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Ethan, Jess, Adrian, and Amelia (photographer) enjoy a sweet treat out of the office.

Greg explores the Wilmington and Western Railroad.

If you’ve read the Wall Street Journal at all this year, you have seen more and more articles about hackers making a big play in the small and medium business (SMB) world – digging their way into point of sale (POS) systems at retailers and hijacking credit card data or stealing bank account login information and transferring your money to offshore accounts.

Team Sherpa made a strong turnout this year for The Delaware KIDS Fund 5K Walk/Run, held on August 6th, 2011.

With a 30-person strong team (including a two-year old and 6 month old!), the Sherpas walked and ran for a good cause – to provide support and supplies for Delaware kids in distressed situations.

It's that time of year again; when the best of businesses are recognized through the Marvin S. Gilman Superstars in Business Award. The Superstars in Business Award is named for one of Delaware's leading small business entrepreneurs, and it honors businesses and non-profit corporations for their incredible achievements and fearless approaches to business and management.

During this time of economic uncertainty, MySherpa has remained by our clients’ side in the truest sense.  We have maintained our flexibility and have used latest technology to prolong usability and of aging equipment.  We have maintained older servers protected by our Beacon™ technology with standby server capability.

DE Governor’s Entrepreneural Conference – June 10th, 2011
Dana and Jess L (wo)manning the exhibit table.

Jess G and Amelia chat with Pat Daley of Junior Achievement, while Jess L looks pensive before her Ignite Newark presentation – June 16th, 2011.

Doron, Greg, and Stephanie at the ABC Crab Feast on June 23rd, 2011

Greg enjoys downtime in Park City, Utah.

BBB Annual Dinner at the Hotel DuPont – April 26th , 2011. Look at this glorious ballroom!

New Bid Pal Technology – BBB Annual Dinner April 26th , 2011. Jessica almost won a day with Senator Chris Coons, but sadly, was outbid.

Greg and Patricia at the College of Health Sciences Gala Event – May 20th , 2011

Upcoming Sherpa Sightings:

Greg will be speaking with a panel of Delaware’s best and brightest entrepreneurs at the annual Governor’s Entrepreneurial Business Conference on June 10th , 2011, featuring keynote speaker Marc Ecko.

Moving at the speed of summer!
The first part of this year has already flown by so fast – now we’re entering prime sun time and the Sherpas are busier than ever! I know you’re already out the door to somewhere fun, so I’ll keep this short and sweet.

Wilmington bank ING Direct has long been in the forefront in electronic banking and securities. And to add to their incredible line of products, they are now offering an extra layer of protection to online transactions - the TRUSTEERTM software, Rapport.

Will you #BeHere? Delaware Leads the Nation in Geo-Mapping Social Media Project

As small and medium businesses enter into electronic marketing arena, they face new challenges unlike any seen before in traditional marketing outlets. Applications, live maps, social media shout-outs all carry great weight to those users "in the know" - but how does a business get recognition and tap into this audience? How do they get people in the door?

Enter #BeHere Wilmington - an ambitious geo-locating project that aims for Wilmington to be the first city in the country to have 100% of the downtown street-level businesses added to mobile applications like Foursquare, Facebook Places, Gowalla, and Google Places.