[AccessD] OT: Elevator Speech

Good one!

Follow it up with "Excel is not a database!".

-- 
Stuart


On 26 Aug 2009 at 10:21, 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
> >
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