“What do you consider a small town?” I get asked that quite a bit. The answer isn’t that simple. Places come in too many sizes to fall neatly into just three categories: big city, small town, suburb. What We Think In general, I think of small towns as being under 10,000 in population, and really […]
Archives for July 2012
Put your first half of 2012 brags in the basket
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one July 6-8, 2012. Have some good news this week? Put it in the Brag Basket.The first half of 2012 has passed. Time to review the past six months. You can use these six-month questions to get […]
Funds for entrepreneurship training
I believe in entrepreneurship training. It’s a good investment in your small town’s future. The more successful local entrepreneurs you have in town, the stronger your local economy, and the more resources you have to take on your local challenges. Good entrepreneurship training can cost money. One source for funding of up to $50,000 in […]
Another business plan alternative: your calendar
Reader Carrie Bodeman at As Good As New sent this alternative to traditional business planning. You might like it too. –Becky Sometimes you have to look back to see forward. We keep a daily log of all activity so I can look back several years at a glance. We print out a blank calendar and each […]