moneres" (alone, unique).
Source: Wikipedia/Money
Photo: Money, Bills & Coin

Money Resources:
American Liberty Dollar
Ashland Money & Metals
Bernard Letier
Beyond Money
Cascadia HOUR Exchange (alternative currency)
Community Energy Bank
Community Way
Creature from Jekyl Island by G. Edward Griffin
Crowne Gold
Currency Converter
Currency Exchange Rates
e-bullion
e-forex Gold
e-gold
Everbank (multiple currency accounts)
Federal Funds Rate Data - Federal Reserve
Gold Money
Gold and Silver Mines
Grameen Bank (micro-financing programs for emerging markets)
History of the $3 Bill
Ithaca HOUR (alternative currency)
Kitco
LETS System (international green dollars)
Modern Money Mechanics
Money, Banking & the Federal Reserve (Film)
Money Masters (DVD)
Money the Movie (to be produced)
PayPal
The Evolution of Money
Thomas H. Greco, Jr.
Tradia Commerce Network
unMoney Convergence
U.S. Mint
Zopa (loans from people not banks)
[SUGGEST MONEY RESOURCES IN DISCUSSION FORUM]

Investment Resources & Publications:
Aden Forecast
Daily Pfennig (currency trading reports)
Financial Sense
Harry Schultz Letter
Insider Reports
Investors Business Daily
The Market Oracle
[SUGGEST INVESTMENT RESOURCES IN DISCUSSION FORUM]

Project & Business Development:
Barter Exchange and Local Alternative Currency
[SUGGEST PROJECT OR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISCUSSION AREA]

Mission Statement and Purpose:

What is the nature of a just economy, sustainably based on the production of goods and services that are truly needed and wanted?

Let not your desires and values be manipulated by advertisers.
Do not consume material goods that serve no higher purpose.
Live simply that others may simply live.
Be not distracted by shallow materialism that takes you away from self, family, community and soul. Not all that glitters is gold.
Always produce more than you consume, and your survival is assured.
Give at least 10% of your productivity to those in need.

Business is the economic engine to change the world, for better or for worse, depending on our economic choices. Everything you buy is a vote for that product. Your dollar is your vote.

Cascadia HOUR

Choose debt-free, gold, silver and commodity backed exchange systems that create true economies of, by and for the people, instead of global casino operations run by legally sanctioned criminal syndicates (i.e., privatized governments, transnational corporations and central banking systems).

Deregulate the banking cartel and create competitive monetary systems based on free-market choices. Eliminate all income taxes systems and protectionist schemes. Give freedom and liberty a chance.
Photo: Cascadia HOUR

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Detroit is a flat, sprawling, monster of a city. You seem to fly over it for an age before you actually land at the airport. On the ground, it is a low-rise landscape, with one exception. The Renaissance Centre - no irony intended in the name - houses the headquarters of General Motors.

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SOU economics class predicts a long period of national unemployment | DailyTidings.com

Unemployment peaks at 10.1 percent in the middle of 2010. Economic growth contracts by 1.3 percent this year. Recovery from the recession doesn't begin until sometime toward the end of 2011. Those unsettling predictions of a protracted U.S. economic downturn are the results of almost two months of analysis released Thursday night by an economics class at Southern Oregon University.

Principles - Slow Money

In order to preserve and restore local food systems and local economies; in order to reconnect food producers and consumers and reconnect investors to that in which they are investing and to the places in which they live; in order to promote the transition from an economy based on extraction and consumption to an economy based on preservation and restoration; we do hereby affirm the following Principles.

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Ashland Insurance

A comprehensive catalog of personal insurance services. Available too, is a broad and competitive line of business insurance products.

The Oregon Green Expo

Oregon has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to Green products and services. Some of the largest alternative energy projects in the country are underway in Oregon and thousands of new and existing businesses offer Green products and services. The Oregon Green Expo will provide the opportunity to match Green businesses and organizations with the growing number of environmentally-conscious consumers. The Oregon Green Expo is a two and a half day event, held on the peak summer week of the 4th of July, at the Medford Armory, in beautiful Southern Oregon.

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Earth Advantage

Earth Advantage has transformed itself over the past decade from a utility-based energy conservation focus to a fully encompassed sustainability program. We are now a free standing nonprofit organization acting as the Northwest's premier green building program. We work with builders and developers to bring the most energy efficient, sustainable and healthy homes to the market. We participate with other nonprofits, organizations and associations to bring forth the message of conservation and sustainability.

Jackson County Advertising

Business conference to focus on Mexico | MailTribune.com

After touching on China and Japan, the Third Annual Global Conference on Business & Culture will focus on Mexico. Sponsored by the Ashland Chamber of Commerce, the event coincides with a week's worth of local activities celebrating the community's sister-city relationship with Guanajuato, Mexico.

Paracrane Paragliding

Nick Crane teaches paragliding in Southern Oregon and Mt Shasta, takes passengers on tandem flights, leads paragliding tours to Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and is the west coast importer for Niviuk Paragliders and Apco Paragliding Equipment

Craig Alan Photography

Medford Oregon's Best Choice For Family Portraits, Senior Portraits, Weddings and Commercial Extensive understanding of outdoor and location shooting makes us the right choice for your special moments in life.

West Wind Flags

Inspired by her vision while trekking in the high Himalaya of Nepal, France Robinson created West Wind Prayer Flags in 2000. We offer original designs: prayer flags in English, peace flags, rainbow flags and healing flags. We also carry traditional Tibetan prayer flags. Also a fine selection of e - cards.

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Thank God for Evolution by Michael Dowd | Plume Paperback

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Slow Money: Investment Strategies Appropriate to the Realities of the 21st Century

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National Sustainable Building Advisor Program

The National Sustainable Building Advisor Program (NaSBAP) offers a 9-month certificate training course and exam specifically designed for working professionals eager to apply sustainable concepts to the buildings they design, develop, and construct.

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Global Footprint Network - Ecological Footprint - Ecological Sustainability

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Dave's Dragon Dust - Habanero Pepper Blend with Bhut Jolokia (Naga Jolokia)

Habanero Pepper Blend with Bhut Jolokia (Naga Jolokia).

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Festivals 2009, World's Leading Healthy-Living Raw Vegan-Eco-Peace Celebrations! Please come join us at one, two or all THREE festivals. All feature onsite camping and parking at beautiful locations which delight and inspire!

Alive Raw

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Trillium Natural Foods

Lincoln City's main source for organically grown whole foods.

LifeSource Natural Foods

Our retail grocery store provides an abundant selection of high quality organic and natural food items and nutritional supplements.

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Rogue Flavor

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