Richard B. Ball

Richard B. Ball

Richard (Rich) Ball is an entrepreneur, executive, and business leader.

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name = Richard B Ball


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birth_date = 1975
birth_place = College Station, Texas, USA
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occupation = President or Blue Washington LLC, President and CEO of Baby Quips Inc
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residence = Springfield, Virginia, USA
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known_for = Founder of The Page's Edge Inc

Richard Ball was an area manager with Crown Books at the time of its collapse in spring 2001 [Boone, Ryan. "New Bookseller Rises from Crown Ashes", Burke Times-Mirror, September 22, 2001] . He briefly assisted Books-A-Million with their acquisition of 18 former Crown Books stores before founding The Page's Edge in fall 2001 [Certificate of Incorporation "The Page's Edge, Inc", State of Virginia, September 14, 2001] [ Boone, Ryan. "New Bookseller Rises from Crown Ashes", Burke Times-Mirror, September 22, 2001] [ [http://www.bookweb.org/aba/members/search.do/member=the_pages_edge American Booksellers Association (ABA) Listing] , 2003] . In 2001 and 2002, Ball was featured in several articles in regional papers as an example of the "new entrepreneur" in the post-dotcom world ["News and Noteworthy", Publisher's Weekly, November, 2001] [Hadi, Najeeb. "Personality Spotlight", Springfield Journal, March 30, 2002] . The articles largely focused on his new model of business, which relied on Net-90 wholesaleing (selling goods purchased on 90-day invoices, and collecting funds from purchasers before invoices were due - thus never expending of the Company's capital) [Hadi, Najeeb. "Personality Spotlight", Springfield Journal, March 30, 2002] .

The Net-90 model would prove as flawed as the dotcom model before it, and when pressed by Amazon.com's deep pockets, The Page's Edge folded, and Ball sold the business to DC-based Washingtonbook in 2004 ["News and Noteworthy", Publisher's Weekly, July, 2004] ["Business Transactions", The Washington Post, June 14, 2004] [Jacoby, Edmond. "Discount Bookseller Takes on Crown Name", North County Times, June 9, 2005.] .Ball is a member of the Springfield, VA Chamber of Commerce ["Business Transactions", The Washington Post, June 14, 2004] , and an advisor to small businesses in the Washington, DC market. In 2006 he founded Blue Washington LLC, targeting a growing political-left movement in Washington, and in 2007 founded BabyQuips Inc, a baby apparel company.

Richard Ball was born in 1975 in College Station, TX [Hadi, Najeeb. "Personality Spotlight", Springfield Journal, March 30, 2002] [Boone, Ryan. "New Bookseller Rises from Crown Ashes", Burke Times-Mirror. September 22, 2001] .

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* [http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=4600018&fromSearch=0&sik=1212174101441&split_page=1&rd=in&authToken=1QKaoBOAMWKX6fi_L3zwYYi4digkljnQldgkV5ej53h3gUc3kOgjcUcj0Mc3oQ&authType=NAME_SEARCH&goback=%2Esrp_1_1212174101441_in Richard Ball's LinkedIn.com profile]
* [http://www.pagesedge.com PagesEdge.com]
* [http://www.bluewashington.com BlueWashington.us (Blue Washington, LLC)]
* [http://www.babyquips.com BabyQuips.com]
* [http://www.bookweb.org/aba/members/search.do/member=the_pages_edge American Booksellers Association (ABA) Listing] , 2003
* "Prometheus Signs New Distribution Partnership", PRNewswire Press Release, October 14, 2001
* "Llewellyn Regional Distributors Update", Llewellyn Books Press Release, January, 2001
* Lee, Michele. "Local Booksellers Warn Against Censorship, Celebrate Banned Book Week", Fairfax Times-Dispatch, April 8, 2003


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