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Get a new view on your old town in the Brag Basket

By Small Biz Survival

Basket from the top. Photo CC by Various Brennemans on Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/brenneman/8647354173/

Get a different view of your everyday small town by sharing in the Brag Basket. Photo CC by Various Brennemans on Flickr. 

 

The Brag Basket is open! This one is for April 15-17, 2016. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone.

What can you share in the Brag Basket?

  • introduce yourself
  • share some great news from this week
  • celebrate progress, even baby steps
  • congratulate a friend
  • applaud for each other
  • confess your undying love for rural places

How do you join in?

  • Below this post is the comment section. Add your good news there.
  • Reading this in your email? Hit reply.

Don’t like to brag? Just share some good news for someone you’re happy for. It’s a conversation with friends. So jump in. And remember to cheer for each other.

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April 14, 2016 Filed Under: brag basket

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Comments

  1. Tom Shay says

    April 16, 2016 at 11:28 am

    We will brag that Becky McCray was a super guest on our radio program Thursday night. We appreciate her taking the time to share her knowledge and expertise.

    Tom Shay
    ProfitsPlus.org

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    • Small Biz Survival says

      April 16, 2016 at 5:11 pm

      Tom, thank you so much for the invitation, and for your kind compliments. Thank you.

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  2. Small Biz Survival says

    April 17, 2016 at 12:05 pm

    Maury Forman from the Washington State Department of Commerce shared his comment via email:

    “Hey Becky, Take a look at our timeline of all the cool things that have been made in Washington. Its kind of like a history video. (Washington Innovations Timeline) We keep finding out new things all the time.

    Seattle just made a recruitment video for entrepreneurs. You can see the link on my message this month.”

    Thanks, Maury! I think every state or region could do a timeline of their local innovations.

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