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Re: variant of "Words that should never be uttered or documented..."
Subject:Re: variant of "Words that should never be uttered or documented..." From:"Dick Margulis " <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 20 Jul 2002 10:27:04 -0400
"Mark L. Levinson" <nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il> wrote:
>I don't know who first decided that you can grow a
>business, but I understand the objection.
>
>In general, things that we grow start out as something
>else. You grow plants from seeds, for example, or from
>cuttings. Or you grow some things-- like a mustache--
>from nothing.
The first time I recall seeing the expression was as the title of a book by one of the founders of the garden supplies purveyor Smith & Hawken. It was a book about the idea of building a business organically, with appropriate human values with respect to employees, customers, the community and the environment. In that context, the title made sense. I don't know whether the author was the coiner of the phrase or not.
>
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