A Little Self-Promotion Doesn’t Hurt – Inc.com: At the beginning of this year, I decided to close down my business, CounterCrete, which specialized in custom concrete countertops, and got a job as a manager at a Target store.
Spinning Art, or Money, Out of E-mail – NYTimes.com: In 1994, a 31-year-old journalist trying to expand her connections began hosting parties for other media people. She started out poring over mastheads, inviting editors at various publications by phone, then, in time, by fax.