[AccessD] OT: Elevator Speech

 >'are you using Excel to run your business and about to have a nervous breakdown?'

ROTFL.  I like it!

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Doug Steele wrote:
> My clients are often small businesses who are doing accounting, inventory
> control, or other business tasks using Excel and who are finding that it's
> getting really unwieldy.  So, the 'are you using Excel to run your business
> and about to have a nervous breakdown?' approach might be one you could use.
> 
> Doug
> 
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Jennifer Gross <jengross at gte.net> wrote:
> 
>> For everyone who is a self-employed developer - my question is, how do
>> you describe what you do?  My business has traditionally been word of
>> mouth, but recently I have found myself needing to market.  At the
>> techie events they have no problem knowing what I do - but to the small
>> business owner I've been struggling - any insights on how to describe
>> database development in 30 seconds to the lay person you want as a
>> client is welcome.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Jennifer Gross
>>