Mahatma Gandhi said it best when he said, “you must be the change you want to see in the world.” This is one way to explain public accountability. Officially, it is the responsibility of corporations, public officials and those in power, to justify their conduct to the general…
In 1977 (yes, 35 years ago), Taste of Texas restaurant opened the doors of their first location on the west side of Houston. Over the next three decades, the restaurant grew popular nationwide and built up a fanbase across all 50 states. “We would often get requests from…
That is a question that I have found myself googling quite a bit. I found some statistics after hours of google search and I thought it’s worthwhile to share them. (I also replied to a quora question about it) According to this article, in 2006 (I know, that’s…
Inspired by a swing set that they bought for their kids, Glenn and Lori Stockton launched a business on the side, doing wholesale distribution for a line of playground structure. In 1999, though the idea of ecommerce was still in its infancy, the couple decided to start an online…
After retiring from the Marine Corps in 2007, Greg decided to launch his own business together with his wife Anne. “We no longer wanted to work for other people.” After researching all kinds of opportunities, they realized that they wanted to buy an existing ecommerce business rather than…
Our customers love us and we love them back very much. We love talking to our customers and that’s why we have the Ordoro phone number listed right on the front page of our website. (Here it is anyway – 512.981.7309) During conversations with our customers, we often…
It’s party time in Ordoroland! We are hosting one of the stops in the SXSW Startup Crawl 2012 on Thursday, March 8. Come check out our new office and enjoy some drinks, appetizers and overall good times! Here are the pertinent deets: Date/Time: Thursday March 8, 2012 from 4-10pm…
Last month, the United States Postal Service introduced a new service called USPS Regional Rate C. The Regional Rate Box C of size (12” x 12” x 15”) will be added to the existing two sizes – Regional Rate A and Regional Rate B. We are excited to announce…
In a perfect world, there would be no need to worry about the possibility of inventory being stolen. Sadly, many businesses lose a pretty big chunk of change every year due to theft. It can be tough to know if inventory “shrink” is because of waste, breakage or…
Some business authorities assert that there is a set of inventory management best practices all businesses should utilize to achieve an optimal inventory control situation. However, you might find that an inventory management system that works well for one type of company wouldn’t work well for your company.…