By Becky McCray If you are “it” in the business, who can you delegate to? Family. This is where we all seem to start. Let the kids do age-appropriate tasks. Recruit extra family members to contribute. With family, it is especially important to match the person to the task, give extra support, and check back […]
Archives for March 2006
Businesses adapt to changing populations
Hispanic Trending has the story of small businesses adapting to the change in population in Dubois County, Indiana. Sociologists say it takes 25 years for a community to establish itself. The Hispanic community in Dubois County started growing in the late 1980s, as Farbest Foods began recruiting, according to Sister Karen Durliat, of the Guadalupe […]
Turn On The Lights!
According to the National Main Street Center’s Institute for Professional Downtown Management:The cornerstone of a dowtown business’ activities is a business plan.Why? to learn about the business opportunity itself to provide insight to the potential for development to identify human and financial needs of the business Key uses include: describe the key planning elements describe […]
Small Town Actors
Technology changes all the rural small biz rules. Open Source Business Idea: Small Town Actors – VideoBy Chris Brogan Have you heard of Cherub? A fan and a bunch of local actors have built a web series spoof of the canceled TV series, “Angel.” Have you heard of Star Trek: The New Voyages? This is […]