Our friend Shashi Bellamkonda is back with another guest post of a small business story. “Did you really find me on the Internet?” Small Business owner to me By Shashi Bellamkonda A few weekends ago on a Saturday morning, I went out to my car to begin my weekend errands and saw that I had […]
Archives for September 2009
Writing better directions for tourists
Tourism Tuesday: our series recognizing the importance of travel and tourism to small town business. The discussion in the comments section is always the best part. In Scotland, while staying in Stirling, we picked up a driving tour brochure. It listed a monument to the McRae Clan in the nearby Sheriffmuir area. Being good McCrays, […]
Open House at Tourism Currents
Sheila and I are hosting an Open House at Tourism Currents this Wednesday through Friday (September 30 – October 2, 2009). What is Tourism Currents? It helps you learn about how to use social media tools for tourism projects. It’s all based around real life things you do every day in the tourism world. Come […]
The SBIR Program – An Economic Stimulus for Small Business
At the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds Conference in Oklahoma City, Fred Patterson offered me a guest post. Fred has an amazing knowledge of the SBIR program, so I asked him to give us an introduction to it. -Becky by Fred Patterson – The SBIR Coach Over 25 years ago, the Federal government […]