Just because you own the business does not mean you are the right person to be the leader. That may seem like a bold statement. We take it for granted that the business owner will be leader both in terms of daily activities and long-term planning. And research generally supports this idea. Yet studies have […]
Archives for July 2013
Set up a Taste and Tour of your small town
Here’s another great small town/rural tourism idea you can steal, this one from Canada. A two-day Taste & Tour Middlesex Conference started off with networking and local food. It’s important to do the fun stuff first. Then they turned to learning the second day, with a traditional conference event. “Tourism continues to be one of […]
Small town business idea: task services
I’m always collecting small town business ideas. On Twitter, I saw Scott Balster @scottbalster of Loveland, CO, suggest a small version of two popular labor-exchange services: TaskRabbit and Elance. TaskRabbit is a task and errand service connection. People list tasks they need done, everything from housecleaning to delivering groceries. Other people sign up to take […]
Brag Basket celebrates Australia
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one July 5-7, 2013. I’m doing some traveling, so the Brag Basket is traveling, too. This week, it celebrates our readers in Australia. What good news will you add to the brag basket? Don’t hold back because […]