Rural entrepreneurship has become one of the most exciting areas of the New Economic Development. But you don’t have to take my word for it. That quote is from economic development expert Ed Morrison. This week, he has a round up of some of the best resources for reviving small towns. Jack Schultz gets some […]
Archives for December 2006
Wisconsin’s inventor and entrepreneur clubs
By Ed Morrison Wisconsin promotes inventor and entrepreneur clubs as a rural economic development strategy. Thirty-five of the state’s 72 counties now have clubs operating. Read more here and here . You can cvisit one of the club web sites here. You can visit the Wisconsin web site here. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided […]
Brag Basket – Brags and Wishes
This week, the Brag Basket is teaming up with the Wishing Well at Gifter.org. Here, you can brag about your community, your business, what is happening for you. It doesn’t have to be something HUGE; just something positive you feel like sharing. Feel free to expand a bit, use a few paragraphs. Tell us something […]
Connecting students to employers
If you want to retain more of your youth, you need to connect them with the community. How do you come up with ways to connect students with local businesses? Let’s ask the students! That is what happened at Binghamton University in New York, where a student-led group came up with “an impressive list of […]