The government of Jamaica is introducing business incubators to support its entrepreneurs. They are doing things a little differently than US incubators, to meet their own unique needs. Jamaica has large rural regions, but faces a familiar problem of people migrating to the cities for jobs. The government will be inviting entrepreneurs to bid for […]
Archives for July 2006
Georgia investing in airports as rural economic development
Georgia has plans to develop its rural areas, and the latest initiative is an investment in rural airports. Rural airports are important to business development, tourism, health care, and transportation. Quite a bit of bang for the buck. Announced in Vidalia on Monday, the initiative includes small, rural airports scattered over the entire state, from […]
POV – Step by Step Fund Raising
Let me introduce you to Sandra Sims of Wichita Falls, Texas. She is the owner of Step by Step Fundraising and calls herself a Fundraising Coach. That title reflects her special experience with athletic fundraisers, like Relay for Life and Team in Training. The Luekemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training prepared her not only […]
Joining Grasshopper New Media
Small Biz Survival has been invited to join Grasshopper New Media! And, yes, we have accepted. This is a project of our blog friend Chris Brogan. The idea is to consolidate audio and video content from a number of different quality producers into a single source. We’ll be contributing on small business, rural issues, and […]