Business 2.0 has published ‘50 people who matter now’ list. Before you study it, it is always important to read how they choose:

The list includes those who are reshaping the future by inventing important new technologies, exploiting emerging opportunities, or throwing their weight around in ways that are sure to make everyone else take notice.

The Consumer has got the top place on the list.

Most names come from IT sector (no surprise): owners, founders, CEO’s of Google, Symantec, Motorola, Digg, Wikipedia, YouTube, Skype, Apple, Amazon, SalesForce, Hewlett-Packard, Qualcomm, etc

The entire list of 50 people who matter now

Or alternative: 10 People who don’t matter

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Computerworld has posted their annual report on Best Places to Work in IT.

The report had some qualifying guidelines for participating entities:

US headquarters
Revenue of $250 million or more
Minimum of 500 employees
Minimum of 75 IT staff in the U.S

* 13th Annual Report:
* 100 Best Places to Work in IT 2006
* List of Best Places Winners
* Company Scorecard Stats
* Employee Scorecard Stats
* Sort by Region
* Methodology

Explore the report results to know what companies to target with your IT job search.

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Need a reliable product source that will drop ship for you? In addition to the lists of dropshippers that you can find on our website I have an exclusive drop shipper not included to our lists yet:

Aston Martin

Yes, the famous sports car maker could not resist the temptation to join this popular business trend called drop shipping.

Aston Martin’s website says:

Drop shipping: take advantage of this fast and efficient delivery service for your parts.

In conjunction with our distribution partners, we are pleased to offer a drop ship service for parts ordered for delivery within your own country.

Place your order with your Heritage Specialist or Main Dealer, arrange payment and the parts will be shipped direct from Parts Operations or our Distribution Hub in Memphis, USA.

Well, interested? Then get in touch with a Heritage Specialist or Main Dealer for details.

Summary: companies from miscellaneous industries offer drop shipping services. It is an extra sales channel that costs nothing for the companies. You should define your goal and research properly and in two steps. Step one – search for the companies that drop ship products you need. Step two – check the reputation of the company you are going to deal with. Both researches are free to conduct on the Internet.

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