2016 BIZ: PEOPLE: BBB: Better Business Bureau for the hypergrid? HGProjects

BBB:  Better Business Bureau for the hypergrid? HGProjects

As the hypergrid grows and HG business expands, is there a need for the equivalent of the Better Business Bureau.  That question was posed by Minetheree Athanasios.  Here is research into the question and current similar resources by Maria Korolov.  

• Could the real BBB do the job?
• Maria Korolov already has something like a Better Business Bureau.
• Maybe the OSHG development committee will want to consider the idea.

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Could the real BBB do the job?

The Better Business Bureau (Wikipedia) founded in 1912, is a nonprofit organization focused on advancing marketplace trust,^[2] consisting of 112 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the United States and Canada, coordinated under the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) in Arlington, Virginia.^[3]

• Virtual business is business.
• But at present, the BBB seems to focus strongly on location.
• Listing plan does not seem understand internet or WWW.  
• Does not see the url (.com) as a valid location. 
• They seem so last century.

Maria Korolov already has listing like BBB

• Maria Korolov has a list of vendors
• Would be happy to add more categories to it. 
• People can post comments on the vendor listings.  
• Email maria@hypergridbusiness.com to get your company added. 
• It's a free listing.

Maybe the OSHG Development Committee will want to consider the idea

• OSHG development committee
• This committee does not have to be limited to software. 

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