Jeff Cornwall, The Entrepreneurial Mind, is also thinking about success and failure: Most highly successful entrepreneurs will tell you that along the road to success in their businesses they were often on the brink of failure. But they persevered. They found a way to make payroll. They found a way to make that critical sale. […]
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Rural wisdom: Try what works
by John Crabtree, johnc@cfra.org That is what my father often said to me. As a teenager I was always looking for a quicker way to get my farm chores done so I could spend time with friends. My shortcuts most often yielded inferior results and took longer. But I would keep at it, thinking that […]
Can a university fit an entrepreneur’s needs?
Chris Brogan has found a university that fits him: I went to an open house for Lesley University, based in Cambridge Massachusetts, and I was mighty pleased with their program offering for adult learners. Listen to this: first, they help you with “life experience” credits, so that you can write your way out of something […]
A nation on the Move
One of my favorites when it comes to rural tourism information is the man from BoomTown. This is the latest e-news! Last week the U.S. Census Bureau came out with a report on migration trends, Domestic Net Migration in the United States: 2000 to 2004. They broke down migration patterns by region, state and MSA […]