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Article: Working without the netSome local businesses find success without the expense or hassle of a Web site
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- May 31, 2007
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While the rest of the world is busy online, business owner Rick
Tilghman sees no need for a Web site.
The vice president of the Tilghman Co., a nearly 80-year-old
Annapolis jeweler, said the most modern technology inside his shop is
a fax machine.
"We don't even have a computer," said Mr. Tilghman, whose
grandfather Oz Tilghman started the business in 1928.
Some may say the Tilghman Co. is stuck in the Dark Ages when it
comes to technology. But Mr. Tilghman and other business owners say
they get along just fine without a presence online.
And he's not alone. According to a recent survey of 500 small- and
mid-sized businesses for the National Small Business Association in
Washington, 40 ...