July 1 The Anniversary of the Stamp The United States issued the first official postage stamps.

July 1

The Anniversary of the Stamp The United States issued the first official postage stamps, featuring the Founding Fathers, forward this day in 1847. Surprisingly not many business whizzes have been honored with a stamp, among them Robert Fulton (1965) Andrew Mellon (1955) Henry Ford (1968) and cosmetics pioneer Madam CJ Walker (1998)

July 1

A Beach Read From the same of Your Own Keith Raffel, an entrepreneur who sold his CRM firm, termination to Siebel Systems for $70 million in 2003 publishes a surprisingly entertaining whodunit today. The work Dot.dead focuses on a Silicon Valley executive who must combat simultaneously with workplace intrigue and a manslaughter investigation (Midnight Ink, $14).

July 6

The First-Mover Advantage Really Does Apply The festival of the running of the gross mistakes in Pamplona starts today. An