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    Interview With Jim McCann, President of 1800 Flowers

    Interview With Jim McCann, President of 1800 Flowers

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    James F. “Jim” McCann is an American entrepreneur who founded 1-800-Flowers, a corporation based in the United States which was one of the first companies to pioneer and popularize the use of both toll-free telephone numbers and Web sites to sell goods and services directly to consumers.

    In 1995 McCann established the Web site www.1800flowers.com, becoming one of the first retailers to establish a Web presence. The company went public when it filed its IPO in 1999 under stock ticker FLWS.

    As of 2008, McCann continues to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of 1-800-Flowers. He is often sought after to speak on topics of entrepreneurship, marketing and the Internet. He also serves on various corporate boards.

    McCann is one of the minority owners of the New York Mets, holding a 4% stake in the baseball team.

    Interview with Former Yankees and Mets Baseball Player Dwight Gooden

    Interview with Former Yankees and Mets Baseball Player Dwight Gooden

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    Dwight Eugene “Doc” Gooden nicknamed “Dr. K”, is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was one of the most dominant and feared pitchers in the National League in the middle and late 1980s.

    A native of Tampa, Florida, Dwight Gooden was drafted in the first round in 1982, the fifth player taken overall. He spent one season in the minors, in which he led the Class-A Carolina League in wins, strikeouts and ERA while playing for the Lynchburg Mets. Gooden had 300 strikeouts in 191 innings, a performance which convinced Triple-A Tidewater Tides manager, future Mets skipper Davey Johnson, that he was capable of making the unusual leap to the major league.