Individuals have become much more inclined to do their own shopping, whether it is buying things online or philanthropy, ... We found ourselves being a middleman at a time no one wanted middlemen.
- John FranklinGo around the middleman; get your music straight to the people, ... You`ve got the Web now. Do it. Don`t even hesitate. Because people want to hear real music, and there`s a lot of talented kids out there, millions of them as far as I`m concerned, and they really have something to say. And they just needed their medium, and now they have it. That`s what I tell them. Go to the Web ... but do it.
- Richie Havens(Some winemakers have doubts about Sisson`s plan.) If you`re talking about a transaction that involves a consumer in Florida and a producer in Saratoga, Calif., where is the value-add in inserting this middleman? ... The only thing it accomplishes is for wholesalers to participate in the profits of that transaction.
- Astrid Ludin