There's a lot of
mom and pop sites.
If there is a distinction, it is the fact most
mom and pop sites have experienced the process of meeting someone through a dating service and getting married.
But there are thousands of us little
mom and pop sites who are just getting by.
Not exact matches
Pop over to Shelly's
site and take a look around
and pick out what you think is a great product that other
moms should know about.
Fast - forward five years
and consumers have happily embraced online shopping,
and mom -
and -
pop stores have flourished thanks to auction
sites like eBay or the used - book service of Amazon.
Most of the free dating services are run as «
Mom &
Pop» shop type
sites and typically you'll see the software developer also doing the graphics for the
site as well as answering all of the customer service inquiries.
Running a
Mom and Pop Online Dating
Site (It's about Love) By Steve Eyes.
In a new article for Education Next, Derrell Bradford of 50CAN examines the political
and social forces limiting opportunities for prospective leaders of these single -
site, «
mom -
and -
pops,»
and why the future of the movement depends on their success.
Schools run by CMOs have produced greater gains in student learning on state assessments than their district - school counterparts, while the
mom -
and -
pops have fared less well, possibly making the single -
site schools less attractive to authorizers.
Michele Mason, executive director of the Newark Charter School Fund, which supports charter schools in the city
and works extensively with its single -
site charters, made a similar point, noting that many
mom -
and -
pops lack the human capital used by CMOs to manage the problems that confront any education startup.
To help more
mom -
and -
pops succeed,
and, in the process, help expand
and diversify the movement as a whole while advancing its political credibility
and sustainability, Bradford recommends fostering better industry - wide support for single -
site leaders, including building flexible networks of consultants; recruiting from non-traditional sources to diversify the pool of potential leaders, in terms of both race
and worldview;
and, allowing new schools more time to produce tangible results.
«Unless they just want the human interaction,
and if there's a way for online
sites to replicate that «human touch» online, then that might be the last nail in the coffin for local
mom -
and -
pop stores,» he adds via e-mail.