Today I attended the opening plenary session of the ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute) International User’s Conference hosted by Jack Dangermond, President of ESRI. The conference has been described as the “Superbowl” of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) events. I whole heartedly agree with this assessment. Jack Dangermond is one of the pioneers of GIS technology…
Yesterday morning I was enjoying my breakfast in the hotel restaurant and perusing the current issue of USA Today, when I came across an insightful article on the role of entrepreneurship in today’s economy by Amy Wilkinson. The article describes how our country was founded by entrepreneurs in very troubled times, and how many of today’s…
Collaboration is a powerful tool! It is an example of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts. In the Commercial Special Interest Group, we were discussing the need to create vertically oriented tools in Business Analyst to solve specific business problems for different industries. One solution was to rely and expect ESRI to accomplish…
Day two of the 2009 ESRI International User’s Conference was a day of learning. Three professors from The University of Redlands discussed their work with using GIS to support small business. They confirmed one of my findings. That is, most small business owners do not understand GIS and are not aware of how it can be…
SUMMER SPECIAL – FREE Demographics & Income Profile report!!! In retail, restaurant, and many other businesses, “location, location, location” is the key to success. The problem is often times a business owner cannot tell if a location is “right” for their business. Commercial Realtors and landlords all hope that you will be successful, but their primary…
As President Obama stated in his address to Congress and the nation on February 24, 2009: “The state of our economy is a concern that rises above all others, and rightly so….. The impact of this recession is real, and it is everywhere.” He went on to outline his agenda for economic recovery: “It is…
GeoWize is a small geographic information services company that markets to small businesses. Our mission is to give the little guy the big guy competitive advantage. We do this by using the same data, systems & processes that the “big” guys use to put the “little” guys out of business, but we package and price…